27 Best universities for Economics in North Rhine-Westphalia

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in North Rhine-Westphalia ranked based on their research performance in Economics. A graph of 1.22M citations received by 66K academic papers made by 27 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. University of Bonn

For Economics

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

2. University of Cologne

For Economics

#10 in Germany
#106 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

3. RWTH Aachen University

For Economics

#12 in Germany
#112 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

4. University of Bielefeld

For Economics

#18 in Germany
#155 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

5. TU Dortmund University

For Economics

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

6. Ruhr University Bochum

For Economics

#22 in Germany
#182 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

7. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Economics

#24 in Germany
#186 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

8. University of Munster

For Economics

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

9. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Economics

#30 in Germany
#212 in Europe
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

10. University of Paderborn

For Economics

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

11. University of Wuppertal

For Economics

#52 in Germany
#359 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

12. University of Siegen

For Economics

#57 in Germany
#397 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

13. Witten/Herdecke University

For Economics

#67 in Germany
#490 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

14. University of Hagen

For Economics

#69 in Germany
#497 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

15. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#83 in Germany
#650 in Europe
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

16. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#86 in Germany
#685 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

17. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Economics

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

18. German Sport University Cologne

For Economics

#93 in Germany
#775 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

21. Cologne Business School

For Economics

#113 in Germany
#958 in Europe
Enrollment
1,123
Founded
1993

22. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#115 in Germany
#997 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

23. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#116 in Germany
#998 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

25. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Economics

#135 in Germany
#1104 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,741
Founded
1971

26. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#143 in Germany
#1190 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Economics

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 12 1
Rhineland-Palatinate 12 28
Lower Saxony 14 11
Bremen 3 19
Thuringia 5 35
Saxony-Anhalt 4 45
Hamburg 8 2
Baden-Wurttemberg 22 4
Schleswig-Holstein 4 20
Brandenburg 18 7
Saxony 7 25
Bavaria 21 5
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 60