19 Best Materials Science schools in North Rhine-Westphalia

Below is the list of best universities in North Rhine-Westphalia ranked based on their research performance in Materials Science. A graph of 998K citations received by 41.1K academic papers made by 19 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 Materials Science

#3 in Germany
#14 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870

2. Ruhr University Bochum

For Materials Science

#11 in Germany
#40 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

3. University of Munster

For Materials Science

#17 in Germany
#82 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
44,692
Founded
1780

4. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Materials Science

#23 in Germany
#104 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

5. TU Dortmund University

For Materials Science

#39 in Germany
#179 in Europe
Enrollment
34,616
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1968

6. University of Paderborn

For Materials Science

#40 in Germany
#182 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
20,316
Founded
1972

7. University of Cologne

For Materials Science

#41 in Germany
#184 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
49,382
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

8. University of Bonn

For Materials Science

#45 in Germany
#206 in Europe
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

9. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Materials Science

#47 in Germany
#209 in Europe
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

10. University of Wuppertal

For Materials Science

#52 in Germany
#264 in Europe
Enrollment
21,949
Founded
1972

11. University of Bielefeld

For Materials Science

#56 in Germany
#316 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
80%
Enrollment
25,015
Founded
1969

12. University of Siegen

For Materials Science

#59 in Germany
#359 in Europe
Enrollment
19,785
Founded
1972

13. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Materials Science

#62 in Germany
#421 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

14. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Materials Science

#72 in Germany
#607 in Europe
Enrollment
15,050
Founded
1971

15. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Materials Science

#77 in Germany
#677 in Europe
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

16. University of Hagen

For Materials Science

#78 in Germany
#679 in Europe
Enrollment
68,429
Founded
1974

17. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Materials Science

#80 in Germany
#704 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

18. Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences

For Materials Science

#84 in Germany
#722 in Europe
Enrollment
6,544
Founded
1971

19. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Materials Science

#99 in Germany
#853 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Materials Science

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 8 9
Rhineland-Palatinate 5 16
Lower Saxony 9 19
Bremen 3 29
Thuringia 3 7
Saxony-Anhalt 3 18
Hamburg 4 12
Baden-Wurttemberg 14 1
Brandenburg 9 8
Saxony 6 6
Bavaria 11 2
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 44