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Mechanics of Materials research in Germany

Leibniz University Hannover ranks first in Germany for Mechanics of Materials research in 2022–2025 (#73 worldwide), followed by RWTH Aachen University and Technische Universität Darmstadt.

Germany's world rank
#5
of 64 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
4.9k
Top-10% rate
11.5%
Ranked institutions
19

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

What is the best university for Mechanics of Materials in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Leibniz University HannoverHanover #7330.017.3%163
2RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #8627.311.8%286
3Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #14219.113.8%186
4Technische Universität DresdenDresden #14418.912.6%184
5Technical University of MunichMunich #19913.612.3%149
6Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyKarlsruhe #21912.012.3%155
7TU Bergakademie FreibergFreiberg #2559.615.5%83
8Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Cologne #2698.718.6%73
9Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #2708.69.5%112
10University of StuttgartStuttgart #2788.110.0%125
11Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #3026.88.2%123
12Ruhr University BochumBochum #3295.49.4%105
13University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #3444.713.8%71
14Federal Institute For Materials Research and TestingBerlin #3663.713.4%68
15Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #3753.310.9%65
16University of SiegenSiegen #3773.211.9%65
17TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #3902.68.4%80
18Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #4101.810.3%61
19Chemnitz University of TechnologyChemnitz #43873.05.2%63

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

Who are the top Mechanics of Materials researchers in Germany?

H. Mughrabi, John Argyris and Christian Miehé rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1H. Mughrabi#9,238 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 13 works
  2. 2John Argyris#10,223 worldwide overall813 citations · 14 works
  3. 3Christian Miehé#13,795 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 18 works
  4. 4S. Vepřek#16,138 worldwide overall931 citations · 19 works
  5. 5Timon Rabczuk#16,225 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 83 works
  6. 6Dirk Ponge#24,664 worldwide overall1k citations · 16 works
  7. 7Eduard Arzt#25,390 worldwide overall966 citations · 20 works
  8. 8Franz Roters#27,321 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 39 works
  9. 9Xiaoying Zhuang#31,414 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 34 works
  10. 10Karl Schulte#31,994 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 28 works
  11. 11Bernhard M. Krooß#33,768 worldwide overall649 citations · 22 works
  12. 12Philip Eisenlohr#44,706 worldwide overall645 citations · 13 works
  13. 13B. N. J. Persson#48,780 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 33 works
  14. 14Dierk Raabe#49,567 worldwide overall4.5k citations · 74 works
  15. 15K. Friedrich#50,061 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 55 works

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