13 Best universities for Applied/Engineering Physics in North Rhine-Westphalia

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Below is a list of best universities in North Rhine-Westphalia ranked based on their research performance in Applied/Engineering Physics. A graph of 108K citations received by 3.48K academic papers made by 13 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. RWTH Aachen University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Germany
#7 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

2. University of Munster

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#9 in Germany
#45 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

3. Ruhr University Bochum

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#12 in Germany
#57 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

4. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#29 in Germany
#124 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

5. University of Bonn

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#30 in Germany
#130 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

6. University of Cologne

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#34 in Germany
#144 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

7. TU Dortmund University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

8. University of Paderborn

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#38 in Germany
#168 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

9. University of Bielefeld

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#39 in Germany
#171 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

10. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

11. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#50 in Germany
#237 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

12. University of Siegen

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#55 in Germany
#267 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

13. University of Wuppertal

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#58 in Germany
#288 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Applied/Engineering Physics

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 6 10
Lower Saxony 6 20
Baden-Wurttemberg 7 2
Brandenburg 4 13
Saxony 4 6
Bavaria 8 3