91 Best universities for Advertising in Germany

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Germany ranked based on their research performance in Advertising. A graph of 374K citations received by 24.8K academic papers made by 91 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.

1. University of Hamburg

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Advertising

#46 in Europe

#183 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

2. University of Munich

Bavaria | Munich

For Advertising

#58 in Europe

#203 in the World

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

3. University of Munster

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

For Advertising

#81 in Europe

#264 in the World

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

4. University of Mannheim

Baden-Wurttemberg | Mannheim

For Advertising

#85 in Europe

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 11,532
Founded: 1907

5. University of Bremen

Bremen State | Bremen City

For Advertising

#90 in Europe

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 17,984
Founded: 1971

6. Technical University of Munich

Bavaria | Munich

For Advertising

#96 in Europe

#315 in the World

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

7. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

For Advertising

#98 in Europe

#323 in the World

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

8. University of Tubingen

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

For Advertising

#106 in Europe

#334 in the World

Enrollment: 27,770
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

9. Darmstadt University of Technology

Hesse | Darmstadt

For Advertising

#108 in Europe

#337 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

10. Heidelberg University - Germany

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

For Advertising

#112 in Europe

#348 in the World

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

11. Technical University of Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Advertising

#119 in Europe

#368 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

12. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Hesse | Frankfurt

For Advertising

#121 in Europe

#373 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

13. Free University of Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Advertising

#125 in Europe

#378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,608
Founded: 1948

14. University of Paderborn

North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn

For Advertising

#128 in Europe

#385 in the World

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

15. TU Dortmund University

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

For Advertising

#133 in Europe

#392 in the World

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

16. RWTH Aachen University

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

For Advertising

#136 in Europe

#397 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

17. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

For Advertising

#138 in Europe

#400 in the World

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

18. University of Bonn

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

For Advertising

#143 in Europe

#406 in the World

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

19. University of Kassel

For Advertising

#155 in Europe

#433 in the World

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

20. Leibniz University of Hanover

Lower Saxony | Hanover

For Advertising

#157 in Europe

#439 in the World

Enrollment: 28,817
Founded: 1831

21. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Bavaria | Erlangen

For Advertising

#158 in Europe

#441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 38,878
Founded: 1743

22. Dresden University of Technology

Saxony | Dresden

For Advertising

#162 in Europe

#450 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

23. University of Cologne

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

For Advertising

#163 in Europe

#453 in the World

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

24. University of Freiburg

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

For Advertising

#165 in Europe

#455 in the World

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

25. University of Gottingen

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

For Advertising

#173 in Europe

#474 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

26. Humboldt University of Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Advertising

#190 in Europe

#512 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

27. University of Duisburg - Essen

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

For Advertising

#199 in Europe

#528 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

28. Ruhr University Bochum

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum

For Advertising

#201 in Europe

#535 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

29. University of Stuttgart

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

For Advertising

#203 in Europe

#541 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

30. University of Leipzig

Saxony | Leipzig

For Advertising

#208 in Europe

#557 in the World

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

31. University of Wurzburg

Bavaria | Wurzburg

For Advertising

#213 in Europe

#565 in the World

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

32. Saarland University

Saarland | Saarbrucken

For Advertising

#220 in Europe

#579 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 16,604
Founded: 1948

33. Kiel University

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

For Advertising

#233 in Europe

#615 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

34. University of Marburg

Hesse | Marburg

For Advertising

#267 in Europe

#699 in the World

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

35. University of Giessen

Hesse | Giessen

For Advertising

#270 in Europe

#702 in the World

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

36. University of Augsburg

Bavaria | Augsburg

For Advertising

#273 in Europe

#705 in the World

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

37. Braunschweig University of Technology

Lower Saxony | Braunschweig

For Advertising

#274 in Europe

#708 in the World

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

38. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

For Advertising

#279 in Europe

#719 in the World

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

39. University of Ulm

Baden-Wurttemberg | Ulm

For Advertising

#295 in Europe

#761 in the World

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

40. University of Bielefeld

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

For Advertising

#296 in Europe

#763 in the World

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

41. University of Trier

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

For Advertising

#306 in Europe

#794 in the World

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

42. University of Passau

Bavaria | Passau

For Advertising

#309 in Europe

#805 in the World

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

43. University of Wuppertal

North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal

For Advertising

#310 in Europe

#807 in the World

Enrollment: 22,601
Founded: 1972

44. University of Siegen

North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen

For Advertising

#313 in Europe

#815 in the World

Enrollment: 17,805
Founded: 1972

45. Bauhaus - University Weimar

Thuringia | Weimar

For Advertising

#323 in Europe

#841 in the World

Enrollment: 3,988
Founded: 1860

46. European University Viadrina

Brandenburg | Frankfurt

For Advertising

#327 in Europe

#847 in the World

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

47. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Advertising

#333 in Europe

#875 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

48. WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Rhineland-Palatinate | Vallendar

For Advertising

#340 in Europe

#888 in the World

Enrollment: 1,669
Founded: 1984

49. Technical University of Kaiserslautern

Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern

For Advertising

#349 in Europe

#903 in the World

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

50. University of Bamberg

Bavaria | Bamberg

For Advertising

#356 in Europe

#917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 12,161
Founded: 1972

51. University of Bayreuth

Bavaria | Bayreuth

For Advertising

#364 in Europe

#935 in the World

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

52. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Thuringia | Jena

For Advertising

#367 in Europe

#949 in the World

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

53. University of Konstanz

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

For Advertising

#374 in Europe

#966 in the World

Enrollment: 10,964
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1966

54. Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg

For Advertising

#375 in Europe

#968 in the World

Enrollment: 13,143
Founded: 1993

55. Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces

Bavaria | Neubiberg

For Advertising

#378 in Europe

#972 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 2,889
Founded: 1973

56. University of Potsdam

Brandenburg | Potsdam

For Advertising

#380 in Europe

#975 in the World

Enrollment: 20,878
Founded: 1991

57. University of Rostock

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock

For Advertising

#385 in Europe

#989 in the World

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

58. University of Regensburg

Bavaria | Regensburg

For Advertising

#388 in Europe

#1019 in the World

Enrollment: 20,702
Founded: 1962

59. University of Koblenz-Landau

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

For Advertising

#390 in Europe

#1021 in the World

Enrollment: 15,757
Founded: 1990

60. German Sport University Cologne

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

For Advertising

#392 in Europe

#1028 in the World

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

61. Osnabruck University

Lower Saxony | Osnabruck

For Advertising

#406 in Europe

#1060 in the World

Enrollment: 13,628
Founded: 1974

62. University of Hohenheim

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

For Advertising

#410 in Europe

#1070 in the World

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

63. Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

For Advertising

#412 in Europe

#1082 in the World

Enrollment: 15,899
Founded: 1973

64. Ilmenau University of Technology

Thuringia | Ilmenau

For Advertising

#416 in Europe

#1096 in the World

Enrollment: 4,889
Founded: 1953

65. Hamburg University of Technology

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Advertising

#422 in Europe

#1115 in the World

Enrollment: 7,832
Founded: 1978

66. Chemnitz University of Technology

Saxony | Chemnitz

For Advertising

#424 in Europe

#1126 in the World

Enrollment: 9,873
Founded: 1836

67. Hannover Medical School

Lower Saxony | Hanover

For Advertising

#429 in Europe

#1136 in the World

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

68. Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt

Bavaria | Eichstatt

For Advertising

#439 in Europe

#1157 in the World

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

69. Pforzheim University

Baden-Wurttemberg | Pforzheim

For Advertising

#441 in Europe

#1170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 5,753
Founded: 1877

70. University of Hagen

North Rhine-Westphalia | Hagen

For Advertising

#444 in Europe

#1184 in the World

Enrollment: 71,351
Founded: 1974

71. Leuphana University of Luneburg

Lower Saxony | Luneburg

For Advertising

#448 in Europe

#1195 in the World

Enrollment: 9,620
Founded: 1946

72. Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

Saxony-Anhalt | Halle

For Advertising

#469 in Europe

#1279 in the World

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

73. Berlin School of Economics and Law

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Advertising

#471 in Europe

#1289 in the World

Enrollment: 11,828
Founded: 1971

74. Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

Hesse | Darmstadt

For Advertising

#492 in Europe

#1379 in the World

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

75. University of Lubeck

Schleswig-Holstein | Lubeck

For Advertising

#506 in Europe

#1442 in the World

Enrollment: 5,968
Founded: 1964

76. Clausthal University of Technology

Lower Saxony | Clausthal-Zellerfeld

For Advertising

#512 in Europe

#1475 in the World

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

77. Witten/Herdecke University

North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten

For Advertising

#548 in Europe

#1636 in the World

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

78. Zeppelin University

Baden-Wurttemberg | Friedrichshafen

For Advertising

#566 in Europe

#1715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 805
Founded: 2003

79. Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg

Brandenburg | Senftenberg

For Advertising

#567 in Europe

#1717 in the World

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

80. Jacobs University Bremen

Bremen State | Bremen City

For Advertising

#575 in Europe

#1754 in the World

Enrollment: 1,531
Founded: 2001

81. University of Banking of Frankfurt

Hesse | Frankfurt

For Advertising

#585 in Europe

#1784 in the World

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

82. Hamburg School of Business Administration

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Advertising

#588 in Europe

#1789 in the World

Enrollment: 731
Founded: 2004

83. HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

Saxony | Leipzig

For Advertising

#592 in Europe

#1800 in the World

Enrollment: 737
Founded: 1898

84. University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Advertising

#605 in Europe

#1857 in the World

Enrollment: 2,587
Founded: 1972

85. Reutlingen University

Baden-Wurttemberg | Reutlingen

For Advertising

#623 in Europe

#1920 in the World

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

86. Freiberg University of Technology

Saxony | Freiberg

For Advertising

#632 in Europe

#1966 in the World

Enrollment: 4,016
Founded: 1765

87. University of Erfurt

Thuringia | Erfurt

For Advertising

#633 in Europe

#1968 in the World

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

88. Mainz University of Applied Sciences

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

For Advertising

#651 in Europe

#2056 in the World

Enrollment: 5,786
Founded: 1996

89. University of Greifswald

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Greifswald

For Advertising

#697 in Europe

#2235 in the World

Enrollment: 10,366
Founded: 1456

90. Munich University of Applied Sciences

Bavaria | Munich

For Advertising

#735 in Europe

#2430 in the World

Enrollment: 18,183
Founded: 1971

91. Folkwang University of the Arts

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

For Advertising

#738 in Europe

#2455 in the World

Enrollment: 1,506
Founded: 1927

The best cities to study Advertising in Germany based on the number of universities and their ranks are Hamburg, Munich, Munster, and Mannheim.