28 Best Business schools in North Rhine-Westphalia

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in North Rhine-Westphalia ranked based on their research performance in Business. A graph of 1.75M citations received by 98.3K 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.

1. RWTH Aachen University

For Business

#1 in Germany
#27 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

2. University of Bonn

For Business

#9 in Germany
#92 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

3. TU Dortmund University

For Business

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

4. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Business

#20 in Germany
#146 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

5. University of Cologne

For Business

#22 in Germany
#152 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

6. Ruhr University Bochum

For Business

#23 in Germany
#154 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

7. University of Munster

For Business

#25 in Germany
#173 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

8. University of Bielefeld

For Business

#28 in Germany
#195 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

9. University of Paderborn

For Business

#38 in Germany
#255 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

10. University of Wuppertal

For Business

#46 in Germany
#291 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

11. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Business

#48 in Germany
#300 in Europe
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

12. University of Siegen

For Business

#57 in Germany
#360 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

13. University of Hagen

For Business

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

14. Witten/Herdecke University

For Business

#78 in Germany
#578 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

15. German Sport University Cologne

For Business

#82 in Germany
#616 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

16. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#83 in Germany
#621 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

17. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Business

#92 in Germany
#747 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

19. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#98 in Germany
#763 in Europe
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

22. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#112 in Germany
#955 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

24. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#114 in Germany
#974 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

25. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Business

#118 in Germany
#1006 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,741
Founded
1971

26. Cologne Business School

For Business

#121 in Germany
#1019 in Europe
Enrollment
1,123
Founded
1993

27. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#153 in Germany
#1215 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

28. University of Applied Sciences Europe

For Business

#163 in Germany
#1360 in Europe
Enrollment
2,906
Founded
2000

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Business

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 12 7
Rhineland-Palatinate 13 32
Lower Saxony 14 21
Bremen 3 24
Thuringia 5 42
Saxony-Anhalt 4 37
Hamburg 8 3
Baden-Wurttemberg 23 4
Schleswig-Holstein 4 26
Brandenburg 17 6
Saxony 7 16
Bavaria 22 2
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 56