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Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition research in Germany

Technical University of Munich ranks first in Germany for Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition research in 2022–2025 (#27 worldwide), followed by Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Germany's world rank
#5
of 69 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
6.9k
Top-10% rate
17.5%
Ranked institutions
21

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

What is the best university for Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Technical University of MunichMunich #2751.929.9%452
2Max Planck Institute for InformaticsSaarbrücken #20022.643.8%66
3Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyKarlsruhe #20622.218.2%217
4University of BonnBonn #22720.826.0%122
5University of WürzburgWürzburg #27817.829.0%73
6Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #28817.321.9%127
7RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #31016.215.4%160
8University of TübingenTübingen #32915.427.3%68
9Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #33015.315.3%153
10German Research Centre for Artificial IntelligenceKaiserslautern #34514.621.9%119
11Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #34714.615.4%136
12Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Cologne #46310.418.5%105
13Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #46710.222.5%80
14University of StuttgartStuttgart #47110.112.8%158
15Leibniz University HannoverHanover #6405.615.3%74
16Technische Universität DresdenDresden #6415.616.7%81
17University of BremenBremen #6974.413.3%74
18Technische Universität IlmenauIlmenau #7293.713.4%72
19Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #7503.315.8%68
20Universität HamburgHamburg #7593.112.7%94
21TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #8351.812.7%66

Institutions in Germany above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition researchers in Germany?

Wolfram Burgard, Bernt Schiele and Michael J. Black rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Wolfram Burgard#103 worldwide overall6.3k citations · 86 works
  2. 2Bernt Schiele#159 worldwide overall6.9k citations · 149 works
  3. 3Michael J. Black#699 worldwide overall3.4k citations · 74 works
  4. 4Thomas Wiegand#923 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 73 works
  5. 5Thomas Brox#1,178 worldwide overall3.3k citations · 67 works
  6. 6Bjoern Menze#1,659 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 25 works
  7. 7Daniel Cremers#2,713 worldwide overall4.1k citations · 119 works
  8. 8Andreas Geiger#3,036 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 54 works
  9. 9Carsten Rother#4,197 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 56 works
  10. 10Stefan Roth#5,986 worldwide overall4k citations · 31 works
  11. 11Mattias P. Heinrich‬#6,186 worldwide overall1k citations · 25 works
  12. 12Klaus‐Robert Müller#6,392 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 24 works
  13. 13Gerard Pons‐Moll#7,063 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 40 works
  14. 14Bastian Leibe#7,321 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 39 works
  15. 15Zeynep Akata#10,106 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 36 works

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