Germany's Best
German universities hold strong positions in QS and THE world rankings, led by TUM, LMU and Heidelberg. The TU9 alliance of technical universities is the target for most engineering aspirants; admission is competitive but grade-driven and transparent.
- Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin) — around 27% of its students are international
- University of Stuttgart — founded in 1829, top-ranked for engineering programs
- University of Hamburg — founded 28 March 1919, ranked in the world's top 200 by Times Higher Education (top 1% globally)
- TUM — consistently the top-ranked German university overall
- TU9: TUM, RWTH Aachen, TU Berlin, TU Dresden, KIT, Stuttgart, Hannover, Braunschweig, Darmstadt
- What matters: grades, course match, SOP — not entrance exams