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Electrical and Electronic Engineering research in Germany

Max Planck Society ranks first in Germany for Electrical and Electronic Engineering research in 2022-now (#41 worldwide), followed by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and Technical University of Munich.

Germany's world rank
#6
of 86 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
24k
Top-10% rate
7.5%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Max Planck SocietyMunich #4151.713.9%647
2Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresBerlin #5248.68.4%2,932
3Technical University of MunichMunich #9341.08.9%947
4Technische Universität DresdenDresden #12237.57.7%750
5Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #14934.910.2%536
6Leibniz AssociationBerlin #21530.17.0%795
7RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #21730.06.8%1,161
8Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #24428.58.4%535
9University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #26127.611.1%230
10Ruhr University BochumBochum #26527.49.2%406
11Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #26827.210.9%184
12Universität HamburgHamburg #27626.98.6%217
13Fraunhofer-GesellschaftMunich #29825.96.2%1,947
14Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #31225.310.8%142
15University of StuttgartStuttgart #34224.16.9%595
16Leibniz University HannoverHanover #35223.76.9%332
17University of WürzburgWürzburg #37922.713.9%85
18Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #40222.08.4%108
19University of MünsterMünster #40321.98.5%152
20Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #41321.610.6%223
21University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #45120.56.6%351
22University of BonnBonn #45420.410.5%68
23Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #45620.36.8%422
24Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #47619.89.4%103
25University of SiegenSiegen #49919.27.7%100
26University of BremenBremen #52218.67.0%190
27Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #54618.06.7%421
28Infineon Technologies (Germany)Munich #55617.87.4%427
29University of BayreuthBayreuth #59117.07.2%163
30University of CologneCologne #59716.88.1%78
31Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #60316.76.6%67
32University of TübingenTübingen #61016.59.6%74
33University of KonstanzKonstanz #61316.57.1%76
34Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #62416.210.8%124
35TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #64115.95.0%226
36Universität UlmUlm #67615.25.7%160
37Federal Institute For Materials Research and TestingBerlin #74014.013.5%73
38Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #78613.26.7%176
39Paderborn UniversityPaderborn #79613.16.2%176
40Robert Bosch (Germany)Stuttgart #80912.96.1%118
41University of KaiserslauternKaiserslautern #81312.86.4%110
42University of PotsdamPotsdam #82712.69.0%80
43Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #85612.16.4%71
44Schott (Germany)Mainz #86712.08.0%61
45Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg #87411.97.4%81
46Chemnitz University of TechnologyChemnitz #89011.66.3%240
47Physikalisch-Technische BundesanstaltBraunschweig #92211.25.6%126
48Technische Universität IlmenauIlmenau #93611.05.5%254
49Huawei Technologies (Germany)Düsseldorf #94510.97.4%92
50German Research Centre for Artificial IntelligenceKaiserslautern #95410.76.8%66
51Siemens (Germany)Munich #97210.56.1%350
52Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #1,00610.08.3%114
53Hamburg University of TechnologyHamburg #1,0419.65.4%85
54Universität der Bundeswehr MünchenMunich #1,0559.45.1%125
55University of RostockRostock #1,1048.85.7%109
56Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #1,1907.85.7%86
57Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-WürttembergUlm #1,2557.27.4%64
58GlobalFoundries (Germany)Dresden #1,2597.17.9%71
59University of KasselKassel #1,3426.34.1%106
60University of WuppertalWuppertal #1,3506.24.2%130

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

Who are the top Electrical and Electronic Engineering researchers in Germany?

Stefano Passerini, Kläus Müllen and Christoph Josef Brabec rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Stefano Passerini#7,141 worldwide overall191.9 of 434 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Kläus Müllen#18,689 worldwide overall189.7 of 438 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Christoph Josef Brabec#12,553 worldwide overall189.5 of 475 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Martin Winter#41,647 worldwide overall169.6 of 522 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Xinliang Feng#3,682 worldwide overall137.1 of 260 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Jürgen Janek#17,136 worldwide overall131.4 of 290 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Karl Leo#79,214 worldwide overall139.4 of 482 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Joachim Maier#18,232 worldwide overall114.7 of 247 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Dieter Neher#12,001 worldwide overall95.4 of 215 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Hubert Andreas Gasteiger#4,734 worldwide overall92.3 of 161 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Ullrich Scherf#90,439 worldwide overall92.8 of 283 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Antonio Abate#5,139 worldwide overall78.4 of 155 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Thomas Mikolajick#91,012 worldwide overall102.2 of 404 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Peter Strasser#4,962 worldwide overall74.3 of 131 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Markus Antonietti#1,897 worldwide overall63.9 of 102 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Germany on their work in Electrical and Electronic 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 Electrical and Electronic Engineering