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Aerospace Engineering research in Germany

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) ranks first in Germany for Aerospace Engineering research in 2022–2025 (#46 worldwide), followed by Technical University of Munich and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Germany's world rank
#7
of 67 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
7.3k
Top-10% rate
25.8%
Ranked institutions
18

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

What is the best university for Aerospace Engineering in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Cologne #4642.732.9%871
2Technical University of MunichMunich #6338.032.5%370
3Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyKarlsruhe #19321.230.2%250
4Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #20620.231.2%170
5RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #21619.523.7%228
6University of StuttgartStuttgart #27715.827.2%212
7Universität der Bundeswehr MünchenMunich #29614.829.7%147
8Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #30314.435.4%108
9Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #33512.931.1%146
10Leibniz University HannoverHanover #35712.026.2%114
11Forschungszentrum JülichJülich #4279.331.2%70
12Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #4379.025.5%132
13Ruhr University BochumBochum #4678.032.1%100
14Technische Universität DresdenDresden #4907.229.6%112
15Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar TechniquesWachtberg #5286.135.8%81
16Universität HamburgHamburg #5655.128.8%68
17Max Planck SocietyMunich #6133.93.8%424
18University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #6642.724.2%65

Institutions in Germany above the floor of 40 fractional works in Aerospace Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Aerospace Engineering researchers in Germany?

Wolfram Burgard, Richard Bamler and Wolfgang Menzel rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Wolfram Burgard#103 worldwide overall6.3k citations · 60 works
  2. 2Richard Bamler#8,539 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 60 works
  3. 3Wolfgang Menzel#12,463 worldwide overall844 citations · 45 works
  4. 4Cyrill Stachniss#31,155 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 39 works
  5. 5S.R. Cloude#35,869 worldwide overall845 citations · 57 works
  6. 6Dierk Raabe#49,567 worldwide overall4.5k citations · 37 works
  7. 7Thomas Zwick#72,859 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 89 works
  8. 8Thomas Fritz#85,002 worldwide overall343 citations · 41 works
  9. 9Gerhard Krieger#88,248 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 145 works
  10. 10Nassir Navab#91,284 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 38 works
  11. 11W. Wiesbeck#92,412 worldwide overall784 citations · 69 works
  12. 12Andreas Reigber#101,367 worldwide overall332 citations · 44 works
  13. 13Christian Waldschmidt#137,446 worldwide overall724 citations · 91 works
  14. 14彰夫 小森#157,929 worldwide overall0 citations · 38 works
  15. 15輝男 小野#165,093 worldwide overall0 citations · 59 works

How Germany compares with other countries in Aerospace Engineering