This is a list of the universities

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 in Germany

Germany

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, of which there are about seventy. The list also includes the 13 German "universities of technology" which have official and full university status, but which usually focus on education in the natural sciences rather than covering the whole spectrum of academic disciplines.

However, the list does not cover the German Fachhochschule

Fachhochschule

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n (universities of applied sciences) and institutions that cover only certain disciplines such as business studies

Business studies

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, fine arts, or engineering

Engineering

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 sciences. Those do not have all of the responsibilities and limitations of old universities and they can not award Doctorate

Doctorate

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 Degrees on their own.

Universities by years of existence

This is a list of the ten oldest universities that have been in continuous operation since their founding in present-day Germany.

Some other formerly German universities, for instance the Charles University in Prague

Charles University in Prague

Charles University in Prague is the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1348, it was the first university in Central Europe and is also considered the earliest German university...

 (now in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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) are no longer on German soil. Also, some universities were established in the 14th or 15th centuries, but shut down for longer periods and later re-opened (e.g. the universities of Cologne

University of Cologne

The University of Cologne is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, an association of Germany's leading research universities...

, Erfurt

University of Erfurt

The University of Erfurt is a public university located in Erfurt, Germany. Originally founded in 1379, the university was closed in 1816 for the next 177 years...

 or Würzburg

University of Würzburg

The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. The university is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group.-Name:...

). These are not included in this list.

University	Year of establishment	Students	Location
University of Heidelberg	1386	26,500	Heidelberg Heidelberg -Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
University of Leipzig University of Leipzig The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...	1409	29,500	Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
University of Rostock University of Rostock The University of Rostock is the university of the city Rostock, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.Founded in 1419, it is the oldest and largest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Sea area...	1419	14,000	Rostock Rostock Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders...
University of Greifswald	1456	12,000	Greifswald Greifswald Greifswald , officially, the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald is a town in northeastern Germany. It is situated in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at an equal distance of about from Germany's two largest cities, Berlin and Hamburg. The town borders the Baltic Sea, and is crossed...
University of Freiburg University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...	1457	20,500	Freiburg Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
University of Munich	1472	44,000	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
University of Mainz	1477	33,500	Mainz Mainz Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
University of Tübingen	1477	23,500	Tübingen Tübingen Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...
University of Halle-Wittenberg	1502	18,500	Halle Halle, Saxony-Anhalt Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
University of Marburg	1527	24,000	Marburg Marburg Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...

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• University of Augsburg
  University of Augsburg
  The University of Augsburg is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 7 Faculties....
  
  
• University of Bamberg
• University of Bayreuth
  University of Bayreuth
  The University of Bayreuth is a public research university situated in Bayreuth, Germany. It was founded in 1975 as a campus university focusing on international collaboration and interdisciplinarity...
  
  
• Free University of Berlin
  Free University of Berlin
  Freie Universität Berlin is one of the leading and most prestigious research universities in Germany and continental Europe. It distinguishes itself through its modern and international character. It is the largest of the four universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on the...
  
  
• Humboldt University of Berlin
  Humboldt University of Berlin
  The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
  
  
• University of Bielefeld
• Ruhr University Bochum
• University of Bonn
  University of Bonn
  The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
  
  
• University of Bremen
  University of Bremen
  The University of Bremen is a university of approximately 23,500 people from 126 countries that are studying, teaching, researching, and working in Bremen, Germany...
  
  
• Jacobs University Bremen
• University of Cologne
  University of Cologne
  The University of Cologne is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, an association of Germany's leading research universities...
  
  
• University of Duisburg-Essen
  University of Duisburg-Essen
  The University Duisburg-Essen is a public university in Duisburg and Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and a member of the new founded University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr....
  
  
• University of Düsseldorf

E-H

• Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
  Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
  The Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt is a Roman Catholic university in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.The Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt is the one and only Roman Catholic university in the German-speaking world. Compared to other German universities The...
  
  
• University of Erfurt
  University of Erfurt
  The University of Erfurt is a public university located in Erfurt, Germany. Originally founded in 1379, the university was closed in 1816 for the next 177 years...
  
  
• University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
• University of Duisburg-Essen
  University of Duisburg-Essen
  The University Duisburg-Essen is a public university in Duisburg and Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and a member of the new founded University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr....
  
   (Campus Essen)
• University of Flensburg
  University of Flensburg
  The University of Flensburg is a university in the city of Flensburg, Germany. It was founded in 1994. The University of Flensburg is the northernmost university in Germany, but it is not a "full university"...
  
  
• University of Frankfurt am Main
• Viadrina University (Frankfurt an der Oder)
• Zeppelin University
  Zeppelin University
  Zeppelin University is a highly-selective, top-ranked, privately-funded research university in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The university was founded in 2003.- Overview :...
  
   (Friedrichshafen)
• University of Freiburg
  University of Freiburg
  The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...
  
  
• University of Giessen
  University of Giessen
  The University of Giessen is officially called the Justus Liebig University Giessen after its most famous faculty member, Justus von Liebig, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of artificial fertiliser.-History:The University of Gießen is among the oldest institutions of...
  
  
• University of Göttingen
• University of Greifswald
• Fernuniversität Hagen
  FernUniversität Hagen
  The University of Hagen, is the largest and the only state-run distance teaching university in Germany. The Headquarters are located in Hagen, Germany....
  
   (distance learning; open university)
• University of Halle-Wittenberg
  University of Halle-Wittenberg
  The Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg , also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg within Saxony-Anhalt, Germany...
  
   (also in Wittenberg)
• University of Hamburg
  University of Hamburg
  The University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of...
  
  
• Helmut Schmidt University
  Helmut Schmidt University
  The Helmut Schmidt University , located in Hamburg, Germany, is a German educational establishment that was founded in 1973 at the initiative of the then-Federal Minister of Defence, Helmut Schmidt. Teaching first started in Autumn of 1973...
  
   (University of the Bundeswehr
  Bundeswehr
  The Bundeswehr consists of the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities...
  
  , Hamburg)
• University of Hannover
• University of Heidelberg
• University of Hildesheim
  University of Hildesheim
  The University of Hildesheim was founded in 1978. Its main faculties are educational and social sciences, cultural sciences and aesthetic communications, and information and communication sciences. With around 5000 students currently enrolled, this university is relatively small.Unlike very few...
  
  
• University of Hohenheim
  University of Hohenheim
  The University of Hohenheim is a university in Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1818 it is Stuttgart's oldest university and one of Germany's leading universities both in agricultural sciences and economics.-History:...
  
  

I-N

• Technical University of Ilmenau
• University of Jena
• University of Karlsruhe
• University of Kassel
  University of Kassel
  The University of Kassel, founded in 1970, is one of the newer universities in the state of Hesse. The university is in Kassel, and as of September 2010 has about 18,113 students...
  
  
• University of Kiel
  University of Kiel
  The University of Kiel is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 23,000 students today...
  
  
• University of Koblenz-Landau
• University of Konstanz
  University of Konstanz
  The University of Konstanz is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1966, and the main campus on the Gießberg was opened in 1972. As one of nine German Excellence Universities today University of Konstanz is counted among Germany's most prestigious...
  
  
• University of Leipzig
  University of Leipzig
  The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
  
  
• University of Lübeck
  University of Lübeck
  Medicine has been the focal point of learning, teaching and research at the University of Lübeck. In both 2006 and 2009, the University of Lübeck remains No. 1 in medicine among all universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland according to the...
  
  
• Leuphana
• University of Magdeburg
• University of Mainz
• University of Mannheim
  University of Mannheim
  The University of Mannheim is one of the younger German universities. It offers Bachelor, Master, and PhD degrees.The University is mainly located in Mannheim’s palace the largest baroque palace in Germany. The whole city center of Mannheim is aligned symmetrically to the palace.About 800 scholars...
  
  
• University of Marburg
• Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
  Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
  The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich , commonly known as the University of Munich or LMU, is a university in Munich, Germany...
  
  
• Bundeswehr University Munich
• University of Münster
  University of Münster
  The University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...
  
  
• University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

O-Z

• University of Oldenburg
• University of Osnabrück
  University of Osnabrück
  The University of Osnabrück is a public university located in the city of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony, Germany.In 2010 it was attended by 9,298 students. In 2009, the staff of 1,570 consisted of 214 professors, 662 additional academic personnel and 694 non-academic personnel...
  
  
• University of Passau
  University of Passau
  The University of Passau is a public research university located in Passau, Lower Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1978, it is the youngest university in Bavaria and has therefore the most modern campus in the state...
  
  
• University of Paderborn
  University of Paderborn
  The University of Paderborn in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was founded in 1972. 15,228 students were enrolled at the university as of December 2010....
  
  
• University of Potsdam
  University of Potsdam
  The University of Potsdam is a German university, situated across four campuses in Potsdam, Brandenburg, including the New Palace of Sanssouci and the Park Babelsberg.- Profile :...
  
  
• University of Regensburg
  University of Regensburg
  The University of Regensburg is a public research university located in the medieval city of Regensburg, Bavaria, a city that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university was founded on July 18, 1962 by the Landtag of Bavaria as the fourth full-fledged university in Bavaria...
  
  
• University of Rostock
  University of Rostock
  The University of Rostock is the university of the city Rostock, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.Founded in 1419, it is the oldest and largest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Sea area...
  
  
• Saarland University
  Saarland University
  Saarland University is a university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland, and Homburg. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in 8 faculties that cover all major fields of science...
  
  
• University of Siegen
  University of Siegen
  The University of Siegen in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, was founded in 1972. 14,100 students were enrolled at the university as of October 2010.-Faculties:University of Siegen offers in total 126 degree programmes across four faculties:...
  
  
• University of Stuttgart
  University of Stuttgart
  The University of Stuttgart is a university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized in 10 faculties....
  
  
• University of Trier
  University of Trier
  The University of Trier , in the German city of Trier, was founded in 1473. Closed in 1798 by order of the then French administration in Trier, the university was re-established in 1970 after a hiatus of some 172 years. The new university campus is located on top of the Tarforst heights, an urban...
  
  
• University of Tübingen
• University of Ulm
  University of Ulm
  The University of Ulm is a public university in the city of Ulm, in the South German state of Baden-Württemberg. The university was founded in 1967 and focuses on natural sciences, medicine, engineering sciences, mathematics, economics and computer science...
  
  
• University of Halle-Wittenberg
  University of Halle-Wittenberg
  The Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg , also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg within Saxony-Anhalt, Germany...
  
   (also in Halle)
• University of Vechta
  University of Vechta
  The University of Vechta is a small university in northwestern Germany, in the town of Vechta in Lower Saxony. Its study programmes concentrate on teacher training, social sciences, social work, gerontology and psychology .The University has about 3.300 students .-External links:****...
  
  
• University of Wuppertal
  University of Wuppertal
  The University of Wuppertal is a German scientific institution, located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia.The university, the full German name of which is Bergische Universität Wuppertal , was formed in 1972 and is located in the city of Wuppertal, within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia,...
  
  
• University of Würzburg
  University of Würzburg
  The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. The university is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group.-Name:...
  
  

North

• University of Bremen
  University of Bremen
  The University of Bremen is a university of approximately 23,500 people from 126 countries that are studying, teaching, researching, and working in Bremen, Germany...
  
  
• Jacobs University Bremen
• University of Flensburg
  University of Flensburg
  The University of Flensburg is a university in the city of Flensburg, Germany. It was founded in 1994. The University of Flensburg is the northernmost university in Germany, but it is not a "full university"...
  
  
• University of Göttingen
• University of Greifswald
• University of Hamburg
  University of Hamburg
  The University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of...
  
  
• Helmut Schmidt University
  Helmut Schmidt University
  The Helmut Schmidt University , located in Hamburg, Germany, is a German educational establishment that was founded in 1973 at the initiative of the then-Federal Minister of Defence, Helmut Schmidt. Teaching first started in Autumn of 1973...
  
   (University of the Bundeswehr
  Bundeswehr
  The Bundeswehr consists of the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities...
  
  , Hamburg)
• University of Hannover
• University of Hildesheim
  University of Hildesheim
  The University of Hildesheim was founded in 1978. Its main faculties are educational and social sciences, cultural sciences and aesthetic communications, and information and communication sciences. With around 5000 students currently enrolled, this university is relatively small.Unlike very few...
  
  
• University of Kiel
  University of Kiel
  The University of Kiel is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 23,000 students today...
  
  
• University of Lübeck
  University of Lübeck
  Medicine has been the focal point of learning, teaching and research at the University of Lübeck. In both 2006 and 2009, the University of Lübeck remains No. 1 in medicine among all universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland according to the...
  
  
• University of Lüneburg
• University of Oldenburg
• University of Osnabrück
  University of Osnabrück
  The University of Osnabrück is a public university located in the city of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony, Germany.In 2010 it was attended by 9,298 students. In 2009, the staff of 1,570 consisted of 214 professors, 662 additional academic personnel and 694 non-academic personnel...
  
  
• University of Rostock
  University of Rostock
  The University of Rostock is the university of the city Rostock, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.Founded in 1419, it is the oldest and largest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Sea area...
  
  
• University of Vechta
  University of Vechta
  The University of Vechta is a small university in northwestern Germany, in the town of Vechta in Lower Saxony. Its study programmes concentrate on teacher training, social sciences, social work, gerontology and psychology .The University has about 3.300 students .-External links:****...
  
  

West

• University of Bielefeld
• Ruhr University Bochum
• University of Bonn
  University of Bonn
  The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
  
  
• University of Cologne
  University of Cologne
  The University of Cologne is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, an association of Germany's leading research universities...
  
  
• University of Duisburg-Essen
  University of Duisburg-Essen
  The University Duisburg-Essen is a public university in Duisburg and Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and a member of the new founded University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr....
  
  
• University of Düsseldorf
• University of Frankfurt am Main
• University of Giessen
  University of Giessen
  The University of Giessen is officially called the Justus Liebig University Giessen after its most famous faculty member, Justus von Liebig, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of artificial fertiliser.-History:The University of Gießen is among the oldest institutions of...
  
  
• Fernuniversität Hagen
  FernUniversität Hagen
  The University of Hagen, is the largest and the only state-run distance teaching university in Germany. The Headquarters are located in Hagen, Germany....
  
   (distance learning; open university)
• University of Kassel
  University of Kassel
  The University of Kassel, founded in 1970, is one of the newer universities in the state of Hesse. The university is in Kassel, and as of September 2010 has about 18,113 students...
  
  
• University of Koblenz
• University of Mainz
• University of Marburg
• University of Münster
  University of Münster
  The University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...
  
  
• University of Paderborn
  University of Paderborn
  The University of Paderborn in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was founded in 1972. 15,228 students were enrolled at the university as of December 2010....
  
  
• Saarland University
  Saarland University
  Saarland University is a university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland, and Homburg. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in 8 faculties that cover all major fields of science...
  
  
• University of Trier
  University of Trier
  The University of Trier , in the German city of Trier, was founded in 1473. Closed in 1798 by order of the then French administration in Trier, the university was re-established in 1970 after a hiatus of some 172 years. The new university campus is located on top of the Tarforst heights, an urban...
  
  
• University of Siegen
  University of Siegen
  The University of Siegen in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, was founded in 1972. 14,100 students were enrolled at the university as of October 2010.-Faculties:University of Siegen offers in total 126 degree programmes across four faculties:...
  
  
• University of Wuppertal
  University of Wuppertal
  The University of Wuppertal is a German scientific institution, located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia.The university, the full German name of which is Bergische Universität Wuppertal , was formed in 1972 and is located in the city of Wuppertal, within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia,...
  
  

East

• Free University of Berlin
  Free University of Berlin
  Freie Universität Berlin is one of the leading and most prestigious research universities in Germany and continental Europe. It distinguishes itself through its modern and international character. It is the largest of the four universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on the...
  
  
• Humboldt University of Berlin
  Humboldt University of Berlin
  The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
  
  
• University of Erfurt
  University of Erfurt
  The University of Erfurt is a public university located in Erfurt, Germany. Originally founded in 1379, the university was closed in 1816 for the next 177 years...
  
  
• Viadrina University (Frankfurt an der Oder)
• University of Halle-Wittenberg
  University of Halle-Wittenberg
  The Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg , also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg within Saxony-Anhalt, Germany...
  
  
• University of Jena
• University of Leipzig
  University of Leipzig
  The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
  
  
• University of Magdeburg
• University of Potsdam
  University of Potsdam
  The University of Potsdam is a German university, situated across four campuses in Potsdam, Brandenburg, including the New Palace of Sanssouci and the Park Babelsberg.- Profile :...
  
  
• University of Halle-Wittenberg
  University of Halle-Wittenberg
  The Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg , also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg within Saxony-Anhalt, Germany...
  
   (also in Halle)

South

• University of Augsburg
  University of Augsburg
  The University of Augsburg is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 7 Faculties....
  
  
• University of Bamberg
• University of Bayreuth
  University of Bayreuth
  The University of Bayreuth is a public research university situated in Bayreuth, Germany. It was founded in 1975 as a campus university focusing on international collaboration and interdisciplinarity...
  
  
• Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
  Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
  The Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt is a Roman Catholic university in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.The Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt is the one and only Roman Catholic university in the German-speaking world. Compared to other German universities The...
  
  
• University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
• University of Freiburg
  University of Freiburg
  The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...
  
  
• Zeppelin University
  Zeppelin University
  Zeppelin University is a highly-selective, top-ranked, privately-funded research university in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The university was founded in 2003.- Overview :...
  
   (Friedrichshafen)
• University of Heidelberg
• University of Hohenheim
  University of Hohenheim
  The University of Hohenheim is a university in Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1818 it is Stuttgart's oldest university and one of Germany's leading universities both in agricultural sciences and economics.-History:...
  
  
• University of Karlsruhe
• University of Konstanz
  University of Konstanz
  The University of Konstanz is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1966, and the main campus on the Gießberg was opened in 1972. As one of nine German Excellence Universities today University of Konstanz is counted among Germany's most prestigious...
  
  
• University of Mannheim
  University of Mannheim
  The University of Mannheim is one of the younger German universities. It offers Bachelor, Master, and PhD degrees.The University is mainly located in Mannheim’s palace the largest baroque palace in Germany. The whole city center of Mannheim is aligned symmetrically to the palace.About 800 scholars...
  
  
• Bundeswehr University of Munich
• University of Munich
• University of Passau
  University of Passau
  The University of Passau is a public research university located in Passau, Lower Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1978, it is the youngest university in Bavaria and has therefore the most modern campus in the state...
  
  
• University of Regensburg
  University of Regensburg
  The University of Regensburg is a public research university located in the medieval city of Regensburg, Bavaria, a city that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university was founded on July 18, 1962 by the Landtag of Bavaria as the fourth full-fledged university in Bavaria...
  
  
• University of Stuttgart
  University of Stuttgart
  The University of Stuttgart is a university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized in 10 faculties....
  
  
• University of Hohenheim
  University of Hohenheim
  The University of Hohenheim is a university in Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1818 it is Stuttgart's oldest university and one of Germany's leading universities both in agricultural sciences and economics.-History:...
  
   (Stuttgart)
• University of Tübingen
• University of Ulm
  University of Ulm
  The University of Ulm is a public university in the city of Ulm, in the South German state of Baden-Württemberg. The university was founded in 1967 and focuses on natural sciences, medicine, engineering sciences, mathematics, economics and computer science...
  
  
• University of Würzburg
  University of Würzburg
  The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. The university is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group.-Name:...
  
  

Universities of Technology by location

• RWTH Aachen
  RWTH Aachen
  RWTH Aachen University is a research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with roughly 33,000 students enrolled in 101 study programs....
  
  
• Technical University of Berlin
  Technical University of Berlin
  The Technische Universität Berlin is a research university located in Berlin, Germany. Translating the name into English is discouraged by the university, however paraphrasing as Berlin Institute of Technology is recommended by the university if necessary .The TU Berlin was founded...
  
  
• Braunschweig University of Technology
• Chemnitz University of Technology
  Chemnitz University of Technology
  Chemnitz University of Technology is located in the town of Chemnitz in Germany. With over 10000 students it is the third largest university in Saxony and around 750 international students from 100 universities all over the world are enrolled each year...
  
  
• Clausthal University of Technology
  Clausthal University of Technology
  The Clausthal University of Technology is an institute of technology in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany...
  
  
• Brandenburg University of Technology
• Darmstadt University of Technology
  Darmstadt University of Technology
  The Technische Universität Darmstadt, abbreviated TU Darmstadt, is a university in the city of Darmstadt, Germany...
  
  
• Dortmund University of Technology
• Dresden University of Technology
  Dresden University of Technology
  The Technische Universität Dresden is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony and one of the 10 largest universities in Germany with 36,066 students...
  
  
• Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
  Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
  The Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg is a small German University of Technology with about 5000 students in the city of Freiberg, Saxony...
  
  
• Hamburg University of Technology
• University of Hanover
• Ilmenau University of Technology
• Kaiserslautern University of Technology
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is a German academic research and education institution with university status resulting from a merger of the university and the research center of the city of Karlsruhe. The university, also known as Fridericiana, was founded in 1825...
  
  
• Technical University of Munich
  Technical University of Munich
  The Technische Universität München is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching, and Weihenstephan...
  
  

International rankings

According to the THE–QS World University Rankings:

NR = no ranking or ranking outside top 200.

Institution	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich The Technische Universität München is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching, and Weihenstephan...  (Technische Universität München)	95	105	82	67	78	55	58
University of Heidelberg (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)	47	45	58	60	57	57	51
Free University of Berlin Free University of Berlin Freie Universität Berlin is one of the leading and most prestigious research universities in Germany and continental Europe. It distinguishes itself through its modern and international character. It is the largest of the four universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on the...  (Freie Universität Berlin)	NR	172	149	146	137	94	70
University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)	99	55	98	65	93	98	66
University of Freiburg University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...  (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)	NR	NR	NR	144	147	122	97
University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)	85	114	156	168	166	186	43
Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...  (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)	125	112	105	126	139	146	123
Goethe University Frankfurt  (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)	NR	NR	NR	NR	169	NR	195

See also

• Education in Germany
  Education in Germany
  The responsibility for the German education system lies primarily with the states while the federal government plays only a minor role. Optional Kindergarten education is provided for all children between three and six years of age, after which school attendance is compulsory, in most cases for...
  
  
• List of oldest universities in continuous operation
• German Academic Exchange Service
  German Academic Exchange Service
  The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation....
  
  
• Charles University in Prague
  Charles University in Prague
  Charles University in Prague is the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1348, it was the first university in Central Europe and is also considered the earliest German university...
  
  (Karls-Universität: first German university, oldest in Europe)

External links

• Higher Education Compass: complete list of German universities