18 Best universities for Civil 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 Civil Engineering. A graph of 280K citations received by 13K academic papers made by 18 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 Civil Engineering

#7 in Germany
#55 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

2. Ruhr University Bochum

For Civil Engineering

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

3. University of Bonn

For Civil Engineering

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

4. University of Cologne

For Civil Engineering

#22 in Germany
#135 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

5. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Civil Engineering

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

6. TU Dortmund University

For Civil Engineering

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

7. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Civil Engineering

#28 in Germany
#183 in Europe
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

8. University of Munster

For Civil Engineering

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

9. University of Wuppertal

For Civil Engineering

#41 in Germany
#279 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

10. University of Bielefeld

For Civil Engineering

#43 in Germany
#291 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

11. University of Siegen

For Civil Engineering

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

12. University of Paderborn

For Civil Engineering

#53 in Germany
#366 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

13. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Civil Engineering

#62 in Germany
#446 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

14. German Sport University Cologne

For Civil Engineering

#74 in Germany
#579 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

15. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Civil Engineering

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

16. University of Hagen

For Civil Engineering

#79 in Germany
#640 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

17. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Civil Engineering

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

18. Witten/Herdecke University

For Civil Engineering

#88 in Germany
#764 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Civil Engineering

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 7 8
Rhineland-Palatinate 6 14
Lower Saxony 10 11
Thuringia 3 19
Hamburg 5 6
Baden-Wurttemberg 12 2
Brandenburg 7 12
Saxony 5 5
Bavaria 14 1