58 Best universities for Software Engineering in Germany

Below is a list of best universities in Germany ranked based on their research performance in Software Engineering. A graph of 214K citations received by 9.13K academic papers made by 58 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

For Software Engineering

#7 in Europe
#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

2. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Software Engineering

#9 in Europe
#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

3. University of Stuttgart

For Software Engineering

#10 in Europe
#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Enrollment
26,457
Founded
1829

4. RWTH Aachen University

For Software Engineering

#16 in Europe
#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870

5. University of Paderborn

For Software Engineering

#27 in Europe
#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
20,316
Founded
1972

6. Darmstadt University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#31 in Europe
#67 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
25,840
Founded
1877

7. University of Ulm

For Software Engineering

#42 in Europe
#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
10,747
Founded
1967

8. Dresden University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#49 in Europe
#102 in the World
Enrollment
31,517
Founded
1828

9. Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

For Software Engineering

#53 in Europe
#114 in the World
Enrollment
14,427
Founded
1993

10. University of Munich

For Software Engineering

#54 in Europe
#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
50,918
Founded
1472

11. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Software Engineering

#55 in Europe
#116 in the World
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

12. Technical University of Berlin

For Software Engineering

#59 in Europe
#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
35,149
Founded
1946

13. Technical University of Kaiserslautern

For Software Engineering

#62 in Europe
#130 in the World
Enrollment
14,594
Male:Female
60:40
Founded
1970

14. Saarland University

For Software Engineering

#64 in Europe
#132 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,749
Founded
1948

15. University of Hamburg

For Software Engineering

#65 in Europe
#137 in the World
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

16. University of Mannheim

For Software Engineering

#70 in Europe
#145 in the World
Enrollment
11,800
Founded
1907

17. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Software Engineering

#79 in Europe
#169 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
38,878
Founded
1743

18. University of Bremen

For Software Engineering

#82 in Europe
#175 in the World
Enrollment
19,234
Founded
1971

19. Braunschweig University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#84 in Europe
#178 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
20,037
Founded
1745

20. University of Potsdam

For Software Engineering

#87 in Europe
#182 in the World
Enrollment
20,878
Founded
1991

21. University of Leipzig

For Software Engineering

#90 in Europe
#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
31,088
Founded
1409

22. University of Passau

For Software Engineering

#105 in Europe
#211 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Enrollment
12,581
Founded
1973

23. University of Rostock

For Software Engineering

#114 in Europe
#231 in the World
Enrollment
12,996
Male:Female
50:50
Founded
1419

24. TU Dortmund University

For Software Engineering

#119 in Europe
#239 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
34,616
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1968

25. University of Koblenz-Landau

For Software Engineering

#121 in Europe
#242 in the World
Enrollment
15,757
Founded
1990

26. Humboldt University of Berlin

For Software Engineering

#127 in Europe
#255 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
36,378
Founded
1809

27. University of Munster

For Software Engineering

#129 in Europe
#259 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
44,692
Founded
1780

28. Free University of Berlin

For Software Engineering

#141 in Europe
#285 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,608
Founded
1948

29. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Software Engineering

#143 in Europe
#288 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

30. Leibniz University of Hanover

For Software Engineering

#162 in Europe
#323 in the World
Enrollment
23,900
Founded
1831

31. Kiel University

For Software Engineering

#176 in Europe
#356 in the World
Enrollment
25,277
Founded
1665

32. University of Freiburg

For Software Engineering

#177 in Europe
#358 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
24,391
Founded
1457

33. Ruhr University Bochum

For Software Engineering

#179 in Europe
#363 in the World
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

34. University of Tubingen

For Software Engineering

#181 in Europe
#365 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
28,515
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477

35. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Software Engineering

#182 in Europe
#373 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
46,429
Founded
1914

36. Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Software Engineering

#200 in Europe
#414 in the World
Enrollment
15,899
Founded
1973

37. University of Augsburg

For Software Engineering

#208 in Europe
#438 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Enrollment
20,467
Male:Female
43:57
Founded
1970

38. Ilmenau University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#209 in Europe
#440 in the World
Enrollment
6,612
Founded
1953

39. University of Bayreuth

For Software Engineering

#211 in Europe
#445 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
13,300
Founded
1972

40. University of Kassel

For Software Engineering

#212 in Europe
#446 in the World
Enrollment
25,043
Male:Female
50:50
Founded
1971

41. University of Bonn

For Software Engineering

#216 in Europe
#454 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

42. Clausthal University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#220 in Europe
#465 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
4,963
Founded
1775

43. University of Marburg

For Software Engineering

#226 in Europe
#482 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,758
Founded
1527

44. University of Trier

For Software Engineering

#229 in Europe
#485 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
15,260
Founded
1970

45. University of Gottingen

For Software Engineering

#236 in Europe
#502 in the World
Enrollment
31,619
Founded
1734

46. University of Hildesheim

For Software Engineering

#240 in Europe
#520 in the World
Enrollment
6,048
Founded
1978

47. University of Wurzburg

For Software Engineering

#242 in Europe
#526 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
28,878
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1402

48. University of Regensburg

For Software Engineering

#256 in Europe
#548 in the World
Enrollment
21,558
Founded
1962

49. University of Bamberg

For Software Engineering

#269 in Europe
#580 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Enrollment
12,161
Founded
1972

50. University of Hagen

For Software Engineering

#282 in Europe
#601 in the World
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

52. University of Bielefeld

For Software Engineering

#292 in Europe
#624 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Enrollment
25,015
Founded
1969

53. Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg

For Software Engineering

#298 in Europe
#642 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
7,280
Founded
2013

54. University of Siegen

For Software Engineering

#305 in Europe
#655 in the World
Enrollment
19,785
Founded
1972

55. Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

For Software Engineering

#306 in Europe
#659 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
16,136
Male:Female
61:39
Founded
1971

56. University of Cologne

For Software Engineering

#308 in Europe
#675 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
49,382
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

57. Chemnitz University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#321 in Europe
#724 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Enrollment
9,873
Founded
1836

58. Reutlingen University

For Software Engineering

#338 in Europe
#753 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
5,700
Founded
1855

The best cities to study Software Engineering in Germany based on the number of universities and their ranks are Munich, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, and Aachen.