28 Best universities for Linguistics 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 Linguistics. A graph of 1.35M citations received by 72.9K academic papers made by 28 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 Linguistics

#5 in Germany
#54 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

2. University of Cologne

For Linguistics

#11 in Germany
#78 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

3. University of Bonn

For Linguistics

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

4. Ruhr University Bochum

For Linguistics

#19 in Germany
#120 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

5. University of Bielefeld

For Linguistics

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

6. University of Munster

For Linguistics

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

7. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Linguistics

#25 in Germany
#140 in Europe
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

8. TU Dortmund University

For Linguistics

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

9. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Linguistics

#34 in Germany
#166 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

10. University of Paderborn

For Linguistics

#45 in Germany
#261 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

11. University of Wuppertal

For Linguistics

#52 in Germany
#300 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

12. University of Siegen

For Linguistics

#55 in Germany
#338 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

13. University of Hagen

For Linguistics

#63 in Germany
#407 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

14. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Linguistics

#70 in Germany
#488 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

15. Witten/Herdecke University

For Linguistics

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

16. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Linguistics

#76 in Germany
#555 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

17. German Sport University Cologne

For Linguistics

#80 in Germany
#627 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

18. University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf

For Linguistics

#94 in Germany
#858 in Europe
Enrollment
11,170
Founded
1971

19. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Linguistics

#106 in Germany
#940 in Europe
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

20. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Linguistics

#107 in Germany
#951 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

21. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Linguistics

#115 in Germany
#1008 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

24. Cologne Business School

For Linguistics

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

25. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Linguistics

#141 in Germany
#1165 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,741
Founded
1971

26. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Linguistics

#142 in Germany
#1174 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

28. Academy of Media Arts Cologne

For Linguistics

#158 in Germany
#1305 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
16%
Enrollment
398
Founded
1990

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Linguistics

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 12 12
Rhineland-Palatinate 13 20
Lower Saxony 14 9
Bremen 3 37
Thuringia 5 39
Saxony-Anhalt 4 43
Hamburg 7 4
Baden-Wurttemberg 23 1
Schleswig-Holstein 4 36
Brandenburg 18 8
Saxony 7 23
Bavaria 21 2
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 53