47 Best universities for Sports / Exercise science in Germany

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Below is a list of best universities in Germany ranked based on their research performance in Sports / Exercise science. A graph of 265K citations received by 9.59K academic papers made by 47 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. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Sports / Exercise science

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

2. German Sport University Cologne

For Sports / Exercise science

#33 in Europe
#139 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

3. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

For Sports / Exercise science

#39 in Europe
#153 in the World
Enrollment
9,340
Founded
1710

4. Technical University of Munich

For Sports / Exercise science

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

5. University of Munich

For Sports / Exercise science

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

6. Hannover Medical School

For Sports / Exercise science

#73 in Europe
#228 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
3,843
Founded
1965

7. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Sports / Exercise science

#90 in Europe
#263 in the World
Enrollment
43,461
Founded
1914

8. University of Hamburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#96 in Europe
#273 in the World
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

9. Saarland University

For Sports / Exercise science

#109 in Europe
#309 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,300
Founded
1948

10. Free University of Berlin

For Sports / Exercise science

#110 in Europe
#310 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,908
Founded
1948

11. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Sports / Exercise science

#116 in Europe
#323 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
39,658
Founded
1743

12. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Sports / Exercise science

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

13. University of Leipzig

For Sports / Exercise science

#122 in Europe
#333 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
31,088
Founded
1409

14. University of Tubingen

For Sports / Exercise science

#123 in Europe
#336 in the World
Enrollment
28,238
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477

15. University of Freiburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#124 in Europe
#339 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
23,938
Founded
1457

16. University of Potsdam

For Sports / Exercise science

#130 in Europe
#356 in the World
Enrollment
20,406
Founded
1991

17. University of Ulm

For Sports / Exercise science

#135 in Europe
#368 in the World
Enrollment
10,164
Founded
1967

18. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

#137 in Europe
#371 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

19. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Sports / Exercise science

#145 in Europe
#389 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
17,345
Founded
1558

20. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Sports / Exercise science

#158 in Europe
#430 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

21. University of Regensburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#166 in Europe
#453 in the World
Enrollment
20,702
Founded
1962

22. University of Munster

For Sports / Exercise science

#167 in Europe
#455 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

23. University of Giessen

For Sports / Exercise science

#170 in Europe
#459 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
27,184
Founded
1607

24. Ruhr University Bochum

For Sports / Exercise science

#174 in Europe
#471 in the World
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

25. University of Konstanz

For Sports / Exercise science

#208 in Europe
#548 in the World
Enrollment
10,939
Male:Female
43:57
Founded
1966

26. RWTH Aachen University

For Sports / Exercise science

#216 in Europe
#561 in the World
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

27. Humboldt University of Berlin

For Sports / Exercise science

#222 in Europe
#580 in the World
Enrollment
36,232
Founded
1809

28. Witten/Herdecke University

For Sports / Exercise science

#229 in Europe
#601 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

29. Dresden University of Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

#231 in Europe
#605 in the World
Enrollment
31,517
Founded
1828

30. Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#235 in Europe
#612 in the World
Enrollment
13,143
Founded
1993

31. Kiel University

For Sports / Exercise science

#240 in Europe
#626 in the World
Enrollment
27,468
Founded
1665

32. University of Cologne

For Sports / Exercise science

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

33. University of Gottingen

For Sports / Exercise science

#253 in Europe
#672 in the World
Enrollment
31,619
Founded
1734

34. University of Bonn

For Sports / Exercise science

#270 in Europe
#721 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

35. University of Marburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#273 in Europe
#729 in the World
Enrollment
22,612
Founded
1527

36. University of Lubeck

For Sports / Exercise science

#275 in Europe
#733 in the World
Enrollment
5,968
Founded
1964

37. University of Wurzburg

For Sports / Exercise science

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

38. University of Bremen

For Sports / Exercise science

#300 in Europe
#810 in the World
Enrollment
17,984
Founded
1971

39. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Sports / Exercise science

#307 in Europe
#823 in the World
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

40. Jacobs University Bremen

For Sports / Exercise science

#344 in Europe
#958 in the World
Enrollment
1,531
Founded
2001

41. University of Rostock

For Sports / Exercise science

#349 in Europe
#970 in the World
Enrollment
12,996
Male:Female
50:50
Founded
1419

42. Chemnitz University of Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

#351 in Europe
#972 in the World
Enrollment
9,873
Founded
1836

43. TU Dortmund University

For Sports / Exercise science

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

44. University of Bielefeld

For Sports / Exercise science

#372 in Europe
#1040 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

45. Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#374 in Europe
#1044 in the World
Enrollment
15,899
Founded
1973

46. Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

For Sports / Exercise science

#395 in Europe
#1121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
20,390
Founded
1817

47. University of Bayreuth

For Sports / Exercise science

#421 in Europe
#1200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
12,773
Founded
1972

The best cities to study Sports / Exercise science in Germany based on the number of universities and their ranks are Heidelberg, Cologne, Berlin, and Munich.