| Rank | University | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heidelberg University | Heidelberg |
| 2 | University of Munich | Munich |
| 3 | Technical University of Munich | Munich |
| 4 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Berlin |
| 5 | Free University of Berlin | Berlin |
| 6 | University of Freiburg | Freiburg |
| 7 | University of Hamburg | Hamburg |
| 8 | Eberhard Karls University Tübingen | Tübingen |
| 8 | University of Göttingen | Göttingen |
| 10 | University of Bonn | Bonn |
| 10 | University of Münster | Münster |
| 12 | Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz | Mainz |
| 13 | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Karlsruhe |
| 14 | University of Erlangen Nuremberg | Erlangen |
| 15 | RWTH Aachen University | Aachen |
| 16 | University of Cologne | Köln |
| 17 | Goethe University Frankfurt | Frankfurt am Main |
| 18 | University of Würzburg | Würzburg |
| 19 | Technical University of Dresden | Dresden |
| 20 | Charite - Medical University of Berlin | Berlin |
| 21 | University of Kiel | Kiel |
| 22 | Ruhr University Bochum | Bochum |
| 23 | Technical University of Berlin | Berlin |
| 24 | University of Ulm | Ulm |
| 25 | University of Duisburg-Essen | Essen |
| 26 | Darmstadt University of Technology | Darmstadt |
| 27 | University of Stuttgart | Stuttgart |
| 28 | Friedrich Schiller University of Jena | Jena |
| 29 | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf |
| 30 | University of Leipzig | Leipzig |
*Courtesy www.usnews.com