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Engineering research in Germany

Max Planck Society ranks first in Germany for Engineering research in 2022-now (#40 worldwide), followed by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and Technical University of Munich.

Germany's world rank
#4
of 131 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
107k
Top-10% rate
7.4%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Engineering in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Max Planck SocietyMunich #4057.514.5%2,635
2Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresBerlin #4855.48.2%10,339
3Technical University of MunichMunich #5553.810.5%4,792
4Technische Universität DresdenDresden #11145.87.5%3,207
5Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #16141.58.1%2,156
6RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #16541.27.6%5,358
7Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #19739.211.6%752
8University of StuttgartStuttgart #19839.17.2%3,147
9Ruhr University BochumBochum #24236.89.4%1,564
10Leibniz AssociationBerlin #25336.38.4%1,837
11Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #25436.27.8%2,227
12Universität HamburgHamburg #25536.28.7%1,193
13University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #25836.010.7%922
14Leibniz University HannoverHanover #27535.37.7%1,962
15Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #29434.57.7%2,430
16Fraunhofer-GesellschaftMunich #34432.76.3%6,069
17Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #35232.511.2%619
18University of SiegenSiegen #35432.48.8%602
19TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #40530.95.2%1,287
20University of MünsterMünster #42430.310.2%505
21University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #44029.97.7%1,220
22University of WürzburgWürzburg #44829.710.6%379
23University of BonnBonn #46729.211.2%427
24Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #47729.09.6%331
25Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #50128.45.7%1,743
26Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #51228.17.5%421
27Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #51428.19.5%634
28University of CologneCologne #56427.09.0%312
29University of GöttingenGöttingen #58226.710.1%334
30University of BremenBremen #58426.66.4%774
31Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #60126.37.6%414
32University of BayreuthBayreuth #62225.97.8%558
33University of TübingenTübingen #62925.88.9%367
34Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #65825.313.1%280
35University of KonstanzKonstanz #69724.68.9%193
36Hamburg University of TechnologyHamburg #74623.86.7%644
37Federal Institute For Materials Research and TestingBerlin #74823.88.8%573
38University of RegensburgRegensburg #79223.18.1%282
39Universität der Bundeswehr MünchenMunich #81022.95.9%867
40University of PotsdamPotsdam #82622.68.7%333
41Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #83122.67.8%898
42Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #83622.58.0%521
43Bauhaus-Universität WeimarWeimar #86422.113.1%332
44Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg #88321.95.7%328
45TH Köln - University of Applied SciencesCologne #89621.77.8%214
46Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #90621.69.1%494
47Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #90821.68.4%299
48University of AugsburgAugsburg #91121.57.3%342
49Universität UlmUlm #91321.56.4%479
50University of KaiserslauternKaiserslautern #94021.25.8%640
51Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #94921.08.9%212
52Robert Bosch (Germany)Stuttgart #98620.67.0%452
53Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #99620.58.3%262
54Chemnitz University of TechnologyChemnitz #1,09519.45.7%899
55Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #1,09719.49.9%284
56Paderborn UniversityPaderborn #1,10019.45.8%707
57Physikalisch-Technische BundesanstaltBraunschweig #1,12119.15.4%370
58German Research Centre for Artificial IntelligenceKaiserslautern #1,12719.17.9%285
59Siemens (Germany)Munich #1,19118.46.1%1,224
60Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #1,19418.47.1%225

Institutions in Germany above the floor of 40 fractional works in Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Engineering researchers in Germany?

Dierk Raabe, Stefano Passerini and Kläus Müllen rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Dierk Raabe#21,795 worldwide overall327.1 of 1,063 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Stefano Passerini#7,141 worldwide overall261.7 of 623 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Kläus Müllen#18,689 worldwide overall236.2 of 610 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Martin Winter#41,647 worldwide overall266.8 of 922 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Jürgen Janek#17,136 worldwide overall197.8 of 442 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Christoph Josef Brabec#12,553 worldwide overall204.0 of 542 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Xinliang Feng#3,682 worldwide overall182.8 of 415 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Metin Sitti#3,891 worldwide overall165.7 of 372 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Jürgen Eckert#141,682 worldwide overall209.4 of 856 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Timon Rabczuk#80,758 worldwide overall261.9 of 566 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Joachim Maier#18,232 worldwide overall142.5 of 328 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Dirk Uwe Sauer#56,190 worldwide overall154.0 of 529 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Aldo Roberto Boccaccini#36,703 worldwide overall165.6 of 666 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Oliver G. Schmidt#41,458 worldwide overall149.7 of 517 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Hubert Andreas Gasteiger#4,734 worldwide overall130.5 of 243 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Germany on their work in Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Germany compares with other countries in Engineering

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What are the best universities for engineering in Germany?

Max Planck Society ranks first in Germany for Engineering research in 2022-now (#40 worldwide), followed by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and Technical University of Munich.

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