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Electrical and Electronic Engineering research in Germany

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ranks first in Germany for Electrical and Electronic Engineering research in 2022–2025 (#129 worldwide), followed by Technical University of Munich and RWTH Aachen University.

Germany's world rank
#7
of 89 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
24k
Top-10% rate
11.8%
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
1Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyKarlsruhe #12937.314.5%1,136
2Technical University of MunichMunich #15235.215.0%944
3RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #20431.49.8%1,078
4Forschungszentrum JülichJülich #23229.717.2%521
5Technische Universität DresdenDresden #24928.813.0%681
6Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #29726.515.5%534
7Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #30826.012.3%512
8University of StuttgartStuttgart #41422.29.2%595
9Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und EnergieBerlin #42721.822.1%204
10Helmholtz-Institute UlmUlm #50019.829.7%131
11Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #52919.110.7%422
12Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #53718.928.4%124
13Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #54418.710.5%421
14Ruhr University BochumBochum #55218.512.2%400
15Leibniz University HannoverHanover #57917.910.8%328
16Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Cologne #58417.814.4%328
17University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #60917.216.9%226
18University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #61717.111.2%335
19Technische Universität IlmenauIlmenau #71715.111.3%248
20University of MünsterMünster #74014.718.3%150
21Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy SystemsFreiburg im Breisgau #75414.512.2%228
22Universität HamburgHamburg #78414.014.7%203
23Institute for Advanced StudyBerlin #80313.729.8%84
24Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #85412.911.4%219
25University of BremenBremen #90712.111.7%182
26University of BayreuthBayreuth #94011.614.8%163
27Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #96011.414.2%132
28Universität UlmUlm #97211.214.6%159
29Helmholtz-Institute MünsterMünster #99510.927.4%87
30Chemnitz University of TechnologyChemnitz #1,06310.18.5%240
31Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESYHamburg #1,0809.910.5%184
32Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #1,0949.717.8%108
33University of WürzburgWürzburg #1,0969.721.8%81
34Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #1,1029.616.0%100
35Max Planck Institute for Polymer ResearchMainz #1,1289.325.4%66
36Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #1,1569.010.0%173
37TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #1,2438.06.7%226
38Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #1,2587.917.7%73
39University of PotsdamPotsdam #1,2717.817.2%70
40Universität der Bundeswehr MünchenMunich #1,2857.610.9%125
41University of KaiserslauternKaiserslautern #1,2947.513.3%110
42University of BonnBonn #1,3497.023.2%63
43German Research Centre for Artificial IntelligenceKaiserslautern #1,3527.017.8%66
44Infineon Technologies (Germany)Munich #1,3596.96.0%231
45Paderborn UniversityPaderborn #1,3796.78.6%176
46Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchDresden #1,5085.619.3%76
47Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #1,5155.510.2%113
48University of SiegenSiegen #1,5285.412.3%100
49Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz InstituteBerlin #1,5555.25.8%205
50Robert Bosch (Germany)Stuttgart #1,5595.110.5%118
51Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg #1,5785.013.4%81
52Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-WürttembergUlm #1,5914.917.5%64
53Siemens (Germany)Munich #1,6104.74.8%197
54University of CologneCologne #1,6224.617.4%68
55University of TübingenTübingen #1,6444.416.1%71
56Nokia (Germany)Munich #1,6464.416.1%67
57Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfDresden #1,6744.212.7%85
58Clausthal University of TechnologyClausthal-Zellerfeld #1,6804.210.2%90
59Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic MicrosystemsDresden #1,7044.011.1%99
60University of WuppertalWuppertal #1,7183.96.5%130

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

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

Marco Liserre, M. Cardona and Stephan ten Brink rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Marco Liserre#2,193 worldwide overall4.6k citations · 242 works
  2. 2M. Cardona#3,526 worldwide overall4.1k citations · 58 works
  3. 3Stephan ten Brink#4,099 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 53 works
  4. 4Gerhard Kramer#7,044 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 60 works
  5. 5Wolfgang Menzel#12,463 worldwide overall844 citations · 51 works
  6. 6P. St. J. Russell#13,858 worldwide overall2.8k citations · 231 works
  7. 7Rainer Waser#14,645 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 104 works
  8. 8W. Freude#16,116 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 132 works
  9. 9J. Holtz#16,373 worldwide overall811 citations · 61 works
  10. 10Ullrich R. Pfeiffer#17,727 worldwide overall550 citations · 62 works
  11. 11Markus Amann#18,114 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 57 works
  12. 12Robert Schober#20,478 worldwide overall3.5k citations · 250 works
  13. 13U. Gösele#20,978 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 72 works
  14. 14A. Tessmann#21,049 worldwide overall533 citations · 58 works
  15. 15H. Bäßler#21,930 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 64 works

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