List of 64 best universities in North Rhine-Westphalia

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EduRank

Top 64 universities in North Rhine-Westphalia ranked by EduRank based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence. The rankings are determined by analyzing 19.7M citations received by 909K academic publications made by 64 universities from North Rhine-Westphalia, the popularity of 1,815 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.

1. University of Bonn

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

3. University of Cologne

#12 in Germany
#59 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

4. University of Munster

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

6. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

#28 in Germany
#136 in Europe
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

8. University of Bielefeld

#36 in Germany
#170 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

9. TU Dortmund University

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

10. University of Paderborn

#57 in Germany
#313 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

12. University of Siegen

#60 in Germany
#328 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

13. University of Hagen

#64 in Germany
#426 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

14. Witten/Herdecke University

#69 in Germany
#461 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

15. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

#71 in Germany
#472 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

16. German Sport University Cologne

#76 in Germany
#522 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

22. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

#116 in Germany
#867 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

23. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

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

26. Dusseldorf Art Academy

#153 in Germany
#1099 in Europe
Enrollment
577
Founded
1773

27. Academy of Media Arts Cologne

#158 in Germany
#1151 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
16%
Enrollment
398
Founded
1990

29. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

#161 in Germany
#1190 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

30. Catholic University of Applied Sciences NRW

#172 in Germany
#1358 in Europe
Enrollment
4,030
Male:Female
26:74
Founded
1971

34. Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences

#201 in Germany
#1620 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,511
Founded
1971

40. University of Applied Sciences

#238 in Germany
#1690 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
56%
Enrollment
2,102
Founded
1993

41. Detmold Academy of Music

#243 in Germany
#1704 in Europe
Enrollment
646
Founded
1946

47. Academy of Fine Arts Munster

#278 in Germany
#1907 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
359
Founded
1972

53. School of Finance NRW

#296 in Germany
#1985 in Europe
Enrollment
1,464
Founded
1958

58. EBZ Business School

#334 in Germany
#2230 in Europe
Enrollment
569
Founded
2008

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 22 25
Rhineland-Palatinate 18 18
Lower Saxony 26 10
Bremen 6 35
Saarland 4 30
Thuringia 12 26
Saxony-Anhalt 9 31
Hamburg 18 4
Baden-Wurttemberg 62 1
Schleswig-Holstein 12 23
Brandenburg 46 5
Saxony 19 16
Bavaria 45 2
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 6 40