26 Best universities for Electrical Engineering in North Rhine-Westphalia

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in North Rhine-Westphalia ranked based on their research performance in Electrical Engineering. A graph of 2.41M citations received by 86.6K academic papers made by 26 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

Aachen

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in Germany

#19 in Europe

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

2. TU Dortmund University

Dortmund

For Electrical Engineering

#9 in Germany

#50 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 34,616
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1968

3. Ruhr University Bochum

Bochum

For Electrical Engineering

#11 in Germany

#64 in Europe

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

4. University of Duisburg - Essen

Essen

For Electrical Engineering

#16 in Germany

#93 in Europe

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

5. University of Bonn

Bonn

For Electrical Engineering

#20 in Germany

#123 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 38,043
Founded: 1818

6. University of Cologne

Cologne

For Electrical Engineering

#29 in Germany

#151 in Europe

Enrollment: 52,204
Founded: 1388

7. University of Paderborn

Paderborn

For Electrical Engineering

#30 in Germany

#152 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 19,110
Founded: 1972

8. University of Munster

Munster

For Electrical Engineering

#34 in Germany

#171 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 43,728
Founded: 1780

9. University of Wuppertal

Wuppertal

For Electrical Engineering

#37 in Germany

#183 in Europe

Enrollment: 22,601
Founded: 1972

10. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Dusseldorf

For Electrical Engineering

#52 in Germany

#253 in Europe

Enrollment: 37,473
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1965

11. University of Bielefeld

Bielefeld

For Electrical Engineering

#54 in Germany

#273 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 23,342
Founded: 1969

12. University of Siegen

Siegen

For Electrical Engineering

#55 in Germany

#279 in Europe

Enrollment: 17,805
Founded: 1972

13. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

Aachen

For Electrical Engineering

#56 in Germany

#339 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 13,671
Founded: 1971

14. University of Hagen

Hagen

For Electrical Engineering

#68 in Germany

#495 in Europe

Enrollment: 71,351
Founded: 1974

15. Folkwang University of the Arts

Essen

For Electrical Engineering

#72 in Germany

#560 in Europe

Enrollment: 1,506
Founded: 1927

16. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

Cologne

For Electrical Engineering

#74 in Germany

#599 in Europe

Enrollment: 27,000
Founded: 1971

17. Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences

Lemgo

For Electrical Engineering

#83 in Germany

#692 in Europe

Enrollment: 5,938
Founded: 1971

18. Munster University of Applied Sciences

Munster

For Electrical Engineering

#92 in Germany

#739 in Europe

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1971

19. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

Bielefeld

For Electrical Engineering

#101 in Germany

#823 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 8,633
Founded: 1971

20. Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

Sankt Augustin

For Electrical Engineering

#104 in Germany

#836 in Europe

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1995

21. Witten/Herdecke University

Witten

For Electrical Engineering

#105 in Germany

#844 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 2,894
Founded: 1982

22. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Dortmund

For Electrical Engineering

#121 in Germany

#959 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 14,373
Founded: 1971

23. University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf

Dusseldorf

For Electrical Engineering

#124 in Germany

#971 in Europe

Enrollment: 11,170
Founded: 1971

24. University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management

Essen

For Electrical Engineering

#127 in Germany

#988 in Europe

Enrollment: 47,098
Founded: 1993

25. German Sport University Cologne

Cologne

For Electrical Engineering

#128 in Germany

#994 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1947

26. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

Kleve

For Electrical Engineering

#143 in Germany

#1125 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 6,723
Founded: 2009

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Electrical Engineering

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Hesse	11	8
Rhineland-Palatinate	11	32
Lower Saxony	14	12
Bremen	3	26
Thuringia	5	22
Saxony-Anhalt	4	38
Hamburg	6	10
Baden-Wurttemberg	21	2
Schleswig-Holstein	4	24
Brandenburg	13	6
Saxony	6	7
Bavaria	19	1
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3	50