26 Best universities for Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 1.3M citations received by 65.6K 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 Mechanical Engineering

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

2. TU Dortmund University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

3. Ruhr University Bochum

For Mechanical Engineering

#14 in Germany
#80 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

4. University of Bonn

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in Germany
#90 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

5. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Mechanical Engineering

#20 in Germany
#106 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

6. University of Munster

For Mechanical Engineering

#24 in Germany
#124 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

7. University of Cologne

For Mechanical Engineering

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

8. University of Paderborn

For Mechanical Engineering

#39 in Germany
#197 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

9. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Mechanical Engineering

#41 in Germany
#221 in Europe
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

10. University of Bielefeld

For Mechanical Engineering

#45 in Germany
#229 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

11. University of Wuppertal

For Mechanical Engineering

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

12. University of Siegen

For Mechanical Engineering

#53 in Germany
#284 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

13. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Mechanical Engineering

#60 in Germany
#337 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

14. University of Hagen

For Mechanical Engineering

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

15. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Mechanical Engineering

#76 in Germany
#613 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

16. German Sport University Cologne

For Mechanical Engineering

#82 in Germany
#673 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

17. Witten/Herdecke University

For Mechanical Engineering

#83 in Germany
#693 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

18. Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences

For Mechanical Engineering

#85 in Germany
#716 in Europe
Enrollment
5,938
Founded
1971

19. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Mechanical Engineering

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

20. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Mechanical Engineering

#89 in Germany
#768 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

21. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Mechanical Engineering

#100 in Germany
#844 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

22. Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

For Mechanical Engineering

#109 in Germany
#877 in Europe
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1995

23. University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf

For Mechanical Engineering

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

24. University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management

For Mechanical Engineering

#111 in Germany
#887 in Europe
Enrollment
21,263
Founded
1993

25. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Mechanical Engineering

#122 in Germany
#979 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,741
Founded
1971

26. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Mechanical Engineering

#150 in Germany
#1204 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Mechanical Engineering

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 12 7
Rhineland-Palatinate 10 19
Lower Saxony 14 13
Bremen 3 30
Thuringia 4 32
Saxony-Anhalt 4 34
Hamburg 7 8
Baden-Wurttemberg 23 3
Schleswig-Holstein 4 33
Brandenburg 16 10
Saxony 7 11
Bavaria 20 1
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 42