26 Best universities for Optical 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 Optical Engineering. A graph of 2.79M citations received by 113K 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 Optical Engineering

#11 in Germany
#42 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

2. University of Munster

For Optical Engineering

#12 in Germany
#50 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

3. Ruhr University Bochum

For Optical Engineering

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

4. University of Bonn

For Optical Engineering

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

5. University of Cologne

For Optical Engineering

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

6. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Optical Engineering

#29 in Germany
#115 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

7. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Optical Engineering

#30 in Germany
#120 in Europe
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

8. TU Dortmund University

For Optical Engineering

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

9. University of Bielefeld

For Optical Engineering

#42 in Germany
#182 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

10. University of Paderborn

For Optical Engineering

#44 in Germany
#202 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

11. University of Wuppertal

For Optical Engineering

#47 in Germany
#252 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

12. University of Siegen

For Optical Engineering

#50 in Germany
#261 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

13. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Optical Engineering

#62 in Germany
#387 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

14. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Optical Engineering

#63 in Germany
#389 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

15. University of Hagen

For Optical Engineering

#71 in Germany
#522 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

16. Witten/Herdecke University

For Optical Engineering

#75 in Germany
#602 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

17. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Optical Engineering

#76 in Germany
#608 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

18. German Sport University Cologne

For Optical Engineering

#81 in Germany
#710 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

19. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Optical Engineering

#92 in Germany
#781 in Europe
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

20. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Optical Engineering

#108 in Germany
#921 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

21. Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

For Optical Engineering

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

22. University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management

For Optical Engineering

#114 in Germany
#946 in Europe
Enrollment
21,263
Founded
1993

23. University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf

For Optical Engineering

#115 in Germany
#952 in Europe
Enrollment
11,170
Founded
1971

24. Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences

For Optical Engineering

#123 in Germany
#1019 in Europe
Enrollment
5,938
Founded
1971

25. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Optical Engineering

#125 in Germany
#1032 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,741
Founded
1971

26. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Optical Engineering

#140 in Germany
#1158 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Optical Engineering

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 11 19
Rhineland-Palatinate 10 15
Lower Saxony 14 8
Bremen 3 40
Thuringia 4 7
Saxony-Anhalt 4 33
Hamburg 5 6
Baden-Wurttemberg 21 3
Schleswig-Holstein 4 32
Brandenburg 13 10
Saxony 6 16
Bavaria 20 1
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 46