19 Best universities for Library and Information science 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 Library and Information science. A graph of 236K citations received by 15.6K 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 Library and Information science

#2 in Germany
#38 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

2. University of Bonn

For Library and Information science

#10 in Germany
#69 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

3. University of Munster

For Library and Information science

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

4. Ruhr University Bochum

For Library and Information science

#15 in Germany
#84 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

5. University of Cologne

For Library and Information science

#18 in Germany
#95 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

6. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Library and Information science

#19 in Germany
#98 in Europe
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

7. TU Dortmund University

For Library and Information science

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

8. University of Bielefeld

For Library and Information science

#42 in Germany
#209 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

9. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Library and Information science

#43 in Germany
#212 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

10. University of Paderborn

For Library and Information science

#49 in Germany
#279 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

11. University of Wuppertal

For Library and Information science

#57 in Germany
#331 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

12. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Library and Information science

#58 in Germany
#337 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

13. University of Siegen

For Library and Information science

#62 in Germany
#370 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

14. University of Hagen

For Library and Information science

#74 in Germany
#481 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

15. Witten/Herdecke University

For Library and Information science

#76 in Germany
#513 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

16. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Library and Information science

#77 in Germany
#543 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

17. German Sport University Cologne

For Library and Information science

#92 in Germany
#712 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

18. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Library and Information science

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

19. University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf

For Library and Information science

#100 in Germany
#780 in Europe
Enrollment
11,170
Founded
1971

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Library and Information science

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 6 13
Rhineland-Palatinate 7 25
Lower Saxony 11 3
Thuringia 5 37
Saxony-Anhalt 3 38
Hamburg 4 8
Baden-Wurttemberg 13 1
Schleswig-Holstein 3 24
Brandenburg 10 12
Saxony 4 5
Bavaria 14 4