29 Best Medical schools in North Rhine-Westphalia

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in North Rhine-Westphalia ranked based on their research performance in Medicine. A graph of 12.6M citations received by 391K 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. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Medicine

#8 in Germany
#41 in Europe
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

2. University of Cologne

For Medicine

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

3. University of Bonn

For Medicine

#16 in Germany
#67 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

4. University of Munster

For Medicine

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

5. RWTH Aachen University

For Medicine

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

6. Ruhr University Bochum

For Medicine

#27 in Germany
#107 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

7. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Medicine

#31 in Germany
#143 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

8. Witten/Herdecke University

For Medicine

#38 in Germany
#228 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

9. University of Bielefeld

For Medicine

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

10. TU Dortmund University

For Medicine

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

11. German Sport University Cologne

For Medicine

#56 in Germany
#366 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

12. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Medicine

#57 in Germany
#377 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

13. University of Wuppertal

For Medicine

#60 in Germany
#420 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

14. University of Paderborn

For Medicine

#62 in Germany
#468 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

15. University of Siegen

For Medicine

#68 in Germany
#524 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

16. University of Hagen

For Medicine

#74 in Germany
#609 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

18. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Medicine

#82 in Germany
#698 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

19. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Medicine

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

20. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Medicine

#107 in Germany
#909 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

21. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Medicine

#109 in Germany
#916 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

24. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Medicine

#129 in Germany
#1021 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,373
Founded
1971

25. Cologne Business School

For Medicine

#143 in Germany
#1139 in Europe
Enrollment
1,123
Founded
1993

26. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Medicine

#146 in Germany
#1160 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

28. Dusseldorf Art Academy

For Medicine

#169 in Germany
#1408 in Europe
Enrollment
577
Founded
1773

29. University of Applied Sciences Europe

For Medicine

#170 in Germany
#1416 in Europe
Enrollment
2,906
Founded
2000

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Medicine

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 12 6
Rhineland-Palatinate 13 7
Lower Saxony 14 5
Bremen 3 43
Thuringia 5 32
Saxony-Anhalt 5 33
Hamburg 8 4
Baden-Wurttemberg 25 1
Schleswig-Holstein 5 19
Brandenburg 18 2
Saxony 7 24
Bavaria 22 3
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 34