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Top universities in Germany

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Germany's public universities charge no tuition to international students in most states (only a modest semester contribution of roughly €150–400, which usually includes a public transport ticket) — a genuine rarity among the world's top-100 universities, and one reason Germany draws around 100,000 new international students every year. Rankings below are from QS World University Rankings 2027, THE World University Rankings 2026, and ARWU (Shanghai) Rankings 2025, via Study.eu's Germany country table.

#UniversityQS 2027THE 2026ARWU 2025Known For
1Technical University of Munich (TUM)252745Engineering, technology, natural sciences
2Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU)613442Broad research, humanities, medicine
3Heidelberg University864951Germany's oldest, broad research, medicine
4Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin)98113–Humanities, social sciences, natural sciences
5RWTH Aachen University10492201Engineering, technology
6Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)110166301Engineering, technology, natural sciences
7Humboldt University Berlin14089–Humanities, social sciences, law
8Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)158160201Engineering, computer science
9Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden)185174201Engineering, natural sciences
10Universität Hamburg209125201Broad research, law, medicine

Note on acceptance rates: Most countries outside the US do not officially publish acceptance rates. Any percentage shown here is a third-party aggregator estimate (Yocket, Shiksha, Collegedunia and similar platforms), not official university data — treat it as a rough competitiveness signal, not a precise number.

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