List of universities in Germany

This is a list of the ten oldest universities that have been in continuous operation since their founding in present-day Germany.

Some universities were established in the 14th or 15th centuries, but shut down for longer periods and later re-opened (e.g. the universities of Cologne, Erfurt, Ingolstadt, Mainz and Würzburg). These are not included in this list.

• RWTH Aachen
• University of Augsburg
• University of Bamberg
• University of Bayreuth
• Hochschule Bremen
• Berlin University of the Arts
• Free University of Berlin
• Humboldt University of Berlin
• Medical School Berlin
• Technical University of Berlin
• Bielefeld University
• Ruhr University Bochum
• University of Bonn
• Brandenburg University of Technology
• Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane
• Braunschweig University of Technology
• University of Bremen
• Jacobs University Bremen
• Chemnitz University of Technology
• Clausthal University of Technology
• University of Cologne
• Darmstadt University of Technology
• TU Dortmund University
• Dresden University of Technology
• University of Duisburg-Essen
• University of Düsseldorf

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  Free University of Berlin
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  Humboldt University of Berlin
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  University of Cologne
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  Dresden University of Technology
• 
  Brandenburg University of Technology

• Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
• University of Erfurt
• University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
• University of Duisburg-Essen
• University of Flensburg
• Goethe University Frankfurt
• Viadrina University (Frankfurt an der Oder)
• Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
• Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen)
• University of Freiburg
• University of Giessen
• University of Göttingen
• University of Greifswald
• University of Hagen (distance learning; open university)
• University of Halle-Wittenberg (also in Wittenberg)
• University of Hamburg
• HafenCity University Hamburg
• Hamburg University of Technology
• Helmut Schmidt University (University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg)
• Hertie School of Governance (private institution with university status, awards PhD)
• Leibniz University Hannover
• Hannover Medical School
• University of Heidelberg
• University of Hildesheim
• University of Hohenheim

• 
  Goethe University Frankfurt
• 
  University of Freiburg
• 
  University of Göttingen
• 
  Leibniz University Hannover

• Technical University of Ilmenau
• Jacobs University Bremen
• University of Jena
• Kaiserslautern University of Technology
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• University of Kassel
• University of Kiel
• University of Koblenz-Landau
• University of Konstanz
• Kühne Logistics University (private institution with university status, awards PhD)
• University of Leipzig
• University of Lübeck
• Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• University of Magdeburg
• University of Mainz
• University of Mannheim
• University of Marburg
• Technical University of Munich
• Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• Bundeswehr University Munich
• Ukrainian Free University Munich (private university; awards PhD)
• University of Münster
• University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
• University of Technology Nuremberg

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  University of Karlsruhe
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  Leipzig University
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  University of Mannheim
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  LMU Munich
• 
  University of Kaiserslautern

• Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
• University of Oldenburg
• University of Osnabrück
• University of Paderborn
• University of Passau
• University of Potsdam
• University of Regensburg
• University of Rostock
• Saarland University
• University of Siegen
• German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer
• University of Stuttgart
• University of Trier
• University of Tübingen
• University of Ulm
• University of Halle-Wittenberg (also in Halle)
• University of Vechta
• University of Weimar
• Witten/Herdecke University
• University of Wuppertal
• University of Würzburg

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  University of Rostock
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  University of Tübingen
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  Bauhaus University, Weimar
• 
  Campus of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Halle

• University of Bremen
• Jacobs University Bremen
• University of Flensburg
• University of Göttingen
• University of Greifswald
• University of Hamburg
• Helmut Schmidt University (University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg)
• Leibniz University Hannover
• University of Hildesheim
• University of Kiel
• University of Lübeck
• University of Lüneburg
• University of Oldenburg
• University of Osnabrück
• University of Rostock
• University of Vechta

• Bielefeld University
• Ruhr University Bochum
• University of Bonn
• University of Cologne
• Technical University of Dortmund
• University of Duisburg-Essen
• University of Düsseldorf
• Goethe University Frankfurt
• University of Giessen
• University of Hagen (distance learning; open university)
• University of Kassel
• University of Koblenz
• University of Mainz
• University of Marburg
• University of Münster
• University of Paderborn
• Saarland University
• University of Trier
• University of Siegen
• German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer
• Witten/Herdecke University
• University of Wuppertal
• Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

• Berlin University of the Arts
• Dresden University of Technology
• Free University of Berlin
• Humboldt University of Berlin
• Hertie School of Governance
• Medical School Berlin
• Technical University of Berlin
• Technical University of Ilmenau
• University of Erfurt
• University of Halle-Wittenberg
• University of Jena
• University of Leipzig
• University of Magdeburg
• University of Potsdam
• University of Weimar
• Viadrina University (Frankfurt an der Oder)

• University of Augsburg
• University of Bamberg
• University of Bayreuth
• Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
• University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
• University of Technology Nuremberg
• University of Freiburg
• Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen)
• University of Heidelberg
• University of Hohenheim
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• University of Konstanz
• University of Mannheim
• Bundeswehr University of Munich
• University of Munich
• Ukrainian Free University Munich
• University of Passau
• University of Regensburg
• University of Stuttgart
• University of Tübingen
• University of Ulm
• University of Würzburg

• RWTH Aachen University
• Technical University of Berlin
• Brandenburg University of Technology
• Braunschweig University of Technology
• Chemnitz University of Technology
• Clausthal University of Technology
• Technical University of Dortmund
• Darmstadt University of Technology
• Dresden University of Technology
• Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
• Hamburg University of Technology
• Leibniz University Hannover
• Ilmenau University of Technology
• Kaiserslautern University of Technology
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• Technical University of Munich
• University of Stuttgart

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  TU Berlin
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  RWTH Aachen
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  Chemnitz University of Technology

• Charles University in Prague (Karls-Universität) – The first German university
• Education in Germany
• Franco-German University – An organization of universities across France and Germany
• German Academic Exchange Service
• German Universities Excellence Initiative
• List of oldest universities in continuous operation
• Open access in Germany
• TU9 – An association of 9 German technical universities
• U15 – An association of 15 German research-intensive universities
• UAS7 – An association of 7 German Universities of Applied Sciences

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