63 Best universities for Applied/Engineering Physics in Germany

Below is a list of best universities in Germany ranked based on their research performance in Applied/Engineering Physics. A graph of 87.4M citations received by 3.77M academic papers made by 63 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. RWTH Aachen University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#7 in Europe
#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870

2. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#13 in Europe
#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

3. University of Bayreuth

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#14 in Europe
#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
13,300
Founded
1972

4. Technical University of Munich

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#16 in Europe
#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

5. University of Stuttgart

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#22 in Europe
#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Enrollment
26,457
Founded
1829

6. Dresden University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#26 in Europe
#107 in the World
Enrollment
31,517
Founded
1828

7. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#27 in Europe
#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
38,878
Founded
1743

8. Darmstadt University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#37 in Europe
#141 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
25,840
Founded
1877

9. University of Munster

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#40 in Europe
#147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
44,692
Founded
1780

10. Technical University of Berlin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#49 in Europe
#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
35,149
Founded
1946

11. Ruhr University Bochum

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#52 in Europe
#190 in the World
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

12. University of Munich

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#53 in Europe
#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
50,918
Founded
1472

13. University of Marburg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#56 in Europe
#196 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,758
Founded
1527

14. University of Gottingen

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#78 in Europe
#267 in the World
Enrollment
31,619
Founded
1734

15. Free University of Berlin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

16. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#82 in Europe
#278 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
46,429
Founded
1914

17. University of Tubingen

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#83 in Europe
#279 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
28,515
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477

18. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#88 in Europe
#288 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
18,219
Founded
1558

19. University of Ulm

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#92 in Europe
#293 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
10,747
Founded
1967

20. University of Leipzig

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#93 in Europe
#294 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
31,088
Founded
1409

21. University of Hamburg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#94 in Europe
#296 in the World
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

22. University of Regensburg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#98 in Europe
#307 in the World
Enrollment
21,558
Founded
1962

23. Humboldt University of Berlin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#101 in Europe
#310 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
36,378
Founded
1809

24. Leibniz University of Hanover

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#107 in Europe
#318 in the World
Enrollment
23,900
Founded
1831

25. University of Paderborn

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#109 in Europe
#328 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
20,316
Founded
1972

26. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#110 in Europe
#329 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

27. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#111 in Europe
#332 in the World
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

28. University of Wurzburg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#113 in Europe
#334 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
28,878
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1402

29. University of Giessen

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#115 in Europe
#336 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
27,727
Founded
1607

30. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#120 in Europe
#345 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

31. University of Cologne

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#122 in Europe
#349 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
49,382
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

32. University of Freiburg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#123 in Europe
#350 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
24,391
Founded
1457

33. Kiel University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#130 in Europe
#363 in the World
Enrollment
25,277
Founded
1665

34. Braunschweig University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#137 in Europe
#378 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
20,037
Founded
1745

35. Chemnitz University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#143 in Europe
#384 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Enrollment
9,873
Founded
1836

36. University of Konstanz

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

37. Saarland University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#145 in Europe
#388 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,749
Founded
1948

38. University of Bonn

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#147 in Europe
#395 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

39. Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#148 in Europe
#396 in the World
Enrollment
15,899
Founded
1973

40. TU Dortmund University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

41. University of Bielefeld

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#173 in Europe
#453 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Enrollment
25,015
Founded
1969

42. University of Augsburg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#176 in Europe
#461 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Enrollment
20,467
Male:Female
43:57
Founded
1970

43. Technical University of Kaiserslautern

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#180 in Europe
#468 in the World
Enrollment
14,594
Male:Female
60:40
Founded
1970

44. Ilmenau University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#189 in Europe
#501 in the World
Enrollment
6,612
Founded
1953

45. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

46. University of Bremen

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#200 in Europe
#535 in the World
Enrollment
19,234
Founded
1971

47. Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#202 in Europe
#539 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Enrollment
20,390
Founded
1817

48. Clausthal University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#204 in Europe
#543 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
4,963
Founded
1775

49. Freiberg University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#210 in Europe
#564 in the World
Enrollment
4,016
Founded
1765

50. University of Siegen

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#235 in Europe
#634 in the World
Enrollment
19,785
Founded
1972

51. University of Potsdam

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#246 in Europe
#661 in the World
Enrollment
20,878
Founded
1991

52. University of Rostock

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#252 in Europe
#667 in the World
Enrollment
12,996
Male:Female
50:50
Founded
1419

53. Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#255 in Europe
#679 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
16,136
Male:Female
61:39
Founded
1971

54. Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#257 in Europe
#683 in the World
Enrollment
14,427
Founded
1993

55. Hamburg University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#273 in Europe
#725 in the World
Enrollment
7,832
Founded
1978

56. University of Wuppertal

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#289 in Europe
#773 in the World
Enrollment
21,949
Founded
1972

57. University of Kassel

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

58. Osnabruck University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#302 in Europe
#821 in the World
Enrollment
14,106
Founded
1974

59. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#306 in Europe
#831 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

60. Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#332 in Europe
#911 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
2,944
Founded
1973

61. University of Greifswald

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#340 in Europe
#932 in the World
Enrollment
11,736
Founded
1456

62. Jacobs University Bremen

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#368 in Europe
#1048 in the World
Enrollment
1,253
Founded
2001

63. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#395 in Europe
#1173 in the World
Enrollment
15,050
Founded
1971

The best cities to study Applied/Engineering Physics in Germany based on the number of universities and their ranks are Aachen, Karlsruhe, Bayreuth, and Munich.