5 Best Engineering universities in Cologne [2024 Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Cologne ranked based on their research performance in Engineering. A graph of 880K citations received by 34.4K academic papers made by 5 universities in Cologne 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 Cologne

For Engineering

#6 in North Rhine-Westphalia

#26 in Germany

Enrollment: 52,204
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1388

2. German Sport University Cologne

For Engineering

#17 in North Rhine-Westphalia

#83 in Germany

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

3. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Engineering

#18 in North Rhine-Westphalia

#85 in Germany

Enrollment: 27,000
Founded: 1971

4. Academy of Media Arts Cologne

For Engineering

#28 in North Rhine-Westphalia

#163 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 398
Founded: 1990

5. Cologne Business School

For Engineering

#29 in North Rhine-Westphalia

#164 in Germany

Enrollment: 1,123
Founded: 1993

Universities for Engineering near Cologne

Distance, km 📏 km	University	Country rank 🏆	City
25	University of Bonn	17	Bonn
30	Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf	33	Dusseldorf
36	University of Wuppertal	52	Wuppertal
50	Folkwang University of the Arts	69	Essen
58	University of Duisburg - Essen	27	Essen
60	Ruhr University Bochum	11	Bochum
61	University of Hagen	70	Hagen
63	Witten/Herdecke University	77	Witten
64	RWTH Aachen University	2	Aachen
64	Aachen University of Applied Sciences	64	Aachen