Top research institutions in Germany
Technical University of Munich ranks first in Germany on research quality in 2022–2025 (#76 worldwide), followed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Heidelberg University.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technical University of MunichUniversity · Munich | #76 | 23.1% | 16,222 | #2 |
| 2 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenUniversity · Munich | #105 | 21.1% | 12,752 | #4 |
| 3 | Heidelberg UniversityUniversity · Heidelberg | #141 | 21.5% | 10,638 | #3 |
| 4 | Universität HamburgUniversity · Hamburg | #156 | 20.9% | 11,345 | #8 |
| 5 | University of TübingenUniversity · Tübingen | #210 | 23.7% | 7,736 | #16 |
| 6 | RWTH Aachen UniversityUniversity · Aachen | #216 | 15.3% | 14,595 | #18 |
| 7 | Johannes Gutenberg University MainzUniversity · Mainz | #225 | 22.3% | 6,150 | #12 |
| 8 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergUniversity · Erlangen | #248 | 18.1% | 9,512 | #11 |
| 9 | University of GöttingenUniversity · Göttingen | #254 | 25.5% | 5,574 | #6 |
| 10 | Freie Universität BerlinUniversity · Berlin | #258 | 20.9% | 7,916 | #15 |
| 11 | University of MünsterUniversity · Münster | #262 | 20.6% | 7,024 | #13 |
| 12 | Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Karlsruhe | #274 | 17.8% | 10,829 | #9 |
| 13 | University of BonnUniversity · Bonn | #280 | 23.2% | 6,890 | #10 |
| 14 | Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinUniversity · Berlin | #294 | 25.1% | 7,302 | #27 |
| 15 | University of FreiburgUniversity · Freiburg im Breisgau | #300 | 21.0% | 7,225 | #7 |
| 16 | University of CologneUniversity · Cologne | #331 | 20.4% | 6,587 | #21 |
| 17 | Ruhr University BochumUniversity · Bochum | #335 | 19.3% | 8,016 | #26 |
| 18 | Technische Universität DresdenUniversity · Dresden | #340 | 16.9% | 9,454 | #29 |
| 19 | Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinHospital / health system · Berlin | #346 | 16.2% | 7,511 | #38 |
| 20 | Goethe University FrankfurtUniversity · Frankfurt am Main | #367 | 20.3% | 8,197 | #17 |
| 21 | Technische Universität BerlinUniversity · Berlin | #384 | 20.5% | 6,997 | #20 |
| 22 | Forschungszentrum JülichResearch facility · Jülich | #385 | 15.8% | 4,347 | #5 |
| 23 | University of WürzburgUniversity · Würzburg | #390 | 22.6% | 4,560 | #14 |
| 24 | Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfUniversity · Düsseldorf | #508 | 18.5% | 5,806 | #31 |
| 25 | Leibniz University HannoverUniversity · Hanover | #527 | 18.7% | 5,905 | #39 |
| 26 | Friedrich Schiller University JenaUniversity · Jena | #528 | 21.4% | 4,207 | #37 |
| 27 | Leipzig UniversityUniversity · Leipzig | #544 | 20.1% | 5,665 | #41 |
| 28 | Technische Universität DarmstadtUniversity · Darmstadt | #584 | 17.9% | 6,737 | #36 |
| 29 | University of BremenUniversity · Bremen | #588 | 20.3% | 4,851 | #45 |
| 30 | University of PotsdamUniversity · Potsdam | #616 | 22.4% | 4,449 | #61 |
| 31 | University of StuttgartUniversity · Stuttgart | #633 | 14.2% | 7,224 | #19 |
| 32 | University Hospital HeidelbergHospital / health system · Heidelberg | #647 | 21.8% | 4,004 | #70 |
| 33 | University of Duisburg-EssenUniversity · Essen | #658 | 19.7% | 6,415 | #40 |
| 34 | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielUniversity · Kiel | #665 | 19.6% | 4,658 | #34 |
| 35 | University of KonstanzUniversity · Konstanz | #668 | 24.5% | 2,755 | #32 |
| 36 | Saarland UniversityUniversity · Saarbrücken | #705 | 18.3% | 4,395 | #42 |
| 37 | University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHospital / health system · Hamburg | #770 | 20.9% | 3,414 | #83 |
| 38 | University of RegensburgUniversity · Regensburg | #797 | 18.6% | 3,439 | #30 |
| 39 | Philipps University of MarburgUniversity · Marburg | #805 | 15.7% | 4,916 | #23 |
| 40 | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESYResearch facility · Hamburg | #828 | 18.3% | 1,735 | #50 |
| 41 | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Research facility · Cologne | #851 | 20.8% | 5,392 | #24 |
| 42 | Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungResearch facility · Bremerhaven | #894 | 29.7% | 818 | #67 |
| 43 | Max-Planck-Institut für KohlenforschungResearch facility · Mülheim | #897 | 30.7% | 394 | #33 |
| 44 | Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenUniversity · Giessen | #899 | 19.5% | 4,506 | #44 |
| 45 | Munich Center for Quantum Science and TechnologyUniversity · Munich | #929 | 37.5% | 288 | #187 |
| 46 | University of BayreuthUniversity · Bayreuth | #942 | 19.9% | 3,453 | #43 |
| 47 | German Cancer Research CenterResearch facility · Heidelberg | #950 | 28.2% | 1,459 | #55 |
| 48 | Helmholtz Zentrum MünchenResearch facility · Munich | #957 | 29.2% | 1,177 | #101 |
| 49 | TU Dortmund UniversityUniversity · Dortmund | #961 | 17.1% | 5,321 | #51 |
| 50 | Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergUniversity · Halle | #990 | 18.1% | 3,519 | #56 |
| 51 | Universität UlmUniversity · Ulm | #993 | 20.6% | 3,040 | #35 |
| 52 | Medizinische Hochschule HannoverUniversity · Hanover | #1,032 | 16.1% | 4,323 | #58 |
| 53 | LMU KlinikumHospital / health system · Munich | #1,066 | 21.2% | 2,951 | #124 |
| 54 | Bielefeld UniversityUniversity · Bielefeld | #1,086 | 20.0% | 4,807 | #49 |
| 55 | Max Planck Institute of Quantum OpticsResearch facility · Garching | #1,100 | 32.9% | 215 | #28 |
| 56 | Institute for Advanced StudyResearch facility · Berlin | #1,129 | 31.2% | 881 | #135 |
| 57 | Leibniz Institute for CatalysisResearch facility · Rostock | #1,139 | 18.4% | 478 | #69 |
| 58 | University of RostockUniversity · Rostock | #1,193 | 14.9% | 3,497 | #63 |
| 59 | University of LübeckUniversity · Lübeck | #1,202 | 17.8% | 2,991 | #92 |
| 60 | Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck SocietyResearch facility · Berlin | #1,206 | 26.1% | 382 | #25 |
| 61 | University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzHospital / health system · Mainz | #1,217 | 24.4% | 1,612 | #122 |
| 62 | University of AugsburgUniversity · Augsburg | #1,235 | 18.0% | 2,761 | #76 |
| 63 | Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsResearch facility · Stuttgart | #1,240 | 35.7% | 416 | #71 |
| 64 | Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfResearch facility · Dresden | #1,270 | 18.7% | 1,138 | #99 |
| 65 | Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of SolidsResearch facility · Dresden | #1,271 | 24.6% | 269 | #109 |
| 66 | Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgUniversity · Oldenburg | #1,337 | 19.6% | 3,055 | #72 |
| 67 | University Medical Center FreiburgHospital / health system · Freiburg im Breisgau | #1,341 | 17.2% | 2,346 | #94 |
| 68 | German Center for Neurodegenerative DiseasesResearch facility · Bonn | #1,348 | 28.4% | 918 | #133 |
| 69 | Max Planck Institute for Polymer ResearchResearch facility · Mainz | #1,362 | 22.4% | 522 | #52 |
| 70 | University of KasselUniversity · Kassel | #1,367 | 16.6% | 3,347 | #93 |
| 71 | Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex SystemsResearch facility · Dresden | #1,377 | 27.2% | 326 | #65 |
| 72 | Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinResearch facility · Berlin | #1,383 | 27.8% | 1,194 | #192 |
| 73 | University of WuppertalUniversity · Wuppertal | #1,410 | 14.6% | 2,951 | #74 |
| 74 | Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of MatterResearch facility · Hamburg | #1,419 | 26.2% | 226 | #134 |
| 75 | GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion ResearchResearch facility · Darmstadt | #1,421 | 19.3% | 920 | #90 |
| 76 | Universitätsklinikum ErlangenHospital / health system · Erlangen | #1,430 | 14.5% | 1,976 | #143 |
| 77 | Osnabrück UniversityUniversity · Osnabrück | #1,431 | 23.0% | 2,066 | #78 |
| 78 | GFZ Helmholtz Centre for GeosciencesResearch facility · Potsdam | #1,497 | 26.9% | 1,010 | #98 |
| 79 | German Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchResearch facility · Berlin | #1,505 | 28.3% | 1,125 | #178 |
| 80 | Max Planck Institute for Solid State ResearchResearch facility · Stuttgart | #1,506 | 18.3% | 447 | #22 |
| 81 | Max Planck Institute of BiochemistryResearch facility · Martinsried | #1,525 | 40.1% | 280 | #47 |
| 82 | Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und EnergieResearch facility · Berlin | #1,526 | 17.0% | 828 | #95 |
| 83 | Technische Universität BraunschweigUniversity · Braunschweig | #1,532 | 15.1% | 4,413 | #54 |
| 84 | University Hospital BonnHospital / health system · Bonn | #1,596 | 18.3% | 2,453 | #150 |
| 85 | University Hospital MünsterHospital / health system · Münster | #1,647 | 18.9% | 1,945 | #139 |
| 86 | Max Planck Institute of Microstructure PhysicsResearch facility · Halle | #1,657 | 30.4% | 175 | #91 |
| 87 | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ResearchResearch facility · Potsdam | #1,758 | 39.3% | 453 | #103 |
| 88 | University Hospital CologneHospital / health system · Cologne | #1,761 | 18.5% | 2,145 | #173 |
| 89 | Paderborn UniversityUniversity · Paderborn | #1,779 | 14.7% | 2,888 | #89 |
| 90 | European Molecular Biology LaboratoryGovernment institution · Heidelberg | #1,786 | 33.7% | 280 | #82 |
| 91 | Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgUniversity · Magdeburg | #1,815 | 15.5% | 3,469 | #97 |
| 92 | University of HohenheimUniversity · Stuttgart | #1,828 | 26.4% | 2,172 | #118 |
| 93 | Chemnitz University of TechnologyUniversity · Chemnitz | #1,863 | 14.1% | 2,619 | #84 |
| 94 | Max Planck Institute for the Science of LightResearch facility · Erlangen | #1,876 | 19.8% | 315 | #130 |
| 95 | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchResearch facility · Leipzig | #1,922 | 28.7% | 1,228 | #131 |
| 96 | Max Planck Institute for AstronomyResearch facility · Heidelberg | #1,952 | 39.2% | 357 | #110 |
| 97 | University of KaiserslauternUniversity · Kaiserslautern | #1,956 | 15.6% | 2,167 | #53 |
| 98 | Jena University HospitalHospital / health system · Jena | #2,010 | 16.0% | 1,896 | #177 |
| 99 | Max Planck Institute for ChemistryResearch facility · Mainz | #2,011 | 30.3% | 222 | #60 |
| 100 | Universitätsklinikum WürzburgHospital / health system · Würzburg | #2,014 | 18.7% | 1,766 | #188 |
| 101 | Max Delbrück CenterResearch facility · Berlin | #2,016 | 26.2% | 478 | #100 |
| 102 | Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige MaterialienResearch facility · Düsseldorf | #2,039 | 24.5% | 368 | #73 |
| 103 | Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy ConversionResearch facility · Mülheim | #2,041 | 18.6% | 274 | #156 |
| 104 | University Hospital Carl Gustav CarusHospital / health system · Dresden | #2,044 | 20.5% | 1,267 | #165 |
| 105 | Universitätsmedizin GöttingenHospital / health system · Göttingen | #2,050 | 14.5% | 1,753 | #138 |
| 106 | Max Planck Institute for Nuclear PhysicsNonprofit · Heidelberg | #2,085 | 39.2% | 344 | #57 |
| 107 | Helmholtz-Zentrum HereonGovernment institution · Geesthacht | #2,088 | 21.3% | 897 | #169 |
| 108 | Physikalisch-Technische BundesanstaltGovernment institution · Braunschweig | #2,105 | 10.8% | 936 | #48 |
| 109 | German Center for Infection ResearchResearch facility · Braunschweig | #2,110 | 29.8% | 644 | #186 |
| 110 | Max Planck Institute for Human DevelopmentResearch facility · Berlin | #2,134 | 34.7% | 382 | #112 |
| 111 | University Hospital RegensburgHospital / health system · Regensburg | #2,154 | 15.0% | 1,682 | #168 |
| 112 | Universitätsmedizin GreifswaldHospital / health system · Greifswald | #2,167 | 18.3% | 1,640 | #199 |
| 113 | TUM KlinikumHospital / health system · Munich | #2,178 | 18.6% | 1,451 | #137 |
| 114 | Leibniz Institute of Photonic TechnologyResearch facility · Jena | #2,199 | 16.9% | 424 | #209 |
| 115 | University of MannheimUniversity · Mannheim | #2,205 | 25.8% | 1,876 | #125 |
| 116 | Düsseldorf University HospitalHospital / health system · Düsseldorf | #2,232 | 17.3% | 1,439 | #224 |
| 117 | German Center for Lung ResearchResearch facility · Giessen | #2,246 | 22.4% | 786 | #229 |
| 118 | Center for NanoScienceResearch facility · Munich | #2,261 | 23.0% | 370 | #87 |
| 119 | Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated DiseasesResearch facility · Cologne | #2,287 | 34.0% | 276 | #212 |
| 120 | University of SiegenUniversity · Siegen | #2,291 | 17.5% | 2,745 | #114 |
| 121 | Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-OrganizationResearch facility · Göttingen | #2,441 | 27.4% | 258 | #194 |
| 122 | Essen University HospitalFunder · Essen | #2,456 | 16.8% | 1,480 | #149 |
| 123 | Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchResearch facility · Dresden | #2,485 | 16.6% | 505 | #81 |
| 124 | Witten/Herdecke UniversityUniversity · Witten | #2,511 | 18.7% | 1,874 | #221 |
| 125 | University Hospital Schleswig-HolsteinHospital / health system · Kiel | #2,558 | 16.7% | 1,304 | #176 |
| 126 | Federal Institute For Materials Research and TestingResearch facility · Berlin | #2,581 | 15.3% | 1,125 | #128 |
| 127 | Max Planck Institute for MeteorologyResearch facility · Hamburg | #2,613 | 26.1% | 216 | #86 |
| 128 | National Center for Tumor DiseasesFunder · Heidelberg | #2,614 | 28.7% | 497 | #248 |
| 129 | Max Planck Institute for InformaticsResearch facility · Saarbrücken | #2,621 | 31.0% | 354 | #121 |
| 130 | Leibniz AssociationGovernment institution · Berlin | #2,626 | 38.2% | 249 | #174 |
| 131 | Technische Universität IlmenauUniversity · Ilmenau | #2,635 | 14.6% | 1,886 | #148 |
| 132 | Helmholtz Centre for Infection ResearchResearch facility · Braunschweig | #2,642 | 25.8% | 471 | #162 |
| 133 | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyResearch facility · Leipzig | #2,690 | 42.5% | 423 | #108 |
| 134 | Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale KrebsforschungResearch facility · Heidelberg | #2,701 | 31.4% | 395 | #283 |
| 135 | Hamburg University of TechnologyUniversity · Hamburg | #2,715 | 15.1% | 1,414 | #140 |
| 136 | Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse SpectroscopyResearch facility · Berlin | #2,755 | 12.8% | 224 | #96 |
| 137 | Munich Cluster for Systems NeurologyResearch facility · Munich | #2,782 | 37.8% | 182 | #235 |
| 138 | GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research KielResearch facility · Kiel | #2,802 | 25.8% | 626 | #129 |
| 139 | Center for Free-Electron Laser ScienceResearch facility · Hamburg | #2,854 | 20.5% | 182 | #158 |
| 140 | Center for Integrated Quantum Science and TechnologyResearch facility · Stuttgart | #2,856 | 23.6% | 150 | #196 |
| 141 | Universität GreifswaldUniversity · Greifswald | #2,877 | 22.1% | 1,189 | #126 |
| 142 | Leuphana University of LüneburgUniversity · Lüneburg | #2,918 | 26.5% | 1,532 | #216 |
| 143 | Helmholtz Institute JenaResearch facility · Jena | #2,920 | 16.7% | 244 | #222 |
| 144 | European Molecular Biology LaboratoryGovernment institution · Hamburg | #2,970 | 43.8% | 134 | #66 |
| 145 | University Medical Centre MannheimFunder · Mannheim | #2,982 | 20.8% | 770 | #237 |
| 146 | Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-SenftenbergUniversity · Senftenberg | #2,991 | 15.4% | 1,684 | #190 |
| 147 | Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape ResearchResearch facility · Müncheberg | #3,008 | 26.1% | 571 | #282 |
| 148 | University Hospital LeipzigHospital / health system · Leipzig | #3,070 | 13.9% | 1,476 | #253 |
| 149 | Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and PharmacologyResearch facility · Frankfurt am Main | #3,091 | 29.6% | 241 | #447 |
| 150 | Universität der Bundeswehr MünchenUniversity · Munich | #3,098 | 17.2% | 2,354 | #160 |
| 151 | Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric ResearchResearch facility · Leipzig | #3,113 | 27.3% | 167 | #142 |
| 152 | Bayer (Germany)Company · Leverkusen | #3,127 | 14.0% | 1,490 | #107 |
| 153 | Max Planck SocietyNonprofit · Munich | #3,162 | 4.7% | 4,255 | #1 |
| 154 | Universität TrierUniversity · Trier | #3,179 | 19.2% | 1,602 | #152 |
| 155 | Max Planck Institute of BiophysicsResearch facility · Frankfurt am Main | #3,190 | 32.2% | 142 | #146 |
| 156 | University Hospital FrankfurtHospital / health system · Frankfurt am Main | #3,223 | 18.0% | 1,048 | #201 |
| 157 | Quantum Design (Germany)Company · Darmstadt | #3,237 | 28.8% | 90 | #307 |
| 158 | Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZResearch facility · Potsdam | #3,248 | 34.5% | 251 | #288 |
| 159 | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational PhysicsResearch facility · Potsdam | #3,252 | 48.4% | 320 | #147 |
| 160 | Max Planck Institute for PhysicsResearch facility · Munich | #3,287 | 48.9% | 272 | #85 |
| 161 | Helmholtz Institute MainzGovernment institution · Mainz | #3,298 | 37.6% | 126 | #295 |
| 162 | European X-Ray Free-Electron LaserResearch facility · Schenefeld | #3,305 | 11.3% | 279 | #270 |
| 163 | Universitätsklinikum AachenHospital / health system · Aachen | #3,389 | 13.4% | 1,094 | #219 |
| 164 | Max Planck Institute of Colloids and InterfacesResearch facility · Potsdam | #3,447 | 25.2% | 319 | #62 |
| 165 | Robert Koch InstituteGovernment institution · Berlin | #3,511 | 21.3% | 806 | #141 |
| 166 | Clausthal University of TechnologyUniversity · Clausthal-Zellerfeld | #3,530 | 13.8% | 1,130 | #106 |
| 167 | TU Bergakademie FreibergUniversity · Freiberg | #3,535 | 13.0% | 1,535 | #145 |
| 168 | University of Koblenz and LandauUniversity · Mainz | #3,546 | 22.9% | 986 | #267 |
| 169 | Max Planck Institute of Molecular PhysiologyResearch facility · Dortmund | #3,554 | 42.2% | 104 | #161 |
| 170 | Max Planck Institute for AstrophysicsResearch facility · Garching | #3,561 | 42.7% | 279 | #79 |
| 171 | Center for Advanced Systems UnderstandingResearch facility · Görlitz | #3,636 | 30.1% | 103 | #469 |
| 172 | Max Planck Institute for Medical ResearchResearch facility · Heidelberg | #3,651 | 28.9% | 126 | #77 |
| 173 | German Research Centre for Artificial IntelligenceFunder · Kaiserslautern | #3,702 | 21.0% | 1,113 | #264 |
| 174 | University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, FoundationUniversity · Hanover | #3,707 | 14.0% | 1,058 | #218 |
| 175 | Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)Company · Ingelheim | #3,714 | 20.7% | 594 | #180 |
| 176 | University of PassauUniversity · Passau | #3,723 | 16.7% | 1,438 | #223 |
| 177 | University of BambergUniversity · Bamberg | #3,751 | 20.3% | 1,895 | #239 |
| 178 | European Southern ObservatoryResearch facility · Garching bei München | #3,787 | 33.9% | 185 | #120 |
| 179 | Constructor UniversityUniversity · Bremen | #3,822 | 26.2% | 625 | #117 |
| 180 | Max Planck Institute for BiogeochemistryResearch facility · Jena | #3,857 | 34.2% | 196 | #127 |
| 181 | Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-LandauUniversity · Landau | #3,872 | 16.5% | 688 | #536 |
| 182 | Jülich Aachen Research AllianceResearch facility · Jülich | #3,911 | 23.5% | 328 | #205 |
| 183 | Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human HistoryResearch facility · Jena | #3,949 | 50.2% | 130 | #256 |
| 184 | Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision EngineeringResearch facility · Jena | #3,963 | 6.0% | 341 | #261 |
| 185 | German Center for Diabetes ResearchResearch facility · Munich | #3,967 | 30.5% | 294 | #294 |
| 186 | Helmholtz-Institute UlmGovernment institution · Ulm | #3,972 | 28.3% | 370 | #279 |
| 187 | Helmut Schmidt UniversityUniversity · Hamburg | #3,990 | 17.9% | 1,513 | #254 |
| 188 | Max Planck Institute for MathematicsResearch facility · Bonn | #3,995 | 16.3% | 355 | #154 |
| 189 | Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial PhysicsResearch facility · Garching bei München | #4,011 | 28.3% | 309 | #102 |
| 190 | Center for Systems Biology DresdenResearch facility · Dresden | #4,024 | 31.5% | 179 | #352 |
| 191 | University Children's Hospital TübingenHospital / health system · Tübingen | #4,027 | 19.0% | 693 | #247 |
| 192 | Bauhaus-Universität WeimarUniversity · Weimar | #4,059 | 18.5% | 891 | #268 |
| 193 | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity ResearchResearch facility · Leipzig | #4,094 | 47.3% | 365 | #313 |
| 194 | Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical StudiesResearch facility · Heidelberg | #4,101 | 28.1% | 227 | #184 |
| 195 | Max Planck Institute of Animal BehaviorResearch facility · Radolfzell | #4,117 | 48.8% | 180 | #420 |
| 196 | Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V.Research facility · Düsseldorf | #4,154 | 28.4% | 296 | #249 |
| 197 | TH Köln - University of Applied SciencesUniversity · Cologne | #4,179 | 16.1% | 1,127 | #302 |
| 198 | University Hospital UlmHospital / health system · Ulm | #4,187 | 14.4% | 1,203 | #214 |
| 199 | Complexity and Topology in Quantum MatterResearch facility · Würzburg | #4,366 | 22.8% | 72 | — |
| 200 | Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant PhysiologyResearch facility · Potsdam | #4,434 | 47.0% | 282 | #183 |
| 201 | Julius Kühn-InstitutGovernment institution · Quedlinburg | #4,437 | 29.4% | 486 | #414 |
| 202 | Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften KielUniversity · Kiel | #4,440 | 20.9% | 512 | #284 |
| 203 | Berlin School of Economics and LawUniversity · Berlin | #4,471 | 23.3% | 729 | #396 |
| 204 | Max Planck Institute for Plasma PhysicsResearch facility · Garching | #4,503 | 41.9% | 441 | #88 |
| 205 | Frankfurt Institute for Advanced StudiesResearch facility · Frankfurt am Main | #4,652 | 31.1% | 264 | #226 |
| 206 | Siemens (Germany)Company · Munich | #4,695 | 10.4% | 1,369 | #68 |
| 207 | DKFZ-ZMBH AllianceResearch facility · Heidelberg | #4,748 | 22.9% | 223 | #132 |
| 208 | MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical UniversityUniversity · Hamburg | #4,842 | 21.2% | 551 | #439 |
| 209 | Ernst Ruska CentreResearch facility · Jülich | #4,843 | 15.5% | 158 | #227 |
| 210 | Catholic University of Eichstätt-IngolstadtUniversity · Eichstätt | #4,861 | 18.3% | 995 | #362 |
| 211 | Max Planck Institute for Biology of AgeingNonprofit · Cologne | #4,872 | 39.3% | 90 | #259 |
| 212 | Munich School of PhilosophyUniversity · Munich | #4,887 | 18.9% | 339 | #308 |
| 213 | Federal Institute for Risk AssessmentGovernment institution · Berlin | #4,917 | 21.6% | 496 | #277 |
| 214 | DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in EducationResearch facility · Frankfurt am Main | #4,966 | 54.2% | 770 | #472 |
| 215 | University of ErfurtUniversity · Erfurt | #4,989 | 19.0% | 1,131 | #342 |
| 216 | Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany)Company · Darmstadt | #4,993 | 19.5% | 532 | #210 |
| 217 | Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesResearch facility · Leipzig | #5,009 | 30.2% | 391 | #271 |
| 218 | Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-NürnbergGovernment institution · Erlangen | #5,011 | 20.7% | 212 | #464 |
| 219 | Max Planck Institute of PsychiatryResearch facility · Munich | #5,048 | 25.2% | 174 | #104 |
| 220 | Hamburg Institut (Germany)Company · Hamburg | #5,079 | 14.8% | 504 | #265 |
| 221 | Max Planck Institute for BiologyResearch facility · Tübingen | #5,146 | 37.5% | 171 | #105 |
| 222 | Max Planck Institute for Biological CyberneticsResearch facility · Tübingen | #5,173 | 26.2% | 159 | #163 |
| 223 | Schott (Germany)Company · Mainz | #5,187 | 9.6% | 360 | #111 |
| 224 | Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and GeneticsResearch facility · Dresden | #5,196 | 31.3% | 161 | #123 |
| 225 | Museum für NaturkundeArchive · Berlin | #5,234 | 17.9% | 528 | #383 |
| 226 | Hochschule BielefeldUniversity · Bielefeld | #5,235 | 17.1% | 781 | #332 |
| 227 | HHL Leipzig Graduate School of ManagementUniversity · Leipzig | #5,241 | 38.0% | 224 | #700 |
| 228 | Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and PalaeoenvironmentResearch facility · Tübingen | #5,275 | 49.9% | 104 | #339 |
| 229 | Central Institute of Mental HealthHospital / health system · Mannheim | #5,289 | 22.4% | 375 | #220 |
| 230 | Comprehensive Cancer Center ErlangenHospital / health system · Erlangen | #5,393 | 26.2% | 277 | #530 |
| 231 | Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the SciencesResearch facility · Leipzig | #5,397 | 17.5% | 256 | #276 |
| 232 | German Rheumatism Research CentreResearch facility · Berlin | #5,424 | 20.3% | 169 | #200 |
| 233 | Deutscher WetterdienstResearch facility · Offenbach | #5,428 | 22.7% | 184 | #189 |
| 234 | Friedrich-Loeffler-InstitutGovernment institution · Greifswald | #5,527 | 24.9% | 487 | #236 |
| 235 | Institute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneResearch facility · Regensburg | #5,550 | 19.1% | 240 | #144 |
| 236 | Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience TübingenGovernment institution · Tübingen | #5,597 | 15.2% | 385 | #292 |
| 237 | HAW HamburgUniversity · Hamburg | #5,621 | 14.5% | 994 | #349 |
| 238 | Ifo Institute for Economic ResearchResearch facility · Munich | #5,626 | 20.9% | 661 | #250 |
| 239 | Max Planck Institute for Chemical EcologyResearch facility · Jena | #5,637 | 38.3% | 215 | #230 |
| 240 | TH Bingen University of Applied SciencesUniversity · Bingen am Rhein | #5,642 | 21.1% | 257 | #441 |
| 241 | BASF (Germany)Company · Ludwigshafen am Rhein | #5,682 | 18.0% | 311 | #159 |
| 242 | Robert Bosch (Germany)Company · Stuttgart | #5,724 | 14.8% | 1,012 | #179 |
| 243 | Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and EpigeneticsResearch facility · Freiburg | #5,772 | 25.7% | 85 | #116 |
| 244 | Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial MicrobiologyResearch facility · Marburg | #5,795 | 33.3% | 153 | #193 |
| 245 | Institute of Molecular BiologyResearch facility · Mainz | #5,804 | 29.5% | 172 | #266 |
| 246 | Frankfurt Cancer InstituteNonprofit · Frankfurt am Main | #5,808 | 29.3% | 113 | #516 |
| 247 | Europa-Universität FlensburgUniversity · Flensburg | #5,819 | 18.1% | 653 | #563 |
| 248 | Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain ResearchInstitution · Tübingen | #5,849 | 25.9% | 282 | #289 |
| 249 | Leibniz Institute of Polymer ResearchResearch facility · Dresden | #5,872 | 12.8% | 376 | #208 |
| 250 | University Hospital MagdeburgHospital / health system · Magdeburg | #5,876 | 12.0% | 613 | #213 |
| 251 | Folkwang University of the ArtsUniversity · Essen | #5,921 | 11.4% | 762 | #206 |
| 252 | FernUniversität in HagenUniversity · Hagen | #5,970 | 15.1% | 1,595 | #232 |
| 253 | West German Heart and Vascular Center EssenHospital / health system · Essen | #5,986 | 26.7% | 298 | #344 |
| 254 | Heinz Maier-Leibnitz ZentrumResearch facility · Garching | #5,990 | 18.0% | 180 | #296 |
| 255 | Universitätsklinikum Gießen und MarburgHospital / health system · Giessen | #5,994 | 11.5% | 652 | #351 |
| 256 | University of Applied Sciences MainzUniversity · Mainz | #6,047 | 10.9% | 541 | #225 |
| 257 | University Hospital AugsburgHospital / health system · Augsburg | #6,113 | 13.0% | 776 | #470 |
| 258 | German Primate CenterResearch facility · Göttingen | #6,143 | 23.9% | 186 | #240 |
| 259 | Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical MedicineResearch facility · Hamburg | #6,178 | 28.4% | 246 | #281 |
| 260 | Leibniz Institute for Crystal GrowthResearch facility · Berlin | #6,182 | 11.4% | 187 | #333 |
| 261 | Zimmer Biomet (Germany)Company · Berlin | #6,261 | 25.7% | 393 | #346 |
| 262 | Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz InstituteResearch facility · Berlin | #6,263 | 10.4% | 491 | #119 |
| 263 | WZB Berlin Social Science CenterResearch facility · Berlin | #6,309 | 35.2% | 482 | #255 |
| 264 | Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy SystemsResearch facility · Freiburg im Breisgau | #6,317 | 14.2% | 504 | #195 |
| 265 | Brain (Germany)Company · Zwingenberg | #6,324 | 26.9% | 242 | #408 |
| 266 | German Sport University CologneUniversity · Cologne | #6,339 | 21.2% | 1,186 | #398 |
| 267 | Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research WarnemündeResearch facility · Warnemünde | #6,343 | 26.0% | 236 | #298 |
| 268 | University of HildesheimUniversity · Hildesheim | #6,371 | 15.1% | 979 | #369 |
| 269 | Max Planck Institute for Brain ResearchResearch facility · Frankfurt am Main | #6,466 | 36.2% | 63 | #151 |
| 270 | Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of MunichResearch facility · Freising | #6,470 | 21.1% | 291 | #327 |
| 271 | IZA - Institute of Labor EconomicsNonprofit · Bonn | #6,478 | 16.5% | 954 | #234 |
| 272 | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary BiologyResearch facility · Plön | #6,528 | 37.4% | 201 | #297 |
| 273 | Ferdinand-Braun-InstitutResearch facility · Berlin | #6,539 | 7.3% | 294 | #304 |
| 274 | Johann Heinrich von Thünen-InstitutGovernment institution · Braunschweig | #6,610 | 35.1% | 372 | #425 |
| 275 | Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor FontaneUniversity · Neuruppin | #6,622 | 19.4% | 431 | #662 |
| 276 | FH AachenUniversity · Aachen | #6,638 | 9.5% | 782 | #113 |
| 277 | University of Applied Sciences PotsdamUniversity · Potsdam | #6,641 | 21.2% | 362 | #458 |
| 278 | University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of BochumHospital / health system · Bochum | #6,643 | 23.2% | 367 | #397 |
| 279 | BioNTech (Germany)Company · Mainz | #6,661 | 38.2% | 69 | #565 |
| 280 | University of VechtaUniversity · Vechta | #6,669 | 21.6% | 455 | #468 |
| 281 | European Molecular Biology OrganizationNonprofit · Heidelberg | #6,688 | 29.1% | 95 | #202 |
| 282 | Institute for BiodiversityNonprofit · Regensburg | #6,748 | 23.2% | 462 | #373 |
| 283 | Frankfurt School of Finance & ManagementUniversity · Frankfurt am Main | #6,813 | 21.6% | 339 | #509 |
| 284 | Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI)Research facility · Jena | #6,825 | 25.9% | 216 | #364 |
| 285 | Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare PharmakologieResearch facility · Berlin | #6,872 | 29.0% | 122 | #338 |
| 286 | Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences - ISASResearch facility · Dortmund | #6,907 | 21.1% | 117 | #228 |
| 287 | Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbHUniversity · Friedrichshafen | #6,931 | 20.6% | 419 | #517 |
| 288 | Hertie SchoolUniversity · Berlin | #6,937 | 40.0% | 329 | #380 |
| 289 | Zuse Institute BerlinResearch facility · Berlin | #7,024 | 18.0% | 245 | #272 |
| 290 | Siemens Healthineers (Germany)Company · Forchheim | #7,031 | 17.5% | 479 | #337 |
| 291 | München KlinikHospital / health system · Munich | #7,037 | 4.4% | 2,164 | #181 |
| 292 | Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding ResearchResearch facility · Cologne | #7,077 | 54.4% | 129 | #242 |
| 293 | Hochschule OsnabrückUniversity · Osnabrück | #7,204 | 16.0% | 653 | #562 |
| 294 | Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied SciencesUniversity · Freising | #7,207 | 25.6% | 259 | #325 |
| 295 | Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics PotsdamResearch facility · Potsdam | #7,234 | 22.0% | 195 | #207 |
| 296 | Max Planck Institute for the History of ScienceResearch facility · Berlin | #7,237 | 18.7% | 277 | #274 |
| 297 | AbbVie (Germany)Company · Wiesbaden | #7,247 | 27.3% | 101 | #697 |
| 298 | Kirchhoff (Germany)Company · Iserlohn | #7,272 | 14.3% | 142 | #334 |
| 299 | Leibniz Institute of Environmental MedicineNonprofit · Düsseldorf | #7,315 | 19.6% | 119 | #395 |
| 300 | Centre for Structural Systems BiologyResearch facility · Hamburg | #7,338 | 31.4% | 86 | #669 |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Germany on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.
Size against quality inside Germany
The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.
above the meannear itbelow it
One dot per institution in the table above.