100 Best universities for Fashion Design in Germany

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Germany ranked based on their research performance in Fashion Design. A graph of 2.6M citations received by 109K academic papers made by 135 universities in Germany was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Technical University of Munich

Bavaria | Munich

For Fashion Design

#29 in Europe

#102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

2. University of Munich

Bavaria | Munich

For Fashion Design

#51 in Europe

#149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 52,418
Founded: 1472

3. Heidelberg University - Germany

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

For Fashion Design

#60 in Europe

#166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 28,413
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1386

4. University of Hamburg

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Fashion Design

#62 in Europe

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

5. RWTH Aachen University

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

For Fashion Design

#63 in Europe

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

6. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Bavaria | Erlangen

For Fashion Design

#77 in Europe

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 39,658
Founded: 1743

7. University of Stuttgart

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

For Fashion Design

#86 in Europe

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

8. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

For Fashion Design

#87 in Europe

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,321
Founded: 2009

9. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Hesse | Frankfurt

For Fashion Design

#88 in Europe

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

10. Free University of Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Fashion Design

#97 in Europe

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,908
Founded: 1948

11. University of Tubingen

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

For Fashion Design

#99 in Europe

#258 in the World

Enrollment: 28,238
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

12. Technical University of Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Fashion Design

#101 in Europe

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

13. University of Freiburg

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

For Fashion Design

#105 in Europe

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 23,938
Founded: 1457

14. Darmstadt University of Technology

Hesse | Darmstadt

For Fashion Design

#122 in Europe

#309 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

15. University of Bonn

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

For Fashion Design

#125 in Europe

#318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 38,043
Founded: 1818

16. Dresden University of Technology

Saxony | Dresden

For Fashion Design

#140 in Europe

#357 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

17. Humboldt University of Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Fashion Design

#144 in Europe

#364 in the World

Enrollment: 36,232
Founded: 1809

18. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

For Fashion Design

#146 in Europe

#371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 33,132
Founded: 1946

19. University of Cologne

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

For Fashion Design

#147 in Europe

#372 in the World

Enrollment: 52,204
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1388

20. University of Wurzburg

Bavaria | Wurzburg

For Fashion Design

#153 in Europe

#386 in the World

Enrollment: 27,149
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1402

21. Ruhr University Bochum

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum

For Fashion Design

#157 in Europe

#395 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

22. University of Gottingen

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

For Fashion Design

#158 in Europe

#396 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

23. University of Bremen

Bremen State | Bremen City

For Fashion Design

#164 in Europe

#404 in the World

Enrollment: 17,984
Founded: 1971

24. University of Munster

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

For Fashion Design

#165 in Europe

#406 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 43,728
Founded: 1780

25. Kiel University

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

For Fashion Design

#174 in Europe

#418 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

26. Saarland University

Saarland | Saarbrucken

For Fashion Design

#184 in Europe

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 16,300
Founded: 1948

27. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Thuringia | Jena

For Fashion Design

#194 in Europe

#465 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 17,345
Founded: 1558

28. University of Konstanz

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

For Fashion Design

#199 in Europe

#480 in the World

Enrollment: 10,939
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1966

29. Braunschweig University of Technology

Lower Saxony | Braunschweig

For Fashion Design

#202 in Europe

#483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 17,794
Founded: 1745

30. University of Giessen

Hesse | Giessen

For Fashion Design

#205 in Europe

#488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 27,184
Founded: 1607

31. TU Dortmund University

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

For Fashion Design

#207 in Europe

#491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 34,616
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1968

32. University of Duisburg - Essen

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

For Fashion Design

#209 in Europe

#495 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

33. University of Leipzig

Saxony | Leipzig

For Fashion Design

#210 in Europe

#496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 31,088
Founded: 1409

34. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

For Fashion Design

#211 in Europe

#497 in the World

Enrollment: 37,473
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1965

35. University of Bielefeld

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

For Fashion Design

#223 in Europe

#517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,488
Founded: 1969

36. Leibniz University of Hanover

Lower Saxony | Hanover

For Fashion Design

#234 in Europe

#542 in the World

Enrollment: 28,018
Founded: 1831

37. Technical University of Kaiserslautern

Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern

For Fashion Design

#246 in Europe

#580 in the World

Enrollment: 13,607
Male:Female: 60:40
Founded: 1970

38. University of Paderborn

North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn

For Fashion Design

#250 in Europe

#591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 19,110
Founded: 1972

39. University of Mannheim

Baden-Wurttemberg | Mannheim

For Fashion Design

#257 in Europe

#615 in the World

Enrollment: 11,532
Founded: 1907

40. University of Regensburg

Bavaria | Regensburg

For Fashion Design

#265 in Europe

#633 in the World

Enrollment: 20,702
Founded: 1962

41. University of Marburg

Hesse | Marburg

For Fashion Design

#268 in Europe

#638 in the World

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

42. University of Potsdam

Brandenburg | Potsdam

For Fashion Design

#276 in Europe

#658 in the World

Enrollment: 20,406
Founded: 1991

43. University of Hohenheim

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

For Fashion Design

#285 in Europe

#675 in the World

Enrollment: 8,392
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1818

44. University of Ulm

Baden-Wurttemberg | Ulm

For Fashion Design

#286 in Europe

#680 in the World

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

45. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Fashion Design

#288 in Europe

#692 in the World

Enrollment: 9,340
Founded: 1710

46. Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg

For Fashion Design

#290 in Europe

#694 in the World

Enrollment: 13,143
Founded: 1993

47. Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

For Fashion Design

#302 in Europe

#727 in the World

Enrollment: 15,899
Founded: 1973

48. University of Siegen

North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen

For Fashion Design

#310 in Europe

#759 in the World

Enrollment: 17,805
Founded: 1972

49. University of Bayreuth

Bavaria | Bayreuth

For Fashion Design

#312 in Europe

#761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,773
Founded: 1972

50. University of Rostock

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock

For Fashion Design

#322 in Europe

#780 in the World

Enrollment: 12,996
Male:Female: 50:50
Founded: 1419

51. University of Wuppertal

North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal

For Fashion Design

#344 in Europe

#844 in the World

Enrollment: 22,601
Founded: 1972

52. University of Kassel

For Fashion Design

#346 in Europe

#850 in the World

Enrollment: 25,043
Male:Female: 50:50
Founded: 1971

53. Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

Saxony-Anhalt | Halle

For Fashion Design

#347 in Europe

#852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 20,390
Founded: 1817

54. Chemnitz University of Technology

Saxony | Chemnitz

For Fashion Design

#349 in Europe

#855 in the World

Enrollment: 9,873
Founded: 1836

55. University of Augsburg

Bavaria | Augsburg

For Fashion Design

#352 in Europe

#862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 19,975
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1970

56. Osnabruck University

Lower Saxony | Osnabruck

For Fashion Design

#405 in Europe

#1016 in the World

Enrollment: 13,628
Founded: 1974

57. Hamburg University of Technology

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Fashion Design

#416 in Europe

#1044 in the World

Enrollment: 7,223
Founded: 1978

58. Leuphana University of Luneburg

Lower Saxony | Luneburg

For Fashion Design

#430 in Europe

#1081 in the World

Enrollment: 9,620
Founded: 1946

59. University of Hagen

North Rhine-Westphalia | Hagen

For Fashion Design

#438 in Europe

#1105 in the World

Enrollment: 71,351
Founded: 1974

60. University of Koblenz-Landau

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

For Fashion Design

#445 in Europe

#1131 in the World

Enrollment: 15,757
Founded: 1990

61. University of Bamberg

Bavaria | Bamberg

For Fashion Design

#447 in Europe

#1135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 11,000
Founded: 1972

62. Ilmenau University of Technology

Thuringia | Ilmenau

For Fashion Design

#449 in Europe

#1141 in the World

Enrollment: 4,889
Founded: 1953

63. University of Trier

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

For Fashion Design

#464 in Europe

#1190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 11,564
Founded: 1970

64. Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces

Bavaria | Neubiberg

For Fashion Design

#468 in Europe

#1201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,084
Founded: 1973

65. Hannover Medical School

Lower Saxony | Hanover

For Fashion Design

#483 in Europe

#1243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 3,843
Founded: 1965

66. Clausthal University of Technology

Lower Saxony | Clausthal-Zellerfeld

For Fashion Design

#495 in Europe

#1293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 3,446
Founded: 1775

67. University of Lubeck

Schleswig-Holstein | Lubeck

For Fashion Design

#505 in Europe

#1329 in the World

Enrollment: 5,968
Founded: 1964

68. Bauhaus - University Weimar

Thuringia | Weimar

For Fashion Design

#512 in Europe

#1360 in the World

Enrollment: 3,988
Founded: 1860

69. University of Passau

Bavaria | Passau

For Fashion Design

#514 in Europe

#1367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 11,846
Founded: 1973

70. University of Greifswald

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Greifswald

For Fashion Design

#532 in Europe

#1432 in the World

Enrollment: 10,366
Founded: 1456

71. Freiberg University of Technology

Saxony | Freiberg

For Fashion Design

#534 in Europe

#1450 in the World

Enrollment: 4,016
Founded: 1765

72. Witten/Herdecke University

North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten

For Fashion Design

#542 in Europe

#1474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 2,894
Founded: 1982

73. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

For Fashion Design

#550 in Europe

#1493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 13,671
Founded: 1971

74. Jacobs University Bremen

Bremen State | Bremen City

For Fashion Design

#575 in Europe

#1579 in the World

Enrollment: 1,531
Founded: 2001

75. Folkwang University of the Arts

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

For Fashion Design

#577 in Europe

#1592 in the World

Enrollment: 1,506
Founded: 1927

76. Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg

Brandenburg | Senftenberg

For Fashion Design

#595 in Europe

#1687 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 7,280
Founded: 2013

77. WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Rhineland-Palatinate | Vallendar

For Fashion Design

#611 in Europe

#1757 in the World

Enrollment: 1,669
Founded: 1984

78. University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Fashion Design

#612 in Europe

#1761 in the World

Enrollment: 2,587
Founded: 1972

79. University of Hildesheim

Lower Saxony | Hildesheim

For Fashion Design

#619 in Europe

#1799 in the World

Enrollment: 8,307
Founded: 1978

80. Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

Hesse | Darmstadt

For Fashion Design

#634 in Europe

#1845 in the World

Enrollment: 16,136
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1971

81. German Sport University Cologne

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

For Fashion Design

#674 in Europe

#2056 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1947

82. European University Viadrina

Brandenburg | Frankfurt

For Fashion Design

#681 in Europe

#2075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 5,210
Founded: 1991

83. University of Erfurt

Thuringia | Erfurt

For Fashion Design

#687 in Europe

#2102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 6,052
Founded: 1994

84. Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt

Bavaria | Eichstatt

For Fashion Design

#697 in Europe

#2141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 4,910
Founded: 1980

85. Munich University of Applied Sciences

Bavaria | Munich

For Fashion Design

#720 in Europe

#2264 in the World

Enrollment: 18,183
Founded: 1971

86. Zeppelin University

Baden-Wurttemberg | Friedrichshafen

For Fashion Design

#722 in Europe

#2273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 805
Founded: 2003

87. Berlin School of Economics and Law

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Fashion Design

#751 in Europe

#2484 in the World

Enrollment: 12,246
Founded: 1971

88. Reutlingen University

Baden-Wurttemberg | Reutlingen

For Fashion Design

#754 in Europe

#2498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 5,700
Founded: 1855

89. Berlin University of Applied Sciences

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Fashion Design

#755 in Europe

#2515 in the World

Enrollment: 14,167
Founded: 1994

90. Hertie School of Governance

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Fashion Design

#776 in Europe

#2646 in the World

Enrollment: 586
Founded: 2003

91. University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

Lower Saxony | Hanover

For Fashion Design

#793 in Europe

#2737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 2,274
Founded: 1778

92. Bremen University of Applied Sciences

Bremen State | Bremen City

For Fashion Design

#799 in Europe

#2774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 8,672
Founded: 1982

93. Mainz University of Applied Sciences

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

For Fashion Design

#813 in Europe

#2824 in the World

Enrollment: 5,786
Founded: 1996

94. Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Fashion Design

#814 in Europe

#2825 in the World

Enrollment: 17,125
Founded: 1970

95. EBS University for business and law

Hesse | Wiesbaden

For Fashion Design

#824 in Europe

#2890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 2,227
Founded: 1971

96. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

For Fashion Design

#831 in Europe

#2945 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 8,633
Founded: 1971

97. Munich School of Philosophy

Bavaria | Munich

For Fashion Design

#845 in Europe

#3010 in the World

Enrollment: 342
Founded: 1925

98. Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

For Fashion Design

#850 in Europe

#3040 in the World

Enrollment: 4,081
Founded: 1832

99. University of Banking of Frankfurt

Hesse | Frankfurt

For Fashion Design

#853 in Europe

#3055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 1,278
Founded: 1957

100. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

For Fashion Design

#869 in Europe

#3122 in the World

Enrollment: 27,000
Founded: 1971

The best cities to study Fashion Design in Germany based on the number of universities and their ranks are Munich, Heidelberg, Hamburg, and Aachen.