45 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 186K citations received by 8.23K academic papers made by 45 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

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

2. German Sport University Cologne

For Sports / Exercise science

#32 in Europe
#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

3. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

For Sports / Exercise science

#39 in Europe
#160 in the World
Enrollment
8,877
Founded
1710

4. Technical University of Munich

For Sports / Exercise science

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

5. Hannover Medical School

For Sports / Exercise science

#78 in Europe
#245 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
3,843
Founded
1965

6. University of Munich

For Sports / Exercise science

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

7. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Sports / Exercise science

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

8. University of Hamburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#106 in Europe
#300 in the World
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

9. Free University of Berlin

For Sports / Exercise science

#115 in Europe
#322 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,608
Founded
1948

10. Saarland University

For Sports / Exercise science

#118 in Europe
#329 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,604
Founded
1948

11. University of Freiburg

For Sports / Exercise science

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

12. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Sports / Exercise science

#128 in Europe
#354 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
38,878
Founded
1743

13. University of Tubingen

For Sports / Exercise science

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

14. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Sports / Exercise science

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

15. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Sports / Exercise science

#134 in Europe
#363 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
17,345
Founded
1558

16. University of Ulm

For Sports / Exercise science

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

17. University of Leipzig

For Sports / Exercise science

#137 in Europe
#373 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
31,088
Founded
1409

18. University of Potsdam

For Sports / Exercise science

#138 in Europe
#384 in the World
Enrollment
20,878
Founded
1991

19. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

#140 in Europe
#388 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

20. Ruhr University Bochum

For Sports / Exercise science

#157 in Europe
#448 in the World
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

21. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Sports / Exercise science

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

22. University of Munster

For Sports / Exercise science

#160 in Europe
#451 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

23. University of Regensburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#168 in Europe
#464 in the World
Enrollment
20,702
Founded
1962

24. Kiel University

For Sports / Exercise science

#201 in Europe
#541 in the World
Enrollment
27,468
Founded
1665

25. University of Konstanz

For Sports / Exercise science

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

26. University of Giessen

For Sports / Exercise science

#209 in Europe
#558 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
27,184
Founded
1607

27. Humboldt University of Berlin

For Sports / Exercise science

#212 in Europe
#563 in the World
Enrollment
36,378
Founded
1809

28. University of Cologne

For Sports / Exercise science

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

29. Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

For Sports / Exercise science

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

30. Witten/Herdecke University

For Sports / Exercise science

#237 in Europe
#629 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

31. RWTH Aachen University

For Sports / Exercise science

#249 in Europe
#661 in the World
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

32. University of Gottingen

For Sports / Exercise science

#266 in Europe
#705 in the World
Enrollment
31,619
Founded
1734

33. University of Marburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#267 in Europe
#706 in the World
Enrollment
22,612
Founded
1527

34. Dresden University of Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

#268 in Europe
#708 in the World
Enrollment
31,517
Founded
1828

35. University of Wurzburg

For Sports / Exercise science

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

36. University of Bremen

For Sports / Exercise science

#277 in Europe
#730 in the World
Enrollment
17,984
Founded
1971

37. University of Bonn

For Sports / Exercise science

#300 in Europe
#813 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

38. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Sports / Exercise science

#306 in Europe
#834 in the World
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

39. University of Lubeck

For Sports / Exercise science

#309 in Europe
#839 in the World
Enrollment
5,968
Founded
1964

40. TU Dortmund University

For Sports / Exercise science

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

41. University of Bielefeld

For Sports / Exercise science

#341 in Europe
#936 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

42. Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

For Sports / Exercise science

#366 in Europe
#1017 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
20,390
Founded
1817

43. Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#374 in Europe
#1049 in the World
Enrollment
15,899
Founded
1973

44. University of Rostock

For Sports / Exercise science

#384 in Europe
#1082 in the World
Enrollment
12,996
Male:Female
50:50
Founded
1419

45. University of Bayreuth

For Sports / Exercise science

#385 in Europe
#1085 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.