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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering research in Germany

RWTH Aachen University ranks first in Germany for Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering research in 2022–2025 (#25 worldwide), followed by Technical University of Munich and University of Stuttgart.

Germany's world rank
#6
of 62 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
7.6k
Top-10% rate
11.6%
Ranked institutions
22

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

What is the best university for Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #2543.215.0%414
2Technical University of MunichMunich #3935.413.9%292
3University of StuttgartStuttgart #4931.413.9%248
4Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyKarlsruhe #5031.013.8%277
5Technische Universität DresdenDresden #9819.110.8%186
6Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #12914.313.6%161
7Universität HamburgHamburg #13413.616.4%91
8Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #1659.914.7%91
9Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #1719.311.5%114
10University of SiegenSiegen #1788.621.4%62
11Ruhr University BochumBochum #1848.018.5%72
12Leibniz University HannoverHanover #1937.29.6%131
13TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #2026.49.3%126
14University of BremenBremen #2046.215.5%77
15Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #2155.311.3%93
16Helmut Schmidt UniversityHamburg #2175.117.7%69
17Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and AutomationStuttgart #2254.510.8%97
18Chemnitz University of TechnologyChemnitz #2323.910.3%64
19Hamburg University of TechnologyHamburg #2413.39.2%75
20Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Cologne #2453.010.3%73
21Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #2601.95.4%99
22Siemens (Germany)Munich #2631.77.6%77

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

Who are the top Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering researchers in Germany?

Stamatis Karnouskos, Peter Brucker and Armando Walter Colombo rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Stamatis Karnouskos#3,046 worldwide overall907 citations · 20 works
  2. 2Peter Brucker#10,883 worldwide overall905 citations · 44 works
  3. 3Armando Walter Colombo#11,505 worldwide overall635 citations · 53 works
  4. 4Thomas G. Schulze#12,875 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 9 works
  5. 5Sami Haddadin#17,709 worldwide overall1k citations · 8 works
  6. 6Stefan Nickel#20,568 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 25 works
  7. 7Armin Schöll#20,871 worldwide overall498 citations · 44 works
  8. 8Jürgen Jasperneite#23,699 worldwide overall576 citations · 7 works
  9. 9Martin Wollschlaeger#27,622 worldwide overall438 citations · 17 works
  10. 10Dmitry Ivanov#27,920 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 34 works
  11. 11Erwin Pesch#28,102 worldwide overall458 citations · 34 works
  12. 12Rainer Müller#37,557 worldwide overall588 citations · 22 works
  13. 13Thomas Kühn#38,652 worldwide overall549 citations · 8 works
  14. 14Eric H. Grosse#39,662 worldwide overall425 citations · 29 works
  15. 15Martin Gebser#45,494 worldwide overall432 citations · 10 works

How Germany compares with other countries in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering