27 Best universities for History 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 History. A graph of 1.44M citations received by 79.2K academic papers made by 27 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. University of Bonn

For History

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

2. RWTH Aachen University

For History

#10 in Germany
#90 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

3. University of Cologne

For History

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

4. University of Munster

For History

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

5. Ruhr University Bochum

For History

#24 in Germany
#159 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

6. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For History

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

7. University of Bielefeld

For History

#32 in Germany
#207 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

8. University of Duisburg - Essen

For History

#35 in Germany
#222 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

9. TU Dortmund University

For History

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

10. University of Paderborn

For History

#52 in Germany
#357 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

11. University of Wuppertal

For History

#58 in Germany
#386 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

12. University of Siegen

For History

#61 in Germany
#405 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

13. Witten/Herdecke University

For History

#67 in Germany
#510 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

14. University of Hagen

For History

#73 in Germany
#577 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

15. German Sport University Cologne

For History

#74 in Germany
#580 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

16. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For History

#82 in Germany
#635 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

17. Folkwang University of the Arts

For History

#84 in Germany
#662 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

18. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For History

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

19. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For History

#95 in Germany
#854 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

22. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For History

#120 in Germany
#1019 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

25. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For History

#127 in Germany
#1050 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,741
Founded
1971

26. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For History

#133 in Germany
#1100 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

27. Cologne Business School

For History

#139 in Germany
#1153 in Europe
Enrollment
1,123
Founded
1993

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn History

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 12 9
Rhineland-Palatinate 13 17
Lower Saxony 14 6
Bremen 3 22
Thuringia 4 31
Saxony-Anhalt 4 46
Hamburg 8 2
Baden-Wurttemberg 24 1
Schleswig-Holstein 4 18
Brandenburg 18 7
Saxony 7 15
Bavaria 21 3
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 49