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Biomedical Engineering research in Germany

Max Planck Society ranks first in Germany for Biomedical Engineering research in 2022-now (#18 worldwide), followed by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and Technical University of Munich.

Germany's world rank
#4
of 78 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
15k
Top-10% rate
8.3%
Ranked institutions
54

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

What is the best university for Biomedical Engineering in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Max Planck SocietyMunich #1860.614.8%491
2Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresBerlin #5744.98.5%1,128
3Technical University of MunichMunich #6842.510.5%586
4Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #8739.211.6%304
5Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #10137.112.2%238
6University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #12734.010.1%274
7Technische Universität DresdenDresden #13133.66.4%447
8Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #14132.68.9%510
9Leibniz AssociationBerlin #17629.58.6%363
10Universität HamburgHamburg #21327.09.0%248
11RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #22526.28.2%561
12University of MünsterMünster #26623.910.0%113
13Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #26723.914.1%110
14University of WürzburgWürzburg #28523.010.8%113
15Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #29422.67.1%203
16Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #29922.311.4%82
17Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #30222.211.5%108
18University of CologneCologne #31921.49.3%92
19University of TübingenTübingen #32121.49.5%136
20University of GöttingenGöttingen #32321.38.9%104
21Ruhr University BochumBochum #33120.910.9%186
22Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #34320.59.5%86
23University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #39218.69.4%170
24University of BonnBonn #39318.68.0%95
25University of StuttgartStuttgart #40218.37.1%280
26Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #40318.38.8%236
27Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #42617.58.3%106
28Fraunhofer-GesellschaftMunich #47116.15.4%586
29Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #47616.09.1%114
30University of RegensburgRegensburg #48115.910.1%94
31Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #49115.69.3%146
32Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #49715.410.3%104
33Leibniz University HannoverHanover #52814.65.7%192
34University of SiegenSiegen #53114.57.2%61
35TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #53814.34.6%138
36Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #54114.28.9%115
37Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #55214.06.5%136
38Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #56213.78.7%65
39University of BayreuthBayreuth #57213.59.1%77
40University of AugsburgAugsburg #64211.910.3%61
41Universität UlmUlm #64911.86.4%120
42Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #69710.87.1%97
43University of PotsdamPotsdam #72210.38.9%62
44University of BremenBremen #7699.45.1%86
45Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #7749.47.5%113
46University of KaiserslauternKaiserslautern #8148.77.7%66
47University of LübeckLübeck #8158.78.2%75
48Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #8238.55.2%153
49University of RostockRostock #8588.06.2%123
50Physikalisch-Technische BundesanstaltBraunschweig #8647.95.4%64
51Chemnitz University of TechnologyChemnitz #8847.65.5%98
52Hamburg University of TechnologyHamburg #8867.56.8%75
53Technische Universität IlmenauIlmenau #1,1364.14.8%93
54Siemens (Germany)Munich #1,1813.66.2%72

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

Who are the top Biomedical Engineering researchers in Germany?

Aldo Roberto Boccaccini, Metin Sitti and Dierk Raabe rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Biomedical Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Aldo Roberto Boccaccini#36,703 worldwide overall104.4 of 387 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Metin Sitti#3,891 worldwide overall64.7 of 162 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Dierk Raabe#21,795 worldwide overall51.3 of 176 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Vasilis Ntziachristos#85,037 worldwide overall67.7 of 342 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Twan Lammers#11,924 worldwide overall42.8 of 93 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Thomas G. Flohr#30,970 worldwide overall41.4 of 128 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Oliver G. Schmidt#41,458 worldwide overall43.7 of 164 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Harald W. Giessen#107,527 worldwide overall44.4 of 172 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Kläus Müllen#18,689 worldwide overall39.7 of 148 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Martin Wegener#86,793 worldwide overall37.5 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Bernhard T. Schmidt#28,036 worldwide overall33.0 of 96 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Fabian M. Kiessling#77,699 worldwide overall35.0 of 122 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Stefan W. Hell#10,147 worldwide overall32.7 of 100 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Boris N. Chichkov#201,310 worldwide overall37.2 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Xinliang Feng#3,682 worldwide overall29.5 of 93 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Germany on their work in Biomedical 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 Biomedical Engineering