28 Best universities for 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 Physics. A graph of 13.5M citations received by 444K academic papers made by 28 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 Physics

#4 in Germany
#19 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

2. Ruhr University Bochum

For Physics

#9 in Germany
#50 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

3. University of Bonn

For Physics

#10 in Germany
#54 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

4. University of Munster

For Physics

#13 in Germany
#59 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

5. University of Cologne

For Physics

#23 in Germany
#95 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Founded
1388

6. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Physics

#30 in Germany
#139 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

7. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Physics

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

8. TU Dortmund University

For Physics

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

9. University of Bielefeld

For Physics

#37 in Germany
#168 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
23,342
Founded
1969

10. University of Wuppertal

For Physics

#46 in Germany
#219 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

11. University of Paderborn

For Physics

#47 in Germany
#223 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

12. University of Siegen

For Physics

#53 in Germany
#290 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

13. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Physics

#64 in Germany
#403 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

14. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Physics

#68 in Germany
#440 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

15. University of Hagen

For Physics

#73 in Germany
#617 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

16. Witten/Herdecke University

For Physics

#75 in Germany
#634 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

17. German Sport University Cologne

For Physics

#76 in Germany
#662 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

18. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Physics

#87 in Germany
#796 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

19. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Physics

#90 in Germany
#811 in Europe
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

20. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Physics

#92 in Germany
#856 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

25. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Physics

#137 in Germany
#1153 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,373
Founded
1971

26. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Physics

#142 in Germany
#1180 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

27. University of Applied Sciences Europe

For Physics

#157 in Germany
#1323 in Europe
Enrollment
2,906
Founded
2000

28. Cologne Business School

For Physics

#158 in Germany
#1329 in Europe
Enrollment
1,123
Founded
1993

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Physics

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 12 15
Rhineland-Palatinate 13 14
Lower Saxony 14 11
Bremen 3 38
Thuringia 5 21
Saxony-Anhalt 5 31
Hamburg 8 8
Baden-Wurttemberg 25 2
Schleswig-Holstein 5 27
Brandenburg 18 12
Saxony 7 17
Bavaria 21 1
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 45