20 Best universities for Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering. A graph of 151K citations received by 11.4K academic papers made by 20 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 Software Engineering

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

2. University of Paderborn

For Software Engineering

#10 in Germany
#55 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

3. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Software Engineering

#12 in Germany
#62 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

4. TU Dortmund University

For Software Engineering

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

5. Ruhr University Bochum

For Software Engineering

#24 in Germany
#143 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

6. University of Munster

For Software Engineering

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

7. University of Bonn

For Software Engineering

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

8. University of Hagen

For Software Engineering

#38 in Germany
#217 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

9. University of Bielefeld

For Software Engineering

#47 in Germany
#272 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

10. University of Siegen

For Software Engineering

#48 in Germany
#276 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

11. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Software Engineering

#50 in Germany
#289 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

12. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Software Engineering

#52 in Germany
#306 in Europe
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

13. University of Cologne

For Software Engineering

#55 in Germany
#339 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

14. University of Wuppertal

For Software Engineering

#65 in Germany
#401 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

15. German Sport University Cologne

For Software Engineering

#75 in Germany
#524 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

16. Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences

For Software Engineering

#76 in Germany
#533 in Europe
Enrollment
5,938
Founded
1971

17. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Software Engineering

#79 in Germany
#567 in Europe
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

18. Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

For Software Engineering

#81 in Germany
#580 in Europe
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1995

19. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Software Engineering

#90 in Germany
#648 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,741
Founded
1971

20. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Software Engineering

#98 in Germany
#712 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Software Engineering

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 8 4
Rhineland-Palatinate 5 17
Lower Saxony 9 16
Thuringia 3 41
Saxony-Anhalt 3 25
Hamburg 4 9
Baden-Wurttemberg 17 3
Brandenburg 8 6
Saxony 5 11
Bavaria 14 1