26 Best universities for Electrical 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 Electrical Engineering. A graph of 1.59M citations received by 75.6K 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

For Electrical Engineering

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

2. TU Dortmund University

For Electrical Engineering

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

3. Ruhr University Bochum

For Electrical Engineering

#11 in Germany
#64 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

4. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Electrical Engineering

#16 in Germany
#92 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

5. University of Bonn

For Electrical Engineering

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

6. University of Cologne

For Electrical Engineering

#27 in Germany
#145 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

7. University of Paderborn

For Electrical Engineering

#29 in Germany
#148 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

8. University of Munster

For Electrical Engineering

#35 in Germany
#168 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

9. University of Wuppertal

For Electrical Engineering

#36 in Germany
#176 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

10. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Electrical Engineering

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

11. University of Bielefeld

For Electrical Engineering

#53 in Germany
#266 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

12. University of Siegen

For Electrical Engineering

#54 in Germany
#268 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

13. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Electrical Engineering

#57 in Germany
#322 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

14. University of Hagen

For Electrical Engineering

#66 in Germany
#463 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

15. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Electrical Engineering

#72 in Germany
#543 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

16. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Electrical Engineering

#75 in Germany
#600 in Europe
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

17. Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences

For Electrical Engineering

#82 in Germany
#684 in Europe
Enrollment
5,938
Founded
1971

18. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Electrical Engineering

#92 in Germany
#723 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

19. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Electrical Engineering

#97 in Germany
#782 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

20. Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

For Electrical Engineering

#104 in Germany
#833 in Europe
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1995

21. University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf

For Electrical Engineering

#110 in Germany
#861 in Europe
Enrollment
11,170
Founded
1971

22. Witten/Herdecke University

For Electrical Engineering

#118 in Germany
#895 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

23. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Electrical Engineering

#123 in Germany
#938 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,741
Founded
1971

24. University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management

For Electrical Engineering

#124 in Germany
#942 in Europe
Enrollment
21,263
Founded
1993

25. German Sport University Cologne

For Electrical Engineering

#129 in Germany
#988 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

26. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Electrical Engineering

#142 in Germany
#1111 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 Germany Flag rank
Hesse 11 8
Rhineland-Palatinate 10 30
Lower Saxony 14 10
Bremen 3 31
Thuringia 4 21
Saxony-Anhalt 4 38
Hamburg 6 12
Baden-Wurttemberg 20 3
Schleswig-Holstein 4 25
Brandenburg 13 6
Saxony 6 7
Bavaria 19 1
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 50