Top 300 universities in Germany: Rankings & Acceptance rate

Rank 🏆	University name	Acceptance rate Acc. rate	City & State
1	Technical University of Munich		Munchen Bavaria
2	Heidelberg University - Germany		Heidelberg Baden-Wurttemberg
3	University of Munich		Munchen Bavaria
4	Free University of Berlin		Berlin Brandenburg
5	University of Bonn		Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia
6	University of Hamburg		Hamburg City Hamburg
7	RWTH Aachen University		Aachen North Rhine-Westphalia
8	Technical University of Berlin		Berlin Brandenburg
9	University of Tubingen		Tubingen Baden-Wurttemberg
10	Humboldt University of Berlin		Berlin Brandenburg
11	University of Stuttgart		Stuttgart Baden-Wurttemberg
12	Dresden University of Technology		Dresden Saxony
13	University of Munster	15%	Munster North Rhine-Westphalia
14	University of Freiburg		Freiburg im Breisgau Baden-Wurttemberg
15	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	25%	Karlsruhe Baden-Wurttemberg
16	University of Leipzig		Leipzig Saxony
17	Darmstadt University of Technology		Darmstadt Hesse
18	University of Cologne		Koln North Rhine-Westphalia
19	University of Gottingen		Gottingen Lower Saxony
20	Kiel University		Kiel Schleswig-Holstein
21	Leibniz University of Hanover		Hannover Lower Saxony
22	Charite - Medical University of Berlin		Berlin Brandenburg
23	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz		Mainz Rhineland-Palatinate
24	University of Wurzburg		Wurzburg Bavaria
25	University of Bremen		Bremen City Bremen
26	University of Bielefeld		Bielefeld North Rhine-Westphalia
27	Friedrich Schiller University of Jena	75%	Jena Thuringia
28	University of Trier		Trier Rhineland-Palatinate
29	University of Duisburg - Essen		Essen North Rhine-Westphalia
30	Ruhr University Bochum		Bochum North Rhine-Westphalia
31	Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf		Dusseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia
32	University of Marburg		Marburg Hesse
33	University of Ulm		Ulm Baden-Wurttemberg
34	University of Giessen		Giessen Hesse
35	University of Regensburg		Regensburg Bavaria
36	Saarland University	35%	Saarbrucken Saarland
37	University of Potsdam		Potsdam Brandenburg
38	Technical University of Kaiserslautern		Kaiserslautern Rhineland-Palatinate
39	Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg	55%	Halle Saxony-Anhalt
40	University of Erlangen Nuremberg	45%	Erlangen Bavaria
41	University of Kassel		Kassel Hesse
42	University of Konstanz		Konstanz Baden-Wurttemberg
43	University of Rostock		Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
44	University of Mannheim		Mannheim Baden-Wurttemberg
45	Chemnitz University of Technology		Chemnitz Saxony
46	University of Bayreuth	35%	Bayreuth Bavaria
47	TU Dortmund University		Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia
48	WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management		Vallendar Rhineland-Palatinate
49	Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg		Magdeburg Saxony-Anhalt
50	University of Augsburg		Augsburg Bavaria
51	University of Wuppertal		Wuppertal North Rhine-Westphalia
52	University of Paderborn		Paderborn North Rhine-Westphalia
53	Osnabruck University		Osnabruck Lower Saxony
54	Braunschweig University of Technology	45%	Braunschweig Lower Saxony
55	Hannover Medical School		Hannover Lower Saxony
56	University of Hohenheim		Stuttgart Baden-Wurttemberg
57	University of Greifswald		Greifswald Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
58	University of Siegen		Siegen North Rhine-Westphalia
59	University of Hagen		Hagen North Rhine-Westphalia
60	Ilmenau University of Technology		Ilmenau Thuringia
61	University of Passau		Passau Bavaria
62	Bauhaus - University Weimar		Weimar Thuringia
63	University of Bamberg		Bamberg Bavaria
64	Clausthal University of Technology		Clausthal-Zellerfeld Lower Saxony
65	Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg		Oldenburg Lower Saxony
66	Leuphana University of Luneburg		Luneburg Lower Saxony
67	Hamburg University of Technology		Hamburg City Hamburg
68	Freiberg University of Technology		Freiberg Saxony
69	Hamburg University of Applied Sciences		Hamburg City Hamburg
70	Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt		Eichstatt Bavaria
71	Berlin University of Applied Sciences		Berlin Brandenburg
72	University of Lubeck		Lubeck Schleswig-Holstein
73	Munster University of Applied Sciences		Munster North Rhine-Westphalia
74	Cologne University of Applied Sciences		Koln North Rhine-Westphalia
75	Munich University of Applied Sciences		Munchen Bavaria
76	Osnabruck University of Applied Sciences		Osnabruck Lower Saxony
77	Augsburg University of Applied Sciences	25%	Augsburg Bavaria
78	Berlin University of the Arts	15%	Berlin Brandenburg
79	Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces	35%	Neubiberg Bavaria
80	University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management		Essen North Rhine-Westphalia
81	University of Hildesheim		Hildesheim Lower Saxony
82	Jacobs University Bremen		Bremen City Bremen
83	German Sport University Cologne	45%	Koln North Rhine-Westphalia
84	University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover	15%	Hannover Lower Saxony
85	Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences		Giessen Hesse
86	Witten/Herdecke University	75%	Witten North Rhine-Westphalia
87	Stuttgart Media University		Stuttgart Baden-Wurttemberg
88	Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences		Darmstadt Hesse
89	University of Erfurt		Erfurt Thuringia
90	Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences		Furtwangen Baden-Wurttemberg
91	Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences		Ingolstadt Bavaria
92	University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg		Hamburg City Hamburg
93	Esslingen University of Applied Sciences		Esslingen Baden-Wurttemberg
94	Potsdam University of Applied Sciences		Potsdam Brandenburg
95	Aachen University of Applied Sciences	45%	Aachen North Rhine-Westphalia
96	European University Viadrina		Frankfurt an der Oder Brandenburg
97	Berlin School of Economics and Law		Berlin Brandenburg
98	Bremen University of Applied Sciences	25%	Bremen City Bremen
99	UniveWismar University of Applied Sciences		Wismar Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
100	Fulda University of Applied Sciences	65%	Fulda Hesse
101	Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences	15%	Karlsruhe Baden-Wurttemberg
102	University of Applied Sciences and Arts	65%	Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia
103	Berlin Technical University of Applied Sciences		Berlin Brandenburg
104	Leipzig University of Applied Sciences		Leipzig Saxony
105	Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences	65%	Krefeld North Rhine-Westphalia
106	Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences		Bielefeld North Rhine-Westphalia
107	Dresden University of Technology and Business		Dresden Saxony
108	University of Banking of Frankfurt	35%	Frankfurt am Main Hesse
109	Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences		Heilbronn Baden-Wurttemberg
110	University of Koblenz-Landau		Koblenz Rhineland-Palatinate
111	Ostfalia - Braunschweig/Wolfenbuttel, University of Applied Sciences		Wolfenbuttel Lower Saxony
112	Cologne Business School		Koln North Rhine-Westphalia
113	Hannover University of Applied Sciences		Hannover Lower Saxony
114	Fresenius University of Applied Sciences		Idstein Hesse
115	University of Applied Sciences Mittweida		Mittweida Saxony
116	Steinbeis University		Berlin Brandenburg
117	Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences		Lemgo North Rhine-Westphalia
118	Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg	75%	Senftenberg Brandenburg
119	International School of Management		Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia
120	HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts		Hildesheim Lower Saxony
121	Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences		Magdeburg Saxony-Anhalt
122	Anhalt University of Applied Sciences		Kothen Saxony-Anhalt
123	Constance University of Applied Sciences	55%	Konstanz Baden-Wurttemberg
124	Kiel University of Applied Sciences		Kiel Schleswig-Holstein
125	Southern Westphalia University of Applied Sciences		Iserlohn North Rhine-Westphalia
126	Academy of Media Arts Cologne	15%	Koln North Rhine-Westphalia
127	Nuremberg Institute of Technology		Nurnberg Bavaria
128	Mannheim University of Applied Sciences	15%	Mannheim Baden-Wurttemberg
129	Offenburg University of Applied Sciences		Offenburg Baden-Wurttemberg
130	RheinMain University of Applied Sciences		Wiesbaden Hesse
131	Zeppelin University		Friedrichshafen Baden-Wurttemberg
132	Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences		Freising Bavaria
133	University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf		Dusseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia
134	Freiburg University of Education	5%	Freiburg im Breisgau Baden-Wurttemberg
135	Amberg-Weiden University of Applied Sciences		Amberg Bavaria
136	Mainz University of Applied Sciences		Mainz Rhineland-Palatinate
137	Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences		Frankfurt am Main Hesse
138	Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle	15%	Halle Saxony-Anhalt
139	University of Flensburg		Flensburg Schleswig-Holstein
140	University of Vechta		Vechta Lower Saxony
141	College of Education, Ludwigsburg	65%	Ludwigsburg Baden-Wurttemberg
142	Pforzheim University	35%	Pforzheim Baden-Wurttemberg
143	Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences		Sankt Augustin North Rhine-Westphalia
144	University of Education, Heidelberg		Heidelberg Baden-Wurttemberg
145	EBS University for business and law	45%	Wiesbaden Hesse
146	Bucerius Law School	15%	Hamburg City Hamburg
147	Zwickau University of Applied Sciences		Zwickau Saxony
148	Jade University of Applied Sciences		Wilhelmshaven Lower Saxony
149	Regensburg University of Applied Sciences	45%	Regensburg Bavaria
150	Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin		Berlin Brandenburg
151	Reutlingen University	25%	Reutlingen Baden-Wurttemberg
152	Wurzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences		Wurzburg Bavaria
153	Hertie School of Governance		Berlin Brandenburg
154	Catholic University of Applied Sciences NRW		Koln North Rhine-Westphalia
155	Wedel University of Applied Sciences	35%	Wedel Schleswig-Holstein
156	Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig		Leipzig Saxony
157	Aalen University of Applied Sciences	15%	Aalen Baden-Wurttemberg
158	University of Applied Science Koblenz		Koblenz Rhineland-Palatinate
159	College of Music, Drama and Media Hannover		Hannover Lower Saxony
160	Deggendorf Institute of Technology	55%	Deggendorf Bavaria
161	Nuertingen-Geislingen University		Nurtingen Baden-Wurttemberg
162	HafenCity University Hamburg		Hamburg City Hamburg
163	Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences		Stuttgart Baden-Wurttemberg
164	Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences		Alfter North Rhine-Westphalia
165	Trier University of Applied Sciences		Trier Rhineland-Palatinate
166	Folkwang University of the Arts		Essen North Rhine-Westphalia
167	Erfurt University of Applied Sciences		Erfurt Thuringia
168	Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences		Kaiserslautern Rhineland-Palatinate
169	Bochum University of Applied Sciences		Bochum North Rhine-Westphalia
170	University of Applied Sciences Wildau		Wildau Brandenburg
171	Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development	65%	Eberswalde Brandenburg
172	Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts	35%	Coburg Bavaria
173	Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences		Emden Lower Saxony
174	Zittau/Gorlitz University of Applied Sciences		Zittau Saxony
175	HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management		Leipzig Saxony
176	Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences		Gelsenkirchen North Rhine-Westphalia
177	Academy of Music and Theatre Hamburg		Hamburg City Hamburg
178	University of Applied Health Sciences		Bochum North Rhine-Westphalia
179	Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design		Karlsruhe Baden-Wurttemberg
180	Ernst-Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena		Jena Thuringia
181	University of Applied Sciences Landshut		Landshut Bavaria
182	University of Applied Sciences of Saarlandes		Saarbrucken Saarland
183	Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences		Heidelberg Baden-Wurttemberg
184	The Liszt School of Music Weimar	15%	Weimar Thuringia
185	University of Fine Arts of Hamburg	15%	Hamburg City Hamburg
186	Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main		Frankfurt am Main Hesse
187	Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design	15%	Stuttgart Baden-Wurttemberg
188	University of the Arts Bremen		Bremen City Bremen
189	University of Music and Theatre Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig		Leipzig Saxony
190	Hochschule Harz University of Applied Sciences		Wernigerode Saxony-Anhalt
191	Macromedia University of Applied Sciences	95%	Munchen Bavaria
192	Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences		Rosenheim Bavaria
193	Ulm University of Applied Sciences		Ulm Baden-Wurttemberg
194	Kempten University of Applied Sciences		Kempten Bavaria
195	ESMT Berlin		Berlin Brandenburg
196	University of Design Schwabisch Gmund		Schwabisch Gmund Baden-Wurttemberg
197	Berlin-Weissensee Art Academy	5%	Berlin Brandenburg
198	Academy of Music and Performing Arts Munich		Munchen Bavaria
199	Muthesius Acadamy of Fine Arts and Design	15%	Kiel Schleswig-Holstein
200	State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart	15%	Stuttgart Baden-Wurttemberg
201	University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg		Neubrandenburg Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
202	Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences	35%	Weingarten Baden-Wurttemberg
203	Merseburg University of Applied Sciences		Merseburg Saxony-Anhalt
204	University of Education, Karlsruhe	25%	Karlsruhe Baden-Wurttemberg
205	Nordakademie University of Applied Sciences		Elmshorn Schleswig-Holstein
206	German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer		Speyer Rhineland-Palatinate
207	Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences	55%	Kleve North Rhine-Westphalia
208	Detmold Academy of Music		Detmold North Rhine-Westphalia
209	Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences		Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg
210	Stralsund University of Applied Sciences		Stralsund Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
211	Hamburg School of Business Administration		Hamburg City Hamburg
212	Merz Academy		Stuttgart Baden-Wurttemberg
213	Hof University of Applied Sciences		Hof Bavaria
214	Koln University of Applied Sciences		Koln North Rhine-Westphalia
215	Braunschweig University of Art		Braunschweig Lower Saxony
216	Konrad Wolf Film and Television University	5%	Potsdam Brandenburg
217	Mediadesign University of Applied Social Sciences		Berlin Brandenburg
218	Neu-Ulm University		Neu-Ulm Bavaria
219	European University of Applied Sciences		Bruhl North Rhine-Westphalia
220	College of Education, Schwabisch Gmund		Schwabisch Gmund Baden-Wurttemberg
221	College of Art and Design Offenbach am Main	15%	Offenbach Hesse
222	Hochschule Geisenheim University		Geisenheim Hesse
223	Academy of Music and Dance in Cologne		Koln North Rhine-Westphalia
224	AMD Academy of Fashion and Design		Hamburg City Hamburg
225	University of Applied Sciences for Medium-Sized Companies		Bielefeld North Rhine-Westphalia
226	Lubeck University of Applied Sciences		Lubeck Schleswig-Holstein
227	Biberach University of Applied Sciences	45%	Biberach Baden-Wurttemberg
228	Hanns Eisler Academy of Music		Berlin Brandenburg
229	University of Education - Germany		Weingarten Baden-Wurttemberg
230	Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts		Frankfurt am Main Hesse
231	Private University of Applied Sciences, Gottingen		Gottingen Lower Saxony
232	University of Applied Sciences	55%	Paderborn North Rhine-Westphalia
233	AKAD Private University of Applied Sciences		Pinneberg Saxony-Anhalt
234	Flensburg University of Applied Sciences		Flensburg Schleswig-Holstein
235	College of Applied Management		Erding Bavaria
236	Munich School of Philosophy		Munchen Bavaria
237	Carl Maria von Weber College of Music	5%	Dresden Saxony
238	IUBH University of Applied Sciences	75%	Erfurt Thuringia
239	TH Bingen University of Applied Sciences		Bingen Rhineland-Palatinate
240	University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven		Bremerhaven Bremen
241	Diakonie University of Applied Sciences		Bielefeld North Rhine-Westphalia
242	Academy of Music in Wurzburg	15%	Wurzburg Bavaria
243	Kuhne Logistics University		Hamburg City Hamburg
244	Catholic University of Applied Sciences, Munich	55%	Munchen Bavaria
245	Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society	25%	Ludwigshafen Rhineland-Palatinate
246	IST University of Applied Sciences		Dusseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia
247	College of Music, Lubeck		Lubeck Schleswig-Holstein
248	Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences		Sigmaringen Baden-Wurttemberg
249	IUBH School of Business and Management	5%	Bad Honnef North Rhine-Westphalia
250	Academy of Fine Arts, Munich		Munchen Bavaria
251	Kehl School of Public Administration		Kehl Baden-Wurttemberg
252	Dresden Academy of Fine Arts	5%	Dresden Saxony
253	Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences		Mulheim an der Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia
254	Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences	75%	Nordhausen Thuringia
255	Quadriga University of Applied Social Sciences Berlin		Berlin Brandenburg
256	Robert Schumann University of Music Dusseldorf		Dusseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia
257	State University for Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim		Mannheim Baden-Wurttemberg
258	University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg	35%	Aschaffenburg Bavaria
259	German Graduate School of Management and Law		Heilbronn Baden-Wurttemberg
260	Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology		Frankfurt am Main Hesse
261	SRH University of Applied Sciences Berlin	55%	Berlin Brandenburg
262	College of Philosophy and Theology, Vallendar		Vallendar Rhineland-Palatinate
263	Psychological Institute in Berlin		Berlin Brandenburg
264	Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences		Hamm North Rhine-Westphalia
265	Catholic University of Applied Social Sciences Berlin		Berlin Brandenburg
266	Worms University of Applied Sciences		Worms Rhineland-Palatinate
267	Ansbach University of Applied Sciences		Ansbach Bavaria
268	University of Applied Sciences of Leipzig		Leipzig Saxony
269	Protestant University of Applied Sciences of Dresden		Dresden Saxony
270	Freiburg Conservatory of Music		Freiburg im Breisgau Baden-Wurttemberg
271	Rostock University of Music and Drama	15%	Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
272	Riedlingen University		Riedlingen Baden-Wurttemberg
273	Saar College of Fine Arts	25%	Saarbrucken Saarland
274	Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt		Darmstadt Hesse
275	Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences	55%	Schmalkalden Thuringia
276	International Psychoanalytic University		Berlin Brandenburg
277	Dusseldorf Art Academy		Dusseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia
278	Karlshochschule International University		Karlsruhe Baden-Wurttemberg
279	Gera-Eisenach University of Applied Sciences		Gera Thuringia
280	University of Applied Sciences, Berlin	65%	Berlin Brandenburg
281	Lutheran University of Applied Sciences in Nuernberg	65%	Nurnberg Bavaria
282	Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg	55%	Freiburg im Breisgau Baden-Wurttemberg
283	University of Applied Sciences Europe		Iserlohn North Rhine-Westphalia
284	University of Television and Film Munich		Munchen Bavaria
285	Friedensau School of Theology		Mockern OT Friedensau Saxony-Anhalt
286	University of Music, Trossingen	25%	Trossingen Baden-Wurttemberg
287	Westkuste University of Applied Sciences		Heide Schleswig-Holstein
288	Design Academy Berlin		Berlin Brandenburg
289	Weserbergland University of Applied Sciences		Hameln Lower Saxony
290	European University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg		Hamburg City Hamburg
291	College of Fine Arts, Frankfurt am Main		Frankfurt am Main Hesse
292	University of Applied Sciences for Media, Communication and Management		Berlin Brandenburg
293	Academy of Fine Arts Munster	15%	Munster North Rhine-Westphalia
294	Hamburger Fern University of Applied Sciences		Hamburg City Hamburg
295	Protestant University of Applied Sciences Rhineland-Westphalia-Lippe		Bochum North Rhine-Westphalia
296	Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg		Freiburg im Breisgau Baden-Wurttemberg
297	Private School of Business, Technology and Culture		Berlin Brandenburg
298	University of Performing Arts Ernst Busch	5%	Berlin Brandenburg
299	EBC University of Applied Sciences		Hamburg City Hamburg
300	College of Music Karlsruhe		Karlsruhe Baden-Wurttemberg

The best cities to study in Germany based on the number of universities and their ranks are Munchen, Heidelberg, Berlin, and Bonn.

Average cost of living for students in Germany is $638 + $98-697 for rent (depends on where to live: dormitory, renting with a roommate or solo).