28 Best universities for Sociology 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 Sociology. A graph of 1.67M citations received by 77.3K 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. University of Bonn

For Sociology

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

2. University of Cologne

For Sociology

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

3. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Sociology

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

4. University of Bielefeld

For Sociology

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

5. University of Munster

For Sociology

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

6. RWTH Aachen University

For Sociology

#20 in Germany
#170 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

7. Ruhr University Bochum

For Sociology

#25 in Germany
#190 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

8. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Sociology

#29 in Germany
#208 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

9. TU Dortmund University

For Sociology

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

10. University of Siegen

For Sociology

#59 in Germany
#429 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

11. Witten/Herdecke University

For Sociology

#60 in Germany
#434 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

12. University of Wuppertal

For Sociology

#61 in Germany
#442 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

13. University of Paderborn

For Sociology

#63 in Germany
#447 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

14. University of Hagen

For Sociology

#67 in Germany
#534 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

15. German Sport University Cologne

For Sociology

#71 in Germany
#566 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

16. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Sociology

#89 in Germany
#767 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

17. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Sociology

#92 in Germany
#803 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

18. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Sociology

#94 in Germany
#820 in Europe
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

19. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Sociology

#101 in Germany
#914 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

21. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Sociology

#111 in Germany
#999 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

23. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Sociology

#125 in Germany
#1075 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,741
Founded
1971

25. Cologne Business School

For Sociology

#129 in Germany
#1097 in Europe
Enrollment
1,123
Founded
1993

26. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Sociology

#139 in Germany
#1179 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

27. Academy of Media Arts Cologne

For Sociology

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

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Sociology

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 12 5
Rhineland-Palatinate 12 16
Lower Saxony 14 10
Bremen 3 28
Thuringia 5 34
Saxony-Anhalt 4 43
Hamburg 8 3
Baden-Wurttemberg 25 1
Schleswig-Holstein 4 22
Brandenburg 18 4
Saxony 7 19
Bavaria 21 2
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 51