28 Best universities for Psychology 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 Psychology. A graph of 6.21M citations received by 190K 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. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Psychology

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

2. University of Bonn

For Psychology

#14 in Germany
#67 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

3. University of Cologne

For Psychology

#16 in Germany
#78 in Europe
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

4. University of Munster

For Psychology

#18 in Germany
#86 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

5. RWTH Aachen University

For Psychology

#20 in Germany
#92 in Europe
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

6. Ruhr University Bochum

For Psychology

#21 in Germany
#96 in Europe
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

7. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Psychology

#28 in Germany
#141 in Europe
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

8. University of Bielefeld

For Psychology

#34 in Germany
#185 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

9. TU Dortmund University

For Psychology

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

10. Witten/Herdecke University

For Psychology

#47 in Germany
#307 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

11. German Sport University Cologne

For Psychology

#60 in Germany
#431 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

12. University of Wuppertal

For Psychology

#64 in Germany
#448 in Europe
Enrollment
22,601
Founded
1972

13. University of Paderborn

For Psychology

#65 in Germany
#451 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

14. University of Siegen

For Psychology

#67 in Germany
#491 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

15. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Psychology

#70 in Germany
#524 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

16. University of Hagen

For Psychology

#72 in Germany
#554 in Europe
Enrollment
71,351
Founded
1974

17. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Psychology

#88 in Germany
#826 in Europe
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

18. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Psychology

#92 in Germany
#859 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

19. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Psychology

#94 in Germany
#870 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,633
Founded
1971

20. University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf

For Psychology

#105 in Germany
#982 in Europe
Enrollment
11,170
Founded
1971

22. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Psychology

#123 in Germany
#1078 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,373
Founded
1971

23. Cologne Business School

For Psychology

#130 in Germany
#1105 in Europe
Enrollment
1,123
Founded
1993

25. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Psychology

#132 in Germany
#1108 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

26. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Psychology

#136 in Germany
#1151 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

28. University of Applied Sciences Europe

For Psychology

#169 in Germany
#1422 in Europe
Enrollment
2,906
Founded
2000

Closest to North Rhine-Westphalia states to learn Psychology

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni Germany Flag rank
Hesse 12 8
Rhineland-Palatinate 13 10
Lower Saxony 14 12
Bremen 3 41
Thuringia 5 31
Saxony-Anhalt 5 33
Hamburg 8 4
Baden-Wurttemberg 25 1
Schleswig-Holstein 5 25
Brandenburg 18 3
Saxony 7 22
Bavaria 22 2
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 39