Where to study in Germany
Germany has 451 universities and colleges offering 23,553 degree courses in our catalogue, 26% of them taught in English or bilingually. Pick a state or a city to see its universities, what rent costs, who hires graduates and what student life is like.
All 16 states

Study in Baden-Württemberg
77 universities · 3,556 courses

Study in Bavaria
50 universities · 3,641 courses

Study in Berlin
33 universities · 1,224 courses

Study in Brandenburg
23 universities · 520 courses

Study in Bremen
7 universities · 366 courses

Study in Hamburg
16 universities · 802 courses

Study in Hesse
43 universities · 1,754 courses

Study in Lower Saxony
35 universities · 1,763 courses

Study in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
7 universities · 439 courses

Study in North Rhine-Westphalia
69 universities · 4,629 courses

Study in Rhineland-Palatinate
18 universities · 1,266 courses

Study in Saarland
8 universities · 335 courses

Study in Saxony
27 universities · 1,171 courses

Study in Saxony-Anhalt
13 universities · 617 courses

Study in Schleswig-Holstein
13 universities · 588 courses

Study in Thuringia
12 universities · 882 courses
University cities and districts
Every university city with a guide, grouped by state. Each state also has guides to its districts and district-free cities — including the ones without a university, with the nearest campuses, housing, jobs and weather.
Baden-Württemberg
- Freiburg 6 universities
- Heidelberg 5 universities
- Karlsruhe 7 universities
- Konstanz 4 universities
- Ludwigsburg 3 universities
- Mannheim 6 universities
- Stuttgart 9 universities
- Tübingen 3 universities
Baden-Württemberg districts 40
- Alb-Donau-Kreis district
- Baden-Baden
- Biberach district
- Böblingen district
- Bodenseekreis district
- Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
- Calw district
- Emmendingen district
- Enzkreis district
- Esslingen district
- Freiburg im Breisgau
- Freudenstadt district
- Göppingen district
- Heidenheim district
- Heilbronn
- Heilbronn district
- Hohenlohekreis district
- Karlsruhe district
- Konstanz district
- Lörrach district
- Ludwigsburg district
- Main-Tauber-Kreis district
- Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis district
- Ortenaukreis district
- Ostalbkreis district
- Pforzheim
- Rastatt district
- Ravensburg district
- Rems-Murr-Kreis district
- Reutlingen district
- Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district
- Rottweil district
- Schwäbisch Hall district
- Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis district
- Sigmaringen district
- Tübingen district
- Tuttlingen district
- Ulm
- Waldshut district
- Zollernalbkreis district
Bavaria
- Augsburg 2 universities
- Bamberg 1 university
- Bayreuth 2 universities
- Deggendorf 1 university
- Erlangen 2 universities
- Munich 13 universities
- Nuremberg 5 universities
- Passau 1 university
- Regensburg 3 universities
- Würzburg 3 universities
Bavaria districts 87
- Aichach-Friedberg district
- Altötting district
- Amberg
- Amberg-Sulzbach district
- Ansbach
- Ansbach district
- Aschaffenburg
- Aschaffenburg district
- Augsburg district
- Bad Kissingen district
- Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district
- Bamberg district
- Bayreuth district
- Berchtesgadener Land district
- Cham district
- Coburg
- Coburg district
- Dachau district
- Deggendorf district
- Dillingen a.d.Donau district
- Dingolfing-Landau district
- Donau-Ries district
- Ebersberg district
- Eichstätt district
- Erding district
- Erlangen-Höchstadt district
- Forchheim district
- Freising district
- Freyung-Grafenau district
- Fürstenfeldbruck district
- Fürth
- Fürth district
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen district
- Günzburg district
- Haßberge district
- Hof
- Hof district
- Ingolstadt
- Kaufbeuren
- Kelheim district
- Kempten (Allgäu)
- Kitzingen district
- Kronach district
- Kulmbach district
- Landsberg am Lech district
- Landshut
- Landshut district
- Lichtenfels district
- Lindau (Bodensee) district
- Main-Spessart district
- Memmingen
- Miesbach district
- Miltenberg district
- Mühldorf a.Inn district
- München district
- Neu-Ulm district
- Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district
- Neumarkt i.d.OPf. district
- Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim district
- Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab district
- Nürnberger Land district
- Oberallgäu district
- Ostallgäu district
- Passau district
- Pfaffenhofen a.d.Ilm district
- Regen district
- Regensburg district
- Rhön-Grabfeld district
- Rosenheim
- Rosenheim district
- Roth district
- Rottal-Inn district
- Schwabach
- Schwandorf district
- Schweinfurt
- Schweinfurt district
- Starnberg district
- Straubing
- Straubing-Bogen district
- Tirschenreuth district
- Traunstein district
- Unterallgäu district
- Weiden i.d.OPf.
- Weilheim-Schongau district
- Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district
- Wunsiedel i.Fichtelgebirge district
- Würzburg district
Berlin
Brandenburg
Brandenburg districts 16
- Barnim district
- Brandenburg an der Havel
- Dahme-Spreewald district
- Elbe-Elster district
- Frankfurt (Oder)
- Havelland district
- Märkisch-Oderland district
- Oberhavel district
- Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
- Oder-Spree district
- Ostprignitz-Ruppin district
- Potsdam-Mittelmark district
- Prignitz district
- Spree-Neiße district
- Teltow-Fläming district
- Uckermark district
Bremen
Hamburg
Hesse
- Darmstadt 5 universities
- Frankfurt am Main 9 universities
- Giessen 2 universities
- Kassel 3 universities
- Marburg 3 universities
Hesse districts 23
- Bergstraße district
- Darmstadt-Dieburg district
- Fulda district
- Gießen district
- Groß-Gerau district
- Hersfeld-Rotenburg district
- Hochtaunuskreis district
- Kassel district
- Lahn-Dill-Kreis district
- Limburg-Weilburg district
- Main-Kinzig-Kreis district
- Main-Taunus-Kreis district
- Marburg-Biedenkopf district
- Odenwaldkreis district
- Offenbach district
- Offenbach am Main
- Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district
- Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district
- Vogelsbergkreis district
- Waldeck-Frankenberg district
- Werra-Meißner-Kreis district
- Wetteraukreis district
- Wiesbaden
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony districts 44
- Ammerland district
- Aurich district
- Braunschweig
- Celle district
- Cloppenburg district
- Cuxhaven district
- Delmenhorst
- Diepholz district
- Emden
- Emsland district
- Friesland district
- Gifhorn district
- Goslar district
- Göttingen district
- Grafschaft Bentheim district
- Hameln-Pyrmont district
- Harburg district
- Heidekreis district
- Helmstedt district
- Hildesheim district
- Holzminden district
- Leer district
- Lüchow-Dannenberg district
- Lüneburg district
- Nienburg (Weser) district
- Northeim district
- Oldenburg district
- Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
- Osnabrück district
- Osterholz district
- Peine district
- Region Hannover district
- Rotenburg (Wümme) district
- Salzgitter
- Schaumburg district
- Stade district
- Uelzen district
- Vechta district
- Verden district
- Wesermarsch district
- Wilhelmshaven
- Wittmund district
- Wolfenbüttel district
- Wolfsburg
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
North Rhine-Westphalia
- Aachen 2 universities
- Bielefeld 4 universities
- Bochum 4 universities
- Bonn 2 universities
- Cologne 11 universities
- Dortmund 3 universities
- Düsseldorf 7 universities
- Essen 4 universities
- Münster 4 universities
- Paderborn 3 universities
- Siegen 1 university
- Wuppertal 1 university
North Rhine-Westphalia districts 44
- Borken district
- Bottrop
- Coesfeld district
- Duisburg
- Düren district
- Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district
- Euskirchen district
- Gelsenkirchen
- Gütersloh district
- Hagen
- Hamm
- Heinsberg district
- Herford district
- Herne
- Hochsauerlandkreis district
- Höxter district
- Kleve district
- Krefeld
- Leverkusen
- Lippe district
- Märkischer Kreis district
- Mettmann district
- Minden-Lübbecke district
- Mönchengladbach
- Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Oberbergischer Kreis district
- Oberhausen
- Olpe district
- Paderborn district
- Recklinghausen district
- Remscheid
- Rhein-Erft-Kreis district
- Rhein-Kreis Neuss district
- Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district
- Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district
- Siegen-Wittgenstein district
- Soest district
- Solingen
- Städteregion Aachen district
- Steinfurt district
- Unna district
- Viersen district
- Warendorf district
- Wesel district
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate districts 32
- Ahrweiler district
- Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district
- Alzey-Worms district
- Bad Dürkheim district
- Bad Kreuznach district
- Bernkastel-Wittlich district
- Birkenfeld district
- Cochem-Zell district
- Donnersbergkreis district
- Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district
- Frankenthal (Pfalz)
- Germersheim district
- Kaiserslautern district
- Kusel district
- Landau in der Pfalz
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Mainz-Bingen district
- Mayen-Koblenz district
- Neustadt an der Weinstraße
- Neuwied district
- Pirmasens
- Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
- Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district
- Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district
- Speyer
- Südliche Weinstraße district
- Südwestpfalz district
- Trier-Saarburg district
- Vulkaneifel district
- Westerwaldkreis district
- Worms
- Zweibrücken
Saarland
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia
Thuringia districts 19
- Altenburger Land district
- Eichsfeld district
- Gera
- Gotha district
- Greiz district
- Hildburghausen district
- Ilm-Kreis district
- Kyffhäuserkreis district
- Nordhausen district
- Saale-Holzland-Kreis district
- Saale-Orla-Kreis district
- Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
- Schmalkalden-Meiningen district
- Sömmerda district
- Sonneberg district
- Suhl
- Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district
- Wartburgkreis district
- Weimarer Land district