28 Best Art & Design schools in North Rhine-Westphalia

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Below is a list of best universities in North Rhine-Westphalia ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 722K citations received by 46.8K academic papers made by 28 universities in North Rhine-Westphalia 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. RWTH Aachen University

For Art & Design

#6 in Germany
#73 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

2. University of Bonn

For Art & Design

#14 in Germany
#120 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

3. University of Cologne

For Art & Design

#19 in Germany
#143 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

4. University of Munster

For Art & Design

#21 in Germany
#151 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

5. Ruhr University Bochum

For Art & Design

#24 in Germany
#172 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

6. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Art & Design

#28 in Germany
#197 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

7. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Art & Design

#30 in Germany
#201 in Europe
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

8. University of Bielefeld

For Art & Design

#32 in Germany
#208 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

9. TU Dortmund University

For Art & Design

#34 in Germany
#226 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
34,616
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1968

10. University of Paderborn

For Art & Design

#46 in Germany
#294 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

11. University of Wuppertal

For Art & Design

#49 in Germany
#315 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

12. University of Siegen

For Art & Design

#51 in Germany
#320 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

13. University of Hagen

For Art & Design

#62 in Germany
#439 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

14. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Art & Design

#71 in Germany
#507 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

15. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Art & Design

#76 in Germany
#574 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

16. Witten/Herdecke University

For Art & Design

#77 in Germany
#594 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

17. German Sport University Cologne

For Art & Design

#83 in Germany
#664 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

18. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Art & Design

#95 in Germany
#829 in Europe
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

19. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Art & Design

#97 in Germany
#853 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

21. University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf

For Art & Design

#102 in Germany
#880 in Europe
Enrollment
11,170
Founded
1971

22. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Art & Design

#114 in Germany
#960 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

23. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Art & Design

#115 in Germany
#961 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,741
Founded
1971

25. Academy of Media Arts Cologne

For Art & Design

#119 in Germany
#1005 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
16%
Enrollment
398
Founded
1990

26. Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences

For Art & Design

#130 in Germany
#1057 in Europe
Enrollment
5,938
Founded
1971

27. Cologne Business School

For Art & Design

#136 in Germany
#1103 in Europe
Enrollment
1,123
Founded
1993

28. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Art & Design

#140 in Germany
#1141 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Art & Design

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 12 7
Rhineland-Palatinate 12 20
Lower Saxony 14 17
Bremen 3 23
Thuringia 4 31
Saxony-Anhalt 4 45
Hamburg 7 4
Baden-Wurttemberg 23 2
Schleswig-Holstein 4 25
Brandenburg 17 8
Saxony 7 18
Bavaria 20 1
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 55