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 4.65M citations received by 170K 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

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

2. University of Bonn

For Psychology

#13 in Germany
#65 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

3. University of Cologne

For Psychology

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

4. University of Munster

For Psychology

#19 in Germany
#85 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

5. RWTH Aachen University

For Psychology

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

6. Ruhr University Bochum

For Psychology

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

7. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Psychology

#29 in Germany
#144 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

#46 in Germany
#284 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,894
Founded
1982

11. German Sport University Cologne

For Psychology

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

12. University of Paderborn

For Psychology

#63 in Germany
#433 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

13. University of Wuppertal

For Psychology

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

14. University of Siegen

For Psychology

#68 in Germany
#495 in Europe
Enrollment
17,805
Founded
1972

15. Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Psychology

#69 in Germany
#498 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
13,671
Founded
1971

16. University of Hagen

For Psychology

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

17. Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Psychology

#89 in Germany
#788 in Europe
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1971

18. Folkwang University of the Arts

For Psychology

#90 in Germany
#801 in Europe
Enrollment
1,506
Founded
1927

19. Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Psychology

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

22. University of Applied Sciences and Arts

For Psychology

#126 in Germany
#1073 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
14,741
Founded
1971

23. Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Psychology

#127 in Germany
#1074 in Europe
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1971

25. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

For Psychology

#139 in Germany
#1142 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,723
Founded
2009

26. Cologne Business School

For Psychology

#146 in Germany
#1192 in Europe
Enrollment
1,123
Founded
1993

28. University of Applied Sciences Europe

For Psychology

#169 in Germany
#1409 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 6
Rhineland-Palatinate 13 10
Lower Saxony 14 12
Bremen 3 41
Thuringia 5 30
Saxony-Anhalt 5 33
Hamburg 8 4
Baden-Wurttemberg 25 1
Schleswig-Holstein 5 24
Brandenburg 18 3
Saxony 7 25
Bavaria 22 2
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3 38