100 Best Theology / Divinity / Religious studies schools in Germany

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Below is a list of best universities in Germany ranked based on their research performance in Theology / Divinity / Religious studies. A graph of 833K citations received by 58.9K academic papers made by 100 universities in Germany 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 Munich

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#52 in Europe
#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

2. University of Hamburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#70 in Europe
#192 in the World
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

3. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#77 in Europe
#204 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

4. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#80 in Europe
#213 in the World
Enrollment
43,461
Founded
1914

5. Free University of Berlin

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#81 in Europe
#215 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,608
Founded
1948

6. University of Bonn

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#88 in Europe
#231 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

7. Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#96 in Europe
#251 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
20,390
Founded
1817

8. University of Tubingen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#98 in Europe
#256 in the World
Enrollment
27,770
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477

9. Humboldt University of Berlin

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#106 in Europe
#278 in the World
Enrollment
36,378
Founded
1809

10. University of Cologne

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#117 in Europe
#296 in the World
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

11. Ruhr University Bochum

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#120 in Europe
#305 in the World
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

12. University of Freiburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#129 in Europe
#333 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
23,938
Founded
1457

13. University of Munster

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#142 in Europe
#363 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

14. University of Gottingen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#144 in Europe
#367 in the World
Enrollment
31,619
Founded
1734

15. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#150 in Europe
#386 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

16. University of Bremen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#159 in Europe
#409 in the World
Enrollment
17,984
Founded
1971

17. University of Leipzig

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#165 in Europe
#421 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
31,088
Founded
1409

18. Technical University of Munich

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#166 in Europe
#422 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

19. University of Konstanz

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#176 in Europe
#444 in the World
Enrollment
10,964
Male:Female
43:57
Founded
1966

20. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#182 in Europe
#456 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
17,345
Founded
1558

21. University of Marburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#189 in Europe
#469 in the World
Enrollment
22,612
Founded
1527

22. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#190 in Europe
#470 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
38,878
Founded
1743

23. University of Bielefeld

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#194 in Europe
#476 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

24. University of Wurzburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#206 in Europe
#495 in the World
Enrollment
27,149
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1402

25. University of Giessen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#207 in Europe
#499 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
27,184
Founded
1607

26. Kiel University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#215 in Europe
#524 in the World
Enrollment
27,468
Founded
1665

27. University of Mannheim

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#216 in Europe
#531 in the World
Enrollment
11,532
Founded
1907

28. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#218 in Europe
#533 in the World
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

29. University of Potsdam

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#221 in Europe
#538 in the World
Enrollment
20,878
Founded
1991

30. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#232 in Europe
#559 in the World
Enrollment
8,877
Founded
1710

31. University of Stuttgart

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#233 in Europe
#560 in the World
Enrollment
22,616
Founded
1829

32. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#237 in Europe
#574 in the World
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

33. Dresden University of Technology

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#239 in Europe
#581 in the World
Enrollment
31,517
Founded
1828

34. RWTH Aachen University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#241 in Europe
#587 in the World
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

35. Technical University of Berlin

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#253 in Europe
#622 in the World
Enrollment
35,149
Founded
1946

36. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#257 in Europe
#632 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

37. University of Regensburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#275 in Europe
#671 in the World
Enrollment
20,702
Founded
1962

38. University of Kassel

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#291 in Europe
#720 in the World
Enrollment
25,043
Male:Female
50:50
Founded
1971

39. TU Dortmund University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#297 in Europe
#734 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
34,616
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1968

40. Osnabruck University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#299 in Europe
#737 in the World
Enrollment
13,628
Founded
1974

41. Saarland University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#328 in Europe
#806 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,604
Founded
1948

42. University of Bayreuth

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#329 in Europe
#811 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
12,773
Founded
1972

43. Munich School of Philosophy

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#333 in Europe
#820 in the World
Enrollment
342
Founded
1925

44. Leibniz University of Hanover

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#338 in Europe
#836 in the World
Enrollment
28,817
Founded
1831

45. University of Erfurt

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#339 in Europe
#837 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
6,052
Founded
1994

46. University of Bamberg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#348 in Europe
#856 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
12,161
Founded
1972

47. University of Trier

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#362 in Europe
#892 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
11,564
Founded
1970

48. University of Greifswald

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#363 in Europe
#893 in the World
Enrollment
10,366
Founded
1456

49. Darmstadt University of Technology

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#376 in Europe
#936 in the World
Enrollment
24,969
Founded
1877

50. University of Paderborn

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#380 in Europe
#943 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

51. European University Viadrina

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#386 in Europe
#963 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
5,210
Founded
1991

52. University of Koblenz-Landau

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#395 in Europe
#989 in the World
Enrollment
15,757
Founded
1990

53. Witten/Herdecke University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#402 in Europe
#999 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

54. Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#407 in Europe
#1014 in the World
Enrollment
13,143
Founded
1993

55. Leuphana University of Luneburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#410 in Europe
#1032 in the World
Enrollment
9,620
Founded
1946

56. University of Siegen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#412 in Europe
#1040 in the World
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

57. Braunschweig University of Technology

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#416 in Europe
#1049 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
17,794
Founded
1745

58. University of Ulm

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#421 in Europe
#1065 in the World
Enrollment
10,164
Founded
1967

59. University of Augsburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#427 in Europe
#1089 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
19,975
Male:Female
43:57
Founded
1970

60. University of Passau

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#428 in Europe
#1090 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
11,846
Founded
1973

61. University of Wuppertal

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#437 in Europe
#1112 in the World
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

62. Chemnitz University of Technology

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#444 in Europe
#1141 in the World
Enrollment
9,873
Founded
1836

63. Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#455 in Europe
#1191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
4,910
Founded
1980

64. University of Lubeck

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#460 in Europe
#1197 in the World
Enrollment
5,968
Founded
1964

65. Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#462 in Europe
#1200 in the World
Enrollment
15,899
Founded
1973

66. University of Hagen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#469 in Europe
#1226 in the World
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

67. University of Rostock

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#498 in Europe
#1365 in the World
Enrollment
12,996
Male:Female
50:50
Founded
1419

68. University of Hohenheim

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#505 in Europe
#1404 in the World
Enrollment
8,392
Male:Female
43:57
Founded
1818

69. Jacobs University Bremen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#517 in Europe
#1440 in the World
Enrollment
1,531
Founded
2001

70. Technical University of Kaiserslautern

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#520 in Europe
#1451 in the World
Enrollment
13,607
Male:Female
60:40
Founded
1970

71. Hannover Medical School

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#529 in Europe
#1478 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
3,843
Founded
1965

72. University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#567 in Europe
#1644 in the World
Enrollment
2,587
Founded
1972

73. Freiberg University of Technology

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#581 in Europe
#1726 in the World
Enrollment
4,016
Founded
1765

74. WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#593 in Europe
#1778 in the World
Enrollment
1,669
Founded
1984

75. Hamburg University of Technology

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#616 in Europe
#1870 in the World
Enrollment
7,832
Founded
1978

76. Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#627 in Europe
#1922 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
2,889
Founded
1973

77. Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#638 in Europe
#1990 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
7,280
Founded
2013

78. University of Hildesheim

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#651 in Europe
#2050 in the World
Enrollment
8,307
Founded
1978

79. Ilmenau University of Technology

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#656 in Europe
#2085 in the World
Enrollment
4,889
Founded
1953

80. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#674 in Europe
#2183 in the World
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

81. University of Banking of Frankfurt

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#689 in Europe
#2239 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
1,278
Founded
1957

82. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#694 in Europe
#2254 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

83. University of Flensburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#697 in Europe
#2266 in the World
Enrollment
5,333
Male:Female
29:71
Founded
1946

84. Clausthal University of Technology

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#701 in Europe
#2275 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
3,446
Founded
1775

85. Zeppelin University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#712 in Europe
#2334 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
805
Founded
2003

86. Bauhaus - University Weimar

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#739 in Europe
#2470 in the World
Enrollment
3,988
Founded
1860

87. Berlin School of Economics and Law

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#742 in Europe
#2480 in the World
Enrollment
11,828
Founded
1971

88. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#748 in Europe
#2509 in the World
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

89. Hertie School of Governance

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#752 in Europe
#2539 in the World
Enrollment
586
Founded
2003

90. College of Education, Ludwigsburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#799 in Europe
#2856 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Enrollment
5,620
Founded
1962

91. Mainz University of Applied Sciences

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#811 in Europe
#2915 in the World
Enrollment
5,786
Founded
1996

92. Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#814 in Europe
#2924 in the World
Enrollment
16,136
Male:Female
61:39
Founded
1971

93. ESMT Berlin

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#820 in Europe
#2943 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
233
Founded
2002

94. University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#836 in Europe
#3044 in the World
Enrollment
11,170
Founded
1971

95. German Sport University Cologne

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#879 in Europe
#3334 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

96. Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#884 in Europe
#3368 in the World
Enrollment
17,125
Founded
1970

97. TH Bingen University of Applied Sciences

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#895 in Europe
#3446 in the World
Enrollment
2,466
Founded
1897

98. Esslingen University of Applied Sciences

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#901 in Europe
#3494 in the World
Enrollment
6,211
Founded
1914

99. University of Vechta

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#912 in Europe
#3578 in the World
Enrollment
4,540
Founded
1830

100. Munich University of Applied Sciences

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#947 in Europe
#3811 in the World
Enrollment
18,183
Founded
1971

The best cities to study Theology / Divinity / Religious studies in Germany based on the number of universities and their ranks are Munich, Hamburg, Heidelberg, and Frankfurt.