49 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 293K citations received by 10.1K academic papers made by 49 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

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

2. German Sport University Cologne

For Sports / Exercise science

#35 in Europe
#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

3. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

For Sports / Exercise science

#40 in Europe
#155 in the World
Enrollment
9,340
Founded
1710

4. Technical University of Munich

For Sports / Exercise science

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

5. University of Munich

For Sports / Exercise science

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

6. Hannover Medical School

For Sports / Exercise science

#79 in Europe
#239 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
3,843
Founded
1965

7. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Sports / Exercise science

#88 in Europe
#260 in the World
Enrollment
43,461
Founded
1914

8. University of Hamburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#92 in Europe
#267 in the World
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

9. Saarland University

For Sports / Exercise science

#109 in Europe
#310 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,250
Founded
1948

10. Free University of Berlin

For Sports / Exercise science

#112 in Europe
#314 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,908
Founded
1948

11. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Sports / Exercise science

#114 in Europe
#316 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
39,658
Founded
1743

12. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Sports / Exercise science

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

13. University of Leipzig

For Sports / Exercise science

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

14. University of Freiburg

For Sports / Exercise science

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

15. University of Tubingen

For Sports / Exercise science

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

16. University of Potsdam

For Sports / Exercise science

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

17. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

#133 in Europe
#356 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

18. University of Ulm

For Sports / Exercise science

#141 in Europe
#376 in the World
Enrollment
10,164
Founded
1967

19. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Sports / Exercise science

#149 in Europe
#397 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
17,345
Founded
1558

20. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Sports / Exercise science

#159 in Europe
#433 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

21. Ruhr University Bochum

For Sports / Exercise science

#168 in Europe
#459 in the World
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

22. University of Regensburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#169 in Europe
#462 in the World
Enrollment
20,702
Founded
1962

23. University of Munster

For Sports / Exercise science

#170 in Europe
#463 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

24. University of Giessen

For Sports / Exercise science

#172 in Europe
#470 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
27,184
Founded
1607

25. University of Konstanz

For Sports / Exercise science

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

26. RWTH Aachen University

For Sports / Exercise science

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

27. Witten/Herdecke University

For Sports / Exercise science

#222 in Europe
#579 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

28. Humboldt University of Berlin

For Sports / Exercise science

#226 in Europe
#587 in the World
Enrollment
36,232
Founded
1809

29. Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#230 in Europe
#598 in the World
Enrollment
13,143
Founded
1993

30. Dresden University of Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

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

31. Kiel University

For Sports / Exercise science

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

32. University of Cologne

For Sports / Exercise science

#246 in Europe
#652 in the World
Enrollment
52,204
Founded
1388

33. University of Gottingen

For Sports / Exercise science

#264 in Europe
#697 in the World
Enrollment
31,619
Founded
1734

34. University of Bonn

For Sports / Exercise science

#271 in Europe
#715 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

35. University of Lubeck

For Sports / Exercise science

#283 in Europe
#750 in the World
Enrollment
5,968
Founded
1964

36. University of Marburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#286 in Europe
#755 in the World
Enrollment
22,612
Founded
1527

37. University of Wurzburg

For Sports / Exercise science

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

38. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Sports / Exercise science

#302 in Europe
#816 in the World
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

39. University of Bremen

For Sports / Exercise science

#306 in Europe
#825 in the World
Enrollment
17,984
Founded
1971

40. University of Paderborn

For Sports / Exercise science

#330 in Europe
#911 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

41. University of Rostock

For Sports / Exercise science

#339 in Europe
#943 in the World
Enrollment
12,996
Male:Female
50:50
Founded
1419

42. Jacobs University Bremen

For Sports / Exercise science

#352 in Europe
#977 in the World
Enrollment
1,531
Founded
2001

43. TU Dortmund University

For Sports / Exercise science

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

44. Chemnitz University of Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

#355 in Europe
#984 in the World
Enrollment
9,873
Founded
1836

45. University of Bielefeld

For Sports / Exercise science

#378 in Europe
#1043 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
23,342
Founded
1969

46. Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#380 in Europe
#1046 in the World
Enrollment
15,899
Founded
1973

47. Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

For Sports / Exercise science

#399 in Europe
#1133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
19,387
Founded
1817

48. University of Wuppertal

For Sports / Exercise science

#410 in Europe
#1161 in the World
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

49. University of Bayreuth

For Sports / Exercise science

#430 in Europe
#1226 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.