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   Germany

   Country in Europe
2. Germany is a Western European country with a terrain of vast forests, rivers and mountain ranges, and 2 millennia of history. Berlin, its capital, is home to thriving art and nightlife scenes, iconic Brandenburg Gate and many sites relating to WWII. Munich is known for its Oktoberfest and cavernous beer halls, including 16th-century Hofbräuhaus. Frankfurt, with its skyscrapers, houses the European Central Bank.
5. Capital: Berlin
6. Dialing code: +49
7. ISO code: DEU
8. Currency: Euro
9. Official language: German

    

   Universities by years of existence
   

   

    

   The University of Greifswald is the smallest among the ancient universities of 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.

   University	Year of establishment	Students	Location
   Heidelberg University	1386	31,500	Heidelberg
   Leipzig University	1409	29,500	Leipzig
   University of Rostock	1419	14,000	Rostock
   University of Greifswald	1456	12,000	Greifswald
   University of Freiburg	1457	20,500	Freiburg
   University of Munich	1472	44,000	Munich[2]
   University of Tübingen	1477	28,700	Tübingen
   University of Halle-Wittenberg	1502	18,500	Halle[3]
   University of Marburg	1527	24,000	Marburg
   University of Jena	1558	22,000	Jena

   Universities alphabetically
   

   A–D[edit]

   • University of Augsburg
   • University of Bamberg
   • University of Bayreuth
   • Free University of Berlin
   • Humboldt University of Berlin
   • University of Bielefeld
   • Ruhr University Bochum
   • University of Bonn
   • University of Bremen
   • Jacobs University Bremen
   • University of Cologne
   • University of Duisburg-Essen
   • University of Düsseldorf

   • 

     Free University of Berlin

    
   • 

     Humboldt University of Berlin

    
   • 

     University of Cologne

    
   • 

     Dresden University of Technology

   E–H
   

   • Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
   • University of Erfurt
   • University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
   • University of Hof
   • University of Duisburg-Essen (Campus Essen)
   • University of Flensburg
   • University of Frankfurt am Main
   • Viadrina University (Frankfurt an der Oder)
   • 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
   • Helmut Schmidt University (University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg)
   • University of Hannover
   • University of Heidelberg
   • University of Hildesheim
   • University of Hohenheim
   • University of Heilbronn

   • 

     Goethe University Frankfurt

    
   • 

     University of Freiburg

    
   • 

     University of Göttingen

    
   • 

     University of Hannover

   I–N
   

   • Technical University of Ilmenau
   • University of Jena
   • Kaiserslautern University of Technology
   • University of Karlsruhe
   • University of Kassel
   • University of Kiel
   • University of Koblenz-Landau
   • University of Konstanz
   • University of Leipzig
   • University of Lübeck
   • Leuphana
   • University of Magdeburg
   • University of Mainz
   • University of Mannheim
   • University of Marburg
   • Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
   • Bundeswehr University Munich
   • University of Münster
   • University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

   • 

     University of Karlsruhe

    
   • 

     Leipzig University

    
   • 

     LMU Munich

    
   • 

     University of Mannheim

   O–Z
   

   • University of Oldenburg
   • University of Osnabrück
   • University of Passau
   • University of Paderborn
   • 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

   • 

     University of Rostock

    
   • 

     University of Tübingen

    
   • 

     Bauhaus University, Weimar

    
   • 

     Campus of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Halle

   Universities by geographic region
   

   North
   

   • 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)
   • University of 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

   West
   

   • University of Bielefeld
   • Ruhr University Bochum
   • University of Bonn
   • University of Cologne
   • University of Duisburg-Essen
   • University of Düsseldorf
   • University of Frankfurt am Main
   • 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

   East
   

   • Free University of Berlin
   • Humboldt University of Berlin
   • University of Erfurt
   • Viadrina University (Frankfurt an der Oder)
   • University of Halle-Wittenberg
   • Technical University of Ilmenau
   • University of Jena
   • University of Leipzig
   • University of Magdeburg
   • University of Potsdam
   • University of Weimar

   South
   

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

   Universities of Technology by location[edit]

   • RWTH Aachen University
   • Technical University of Berlin
   • Braunschweig University of Technology
   • Chemnitz University of Technology
   • Clausthal University of Technology
   • Brandenburg University of Technology
   • Darmstadt University of Technology
   • Hamburg University of Technology
   • University of Hanover
   • Ilmenau University of Technology
   • Kaiserslautern University of Technology
   • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
   • Technical University of Munich

   • 

     TU Berlin

    
   • 

     RWTH Aachen

    
   • 

     Chemnitz University of Technology

   International rankings[edit]

   According to the QS World University Rankings and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings:

   NR = no ranking or ranking outside top 200.

   Institution	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012 (Times)	2013 (QS)
   Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin)	NR	172	149	146	137	94	66	151	128	109
   Goethe University Frankfurt (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)	NR	187	187	NR	169	NR	195	182	199	NR
   Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)	125	112	105	126	139	146	123	132	99	126
   Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	187	196	151	116
   RWTH Aachen (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	154	147
   Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	183
   Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München)	95	105	82	67	78	55	58	54	105	53
   University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)	99	55	98	65	93	98	66	62	48	67
   University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)	85	114	156	168	166	186	43	69	70	128
   University of Heidelberg (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)	47	45	58	60	57	57	51	53	78	50
   University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)	NR	NR	NR	144	147	122	97	105	144	102
   University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	200	154	171	163
   University of Tuebingen (Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	134
   University of Hamburg (Universität Hamburg)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	186

    

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