Best Project Management universities in Germany [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Germany ranked based on their research performance in Project Management. A graph of 646K citations received by 28K academic papers made by 100 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. Technical University of Munich

Bavaria | Munich

For Project Management

#25 in Europe

#54 in the World

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

2. RWTH Aachen University

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

For Project Management

#35 in Europe

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

3. Technical University of Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Project Management

#46 in Europe

#107 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

4. University of Hamburg

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Project Management

#54 in Europe

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

5. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

For Project Management

#64 in Europe

#139 in the World

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

6. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Bavaria | Erlangen

For Project Management

#93 in Europe

#206 in the World

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

7. University of Stuttgart

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

For Project Management

#95 in Europe

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

8. Darmstadt University of Technology

Hesse | Darmstadt

For Project Management

#99 in Europe

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

9. University of Kassel

Hesse | Kassel

For Project Management

#106 in Europe

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 21,352
Male:Female: 50:50
Founded: 1971

10. University of Bremen

Bremen State | Bremen City

For Project Management

#118 in Europe

#271 in the World

Enrollment: 17,984
Founded: 1971

11. University of Munster

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

For Project Management

#123 in Europe

#280 in the World

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

12. University of Mannheim

Baden-Wurttemberg | Mannheim

For Project Management

#124 in Europe

#288 in the World

Enrollment: 11,532
Founded: 1907

13. Dresden University of Technology

Saxony | Dresden

For Project Management

#138 in Europe

#318 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

14. Braunschweig University of Technology

Lower Saxony | Braunschweig

For Project Management

#145 in Europe

#341 in the World

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

15. Leuphana University of Luneburg

Lower Saxony | Luneburg

For Project Management

#150 in Europe

#356 in the World

Enrollment: 9,620
Founded: 1946

16. University of Munich

Bavaria | Munich

For Project Management

#167 in Europe

#391 in the World

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

17. Free University of Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Project Management

#172 in Europe

#397 in the World

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

18. TU Dortmund University

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

For Project Management

#173 in Europe

#398 in the World

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

19. University of Duisburg - Essen

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

For Project Management

#176 in Europe

#406 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

20. University of Potsdam

Brandenburg | Potsdam

For Project Management

#177 in Europe

#407 in the World

Enrollment: 20,406
Founded: 1991

21. University of Cologne

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

For Project Management

#183 in Europe

#415 in the World

Enrollment: 52,204
Founded: 1388

22. Ruhr University Bochum

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum

For Project Management

#189 in Europe

#427 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

23. Saarland University

Saarland | Saarbrucken

For Project Management

#196 in Europe

#437 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 16,250
Founded: 1948

24. WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Rhineland-Palatinate | Vallendar

For Project Management

#199 in Europe

#446 in the World

Enrollment: 1,669
Founded: 1984

25. Osnabruck University

Lower Saxony | Osnabruck

For Project Management

#210 in Europe

#472 in the World

Enrollment: 13,628
Founded: 1974

26. Leibniz University of Hanover

Lower Saxony | Hanover

For Project Management

#215 in Europe

#490 in the World

Enrollment: 28,018
Founded: 1831

27. University of Ulm

Baden-Wurttemberg | Ulm

For Project Management

#216 in Europe

#492 in the World

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

28. Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

For Project Management

#229 in Europe

#515 in the World

Enrollment: 15,899
Founded: 1973

29. Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg

For Project Management

#251 in Europe

#559 in the World

Enrollment: 13,143
Founded: 1993

30. Hamburg University of Technology

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Project Management

#252 in Europe

#560 in the World

Enrollment: 7,223
Founded: 1978

31. University of Leipzig

Saxony | Leipzig

For Project Management

#254 in Europe

#565 in the World

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

32. Chemnitz University of Technology

Saxony | Chemnitz

For Project Management

#264 in Europe

#601 in the World

Enrollment: 9,873
Founded: 1836

33. Berlin School of Economics and Law

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Project Management

#268 in Europe

#605 in the World

Enrollment: 12,246
Founded: 1971

34. Technical University of Kaiserslautern

Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern

For Project Management

#269 in Europe

#609 in the World

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

35. University of Paderborn

North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn

For Project Management

#270 in Europe

#610 in the World

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

36. Humboldt University of Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Project Management

#275 in Europe

#629 in the World

Enrollment: 36,232
Founded: 1809

37. Heidelberg University - Germany

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

For Project Management

#281 in Europe

#641 in the World

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

38. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Hesse | Frankfurt

For Project Management

#285 in Europe

#652 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

39. University of Bayreuth

Bavaria | Bayreuth

For Project Management

#291 in Europe

#663 in the World

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

40. University of Augsburg

Bavaria | Augsburg

For Project Management

#292 in Europe

#665 in the World

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

41. EBS University for business and law

Hesse | Wiesbaden

For Project Management

#302 in Europe

#687 in the World

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

42. University of Bamberg

Bavaria | Bamberg

For Project Management

#314 in Europe

#712 in the World

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

43. University of Regensburg

Bavaria | Regensburg

For Project Management

#337 in Europe

#765 in the World

Enrollment: 20,702
Founded: 1962

44. University of Bonn

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

For Project Management

#339 in Europe

#771 in the World

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

45. University of Freiburg

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

For Project Management

#340 in Europe

#773 in the World

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

46. Kiel University

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

For Project Management

#357 in Europe

#822 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

47. University of Gottingen

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

For Project Management

#366 in Europe

#843 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

48. University of Siegen

North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen

For Project Management

#374 in Europe

#859 in the World

Enrollment: 17,805
Founded: 1972

49. University of Rostock

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock

For Project Management

#383 in Europe

#875 in the World

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

50. Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces

Bavaria | Neubiberg

For Project Management

#388 in Europe

#890 in the World

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

51. University of Wurzburg

Bavaria | Wurzburg

For Project Management

#393 in Europe

#899 in the World

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

52. University of Hagen

North Rhine-Westphalia | Hagen

For Project Management

#402 in Europe

#926 in the World

Enrollment: 71,351
Founded: 1974

53. University of Koblenz-Landau

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

For Project Management

#427 in Europe

#985 in the World

Enrollment: 15,757
Founded: 1990

54. University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Project Management

#449 in Europe

#1043 in the World

Enrollment: 2,587
Founded: 1972

55. Reutlingen University

Baden-Wurttemberg | Reutlingen

For Project Management

#454 in Europe

#1056 in the World

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

56. Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg

Brandenburg | Senftenberg

For Project Management

#463 in Europe

#1069 in the World

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

57. University of Banking of Frankfurt

Hesse | Frankfurt

For Project Management

#468 in Europe

#1082 in the World

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

58. University of Bielefeld

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

For Project Management

#472 in Europe

#1099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 23,342
Founded: 1969

59. University of Hohenheim

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

For Project Management

#473 in Europe

#1106 in the World

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

60. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Thuringia | Jena

For Project Management

#486 in Europe

#1140 in the World

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

61. University of Konstanz

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

For Project Management

#489 in Europe

#1145 in the World

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

62. University of Marburg

Hesse | Marburg

For Project Management

#490 in Europe

#1146 in the World

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

63. Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt

Bavaria | Eichstatt

For Project Management

#498 in Europe

#1170 in the World

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

64. Clausthal University of Technology

Lower Saxony | Clausthal-Zellerfeld

For Project Management

#505 in Europe

#1198 in the World

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

65. University of Trier

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

For Project Management

#514 in Europe

#1218 in the World

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

66. Ilmenau University of Technology

Thuringia | Ilmenau

For Project Management

#515 in Europe

#1221 in the World

Enrollment: 4,889
Founded: 1953

67. HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

Saxony | Leipzig

For Project Management

#540 in Europe

#1284 in the World

Enrollment: 737
Founded: 1898

68. Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

Saxony-Anhalt | Halle

For Project Management

#549 in Europe

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 19,387
Founded: 1817

69. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

For Project Management

#553 in Europe

#1325 in the World

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

70. Freiberg University of Technology

Saxony | Freiberg

For Project Management

#557 in Europe

#1332 in the World

Enrollment: 4,016
Founded: 1765

71. University of Giessen

Hesse | Giessen

For Project Management

#559 in Europe

#1343 in the World

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

72. Jacobs University Bremen

Bremen State | Bremen City

For Project Management

#565 in Europe

#1352 in the World

Enrollment: 1,531
Founded: 2001

73. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

For Project Management

#571 in Europe

#1385 in the World

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

74. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Project Management

#581 in Europe

#1409 in the World

Enrollment: 9,340
Founded: 1710

75. University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

For Project Management

#588 in Europe

#1435 in the World

Enrollment: 47,098
Founded: 1993

76. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

For Project Management

#589 in Europe

#1438 in the World

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

77. Berlin University of Applied Sciences

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Project Management

#591 in Europe

#1440 in the World

Enrollment: 14,167
Founded: 1994

78. Pforzheim University

Baden-Wurttemberg | Pforzheim

For Project Management

#597 in Europe

#1453 in the World

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

79. European University Viadrina

Brandenburg | Frankfurt

For Project Management

#600 in Europe

#1462 in the World

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

80. University of Wuppertal

North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal

For Project Management

#602 in Europe

#1466 in the World

Enrollment: 22,601
Founded: 1972

81. University of Tubingen

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

For Project Management

#611 in Europe

#1491 in the World

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

82. Witten/Herdecke University

North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten

For Project Management

#621 in Europe

#1519 in the World

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

83. Kuhne Logistics University

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Project Management

#640 in Europe

#1592 in the World

Enrollment: 450
Founded: 2010

84. Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

For Project Management

#655 in Europe

#1640 in the World

Enrollment: 17,125
Founded: 1970

85. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

For Project Management

#661 in Europe

#1657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 14,373
Founded: 1971

86. Munich University of Applied Sciences

Bavaria | Munich

For Project Management

#669 in Europe

#1680 in the World

Enrollment: 18,183
Founded: 1971

87. Hannover Medical School

Lower Saxony | Hanover

For Project Management

#688 in Europe

#1765 in the World

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

88. Bauhaus - University Weimar

Thuringia | Weimar

For Project Management

#701 in Europe

#1813 in the World

Enrollment: 3,988
Founded: 1860

89. University of Passau

Bavaria | Passau

For Project Management

#703 in Europe

#1821 in the World

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

90. Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

For Project Management

#708 in Europe

#1848 in the World

Enrollment: 4,081
Founded: 1832

91. Munster University of Applied Sciences

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

For Project Management

#718 in Europe

#1887 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1971

92. University of Hildesheim

Lower Saxony | Hildesheim

For Project Management

#730 in Europe

#1949 in the World

Enrollment: 8,307
Founded: 1978

93. University of Lubeck

Schleswig-Holstein | Lubeck

For Project Management

#734 in Europe

#1966 in the World

Enrollment: 5,968
Founded: 1964

94. ESMT Berlin

Brandenburg | Berlin

For Project Management

#743 in Europe

#1996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 233
Founded: 2002

95. Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences

Baden-Wurttemberg | Furtwangen

For Project Management

#744 in Europe

#1999 in the World

Enrollment: 4,461
Founded: 1971

96. Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

For Project Management

#751 in Europe

#2021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 8,371
Founded: 1878

97. Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heilbronn

For Project Management

#776 in Europe

#2108 in the World

Enrollment: 7,917
Founded: 1961

98. Constance University of Applied Sciences

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

For Project Management

#792 in Europe

#2170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 4,670
Founded: 1906

99. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

For Project Management

#805 in Europe

#2250 in the World

Enrollment: 27,000
Founded: 1971

100. University of Applied Science Koblenz

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

For Project Management

#813 in Europe

#2295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 9,145
Founded: 1996

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