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Environmental Engineering research in Germany

Technical University of Munich ranks first in Germany for Environmental Engineering research in 2022–2025 (#55 worldwide), followed by Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Germany's world rank
#6
of 65 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
3.2k
Top-10% rate
20.6%
Ranked institutions
8

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

What is the best university for Environmental Engineering in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Technical University of MunichMunich #5530.324.7%171
2Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Cologne #14413.623.0%140
3Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyKarlsruhe #15112.821.0%111
4RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #2315.415.4%120
5Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchLeipzig #2345.221.5%77
6Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #2365.020.0%79
7University of StuttgartStuttgart #2603.320.9%73
8Forschungszentrum JülichJülich #2782.220.5%68

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

Who are the top Environmental Engineering researchers in Germany?

Markus Reichstein, Richard Bamler and Nuno Carvalhais rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Markus Reichstein#1,232 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 7 works
  2. 2Richard Bamler#8,539 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 14 works
  3. 3Nuno Carvalhais#10,437 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 8 works
  4. 4Jan C. Minx#12,789 worldwide overall943 citations · 8 works
  5. 5Annette Peters#14,494 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 9 works
  6. 6Markus Amann#18,114 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 7 works
  7. 7Gunnar Luderer#19,520 worldwide overall888 citations · 10 works
  8. 8Siegfried Großmann#21,779 worldwide overall647 citations · 8 works
  9. 9Elmar Kriegler#27,596 worldwide overall877 citations · 8 works
  10. 10W. Rodi#28,029 worldwide overall791 citations · 14 works
  11. 11Christoph Stiller#28,422 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 8 works
  12. 12M. G. Lawrence#30,658 worldwide overall821 citations · 8 works
  13. 13Alexander Popp#31,592 worldwide overall912 citations · 7 works
  14. 14Bernhard M. Krooß#33,768 worldwide overall649 citations · 8 works
  15. 15S.R. Cloude#35,869 worldwide overall845 citations · 21 works

How Germany compares with other countries in Environmental Engineering