29 Best Law schools 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 Law. A graph of 1.66M citations received by 96.7K academic papers made by 29 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 Law

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

2. RWTH Aachen University

For Law

#8 in Germany
#104 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

3. University of Cologne

For Law

#13 in Germany
#126 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

4. University of Munster

For Law

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

5. Ruhr University Bochum

For Law

#21 in Germany
#172 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

6. University of Bielefeld

For Law

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

7. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Law

#28 in Germany
#199 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

8. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Law

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

9. TU Dortmund University

For Law

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

10. University of Paderborn

For Law

#48 in Germany
#320 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

11. University of Wuppertal

For Law

#56 in Germany
#379 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

12. University of Siegen

For Law

#58 in Germany
#386 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

13. Witten/Herdecke University

For Law

#61 in Germany
#415 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

14. University of Hagen

For Law

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

15. German Sport University Cologne

For Law

#79 in Germany
#601 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

16. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Law

#84 in Germany
#658 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

17. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Law

#93 in Germany
#773 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

21. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Law

#114 in Germany
#938 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

22. Cologne Business School

For Law

#118 in Germany
#962 in Europe
Enrollment
1,123
Founded
1993

25. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Law

#128 in Germany
#1061 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,741
Founded
1971

27. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Law

#148 in Germany
#1167 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

28. Academy of Media Arts Cologne

For Law

#164 in Germany
#1378 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
16%
Enrollment
398
Founded
1990

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Law

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 12 5
Rhineland-Palatinate 13 26
Lower Saxony 14 9
Bremen 3 19
Thuringia 5 35
Saxony-Anhalt 5 43
Hamburg 8 2
Baden-Wurttemberg 25 1
Schleswig-Holstein 4 32
Brandenburg 18 6
Saxony 7 17
Bavaria 22 3
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 59