This is a list of the universities in Germany, 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 Fachhochschulen (universities of applied sciences) and institutions that cover only certain disciplines such as business studies, fine arts, or engineering sciences. Those do not have all of the responsibilities and limitations of old universities and they can not award Doctorate Degrees on their own.
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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 (now in the Czech Republic) 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, Erfurt or Würzburg). These are not included in this list.[1]
University | Year of establishment | Students | Location |
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University of Heidelberg | 1386 | 26,500 | Heidelberg |
University of Leipzig | 1409 | 29,500 | Leipzig |
University of Rostock | 1419 | 14,000 | Rostock |
University of Greifswald | 1456 | 12,000 | Greifswald |
University of Freiburg | 1457 | 20,500 | Freiburg |
University of Munich | 1472 | 44,000 | Munich[2] |
University of Mainz | 1477[3] | 33,500 | Mainz |
University of Tübingen | 1477 | 23,500 | Tübingen |
University of Halle-Wittenberg | 1502 | 18,500 | Halle[4] |
University of Marburg | 1527 | 24,000 | Marburg |
According to the THE–QS World University Rankings:
NR = no ranking or ranking outside top 200.
Institution | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) | 85 | 114 | 156 | 168 | 166 | 186 | 43 |
University of Heidelberg (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg) | 47 | 45 | 58 | 60 | 57 | 57 | 51 |
Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München) | 95 | 105 | 82 | 67 | 78 | 55 | 58 |
University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) | 99 | 55 | 98 | 65 | 93 | 98 | 66 |
Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) | NR | 172 | 149 | 146 | 137 | 94 | 70 |
University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) | NR | NR | NR | 144 | 147 | 122 | 97 |
Humboldt University of Berlin (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 |
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