How does Germany rank in Education research?

Germany ranks #7 of 115 countries on research quality in Education (2022–2025), with 8.7k works.

Education research in Germany

Universität Hamburg ranks first in Germany for Education research in 2022–2025 (#163 worldwide), followed by DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education and University of Münster.

Germany's world rank: #7
Works, 2022–2025: 8.7k
Top-10% rate: 24.5%
Ranked institutions: 37

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

What is the best university for Education in Germany?

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Universität HamburgHamburg	#163	32.5	37.7%	170
2	DIPF \| Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in EducationFrankfurt am Main	#173	31.7	59.2%	178
3	University of MünsterMünster	#184	30.9	25.3%	208
4	University of CologneCologne	#200	29.8	29.8%	170
5	University of PotsdamPotsdam	#221	28.5	37.3%	116
6	University of TübingenTübingen	#298	24.5	41.0%	116
7	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich	#321	23.5	31.9%	141
8	TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund	#334	23.0	26.7%	187
9	Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics EducationKiel	#355	22.2	59.7%	72
10	Freie Universität BerlinBerlin	#362	21.9	30.6%	124
11	University of WuppertalWuppertal	#384	21.1	35.6%	89
12	University of Duisburg-EssenEssen	#410	20.3	27.4%	157
13	Technical University of MunichMunich	#435	19.5	41.7%	84
14	Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main	#459	18.8	32.7%	128
15	Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin	#496	17.7	29.6%	121
16	Paderborn UniversityPaderborn	#516	17.2	29.3%	118
17	Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld	#617	14.9	24.9%	127
18	University of BambergBamberg	#635	14.5	37.0%	89
19	Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz	#672	13.7	28.3%	80
20	University of KasselKassel	#726	12.7	20.2%	108
21	University of Education FreiburgFreiburg	#735	12.5	39.2%	72
22	Ruhr University BochumBochum	#747	12.3	32.8%	86
23	University of AugsburgAugsburg	#796	11.5	29.9%	62
24	University of WürzburgWürzburg	#818	11.1	37.2%	70
25	Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle	#835	10.8	28.6%	78
26	Leipzig UniversityLeipzig	#844	10.7	26.4%	90
27	Leibniz University HannoverHanover	#857	10.5	26.0%	95
28	University of BremenBremen	#910	9.7	31.4%	87
29	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen	#913	9.7	27.8%	86
30	Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg	#917	9.6	29.4%	81
31	Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg	#1,011	8.3	27.8%	63
32	Technische Universität DresdenDresden	#1,037	8.0	16.2%	127
33	University of SiegenSiegen	#1,168	6.4	17.7%	100
34	Ludwigsburg University of EducationLudwigsburg	#1,233	5.7	21.3%	69
35	Max Planck SocietyMunich	#1,696	145.0	3.6%	129
36	Institut Für Angewandte KulturforschungGöttingen	#1,763	94.0	8.6%	65
37	Institute for Peace Research and Security PolicyHamburg	#1,879	9.0	3.3%	60

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

Who are the top Education researchers in Germany?

Frank Fischer, Jürgen Baumert and Tina Seidel rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

1Frank Fischer#4,027 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 40 works
2Jürgen Baumert#4,606 worldwide overall1k citations · 75 works
3Tina Seidel#8,766 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 24 works
4Eckhard Klieme#8,997 worldwide overall470 citations · 44 works
5Ludger Woessmann#11,249 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 34 works
6Reinhard Pekrun#13,249 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 34 works
7Anne C. Frenzel#13,817 worldwide overall686 citations · 18 works
8Mareike Kunter#13,870 worldwide overall942 citations · 42 works
9Michael Kerres#23,082 worldwide overall264 citations · 17 works
10Manfred Prenzel#24,343 worldwide overall319 citations · 30 works
11Heinz‐Elmar Tenorth#28,126 worldwide overall175 citations · 44 works
12Gabriele Kaiser#29,108 worldwide overall389 citations · 42 works
13Ulrich Teichler#34,808 worldwide overall394 citations · 43 works
14Jürgen Rudolph#35,025 worldwide overall388 citations · 20 works
15Ulrich Trautwein#42,302 worldwide overall843 citations · 32 works

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