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Universities by Date of Establishment

Explore the legacy of academic excellence in Germany with a list of the ten oldest universities that have been in continuous operation since their founding in present-day Germany.

The oldest university in the German-speaking world is the University of Vienna, founded in 1365. However, while some universities were originally established in the 14th or 15th centuries, they may have experienced periods of closure before reopening (e.g., the Universities of Cologne, Erfurt, Ingolstadt, Mainz, and Würzburg) and are not included in this list.

UniversityYear of establishmentStudentsLocation
Heidelberg University138631,500Heidelberg
Leipzig University140929,500Leipzig
University of Rostock141914,000Rostock
University of Greifswald145612,000Greifswald
University of Freiburg145724,700Freiburg
University of Munich147250,918Munich
University of Tübingen147728,700Tübingen
University of Halle-Wittenberg150218,500Halle
University of Marburg152724,000Marburg
University of Jena155819,000Jena

Universities alphabetically

  • Bauhaus University, Weimar
  • Berlin University of the Arts
  • Bielefeld University
  • Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane
  • Brandenburg University of Technology
  • Braunschweig University of Technology
  • Bundeswehr University Munich
  • Campus of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Halle
  • Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
  • Chemnitz University of Technology
  • Clausthal University of Technology
  • Darmstadt University of Technology
  • Dresden University of Technology
  • Free University of Berlin
  • Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
  • Goethe University Frankfurt
  • German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer
  • HafenCity University Hamburg
  • Hamburg University of Technology
  • Hannover Medical School
  • Helmut Schmidt University (University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg)
  • Hertie School of Governance
  • Hochschule Bremen
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
  • Jacobs University Bremen
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Kaiserslautern University of Technology
  • Kühne Logistics University
  • Leibniz University Hannover
  • Leipzig University
  • Leuphana University of Lüneburg
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich)
  • Medical School Berlin
  • Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
  • Ruhr University Bochum
  • RWTH Aachen
  • Saarland University
  • Technical University of Ilmenau
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Technische Universität Berlin
  • TU Dortmund University
  • Ukrainian Free University Munich
  • University of Augsburg
  • University of Bamberg
  • University of Bayreuth
  • University of Bonn
  • University of Bremen
  • University of Cologne
  • University of Duisburg-Essen
  • University of Düsseldorf
  • University of Erfurt
  • University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
  • University of Flensburg
  • University of Freiburg
  • University of Giessen
  • University of Göttingen
  • University of Greifswald
  • University of Hagen
  • University of Halle-Wittenberg
  • University of Hamburg
  • University of Heidelberg
  • University of Hildesheim
  • University of Hohenheim
  • University of Jena
  • University of Kaiserslautern
  • University of Kassel
  • University of Kiel
  • University of Koblenz-Landau
  • University of Konstanz
  • University of Leipzig
  • University of Lübeck
  • University of Magdeburg
  • University of Mainz
  • University of Mannheim
  • University of Marburg
  • University of Münster
  • University of Oldenburg
  • University of Osnabrück
  • University of Paderborn
  • University of Passau
  • University of Potsdam
  • University of Regensburg
  • University of Rostock
  • University of Siegen
  • University of Stuttgart
  • University of Technology Nuremberg
  • University of Trier
  • University of Tübingen
  • University of Ulm
  • University of Vechta
  • University of Weimar
  • University of Wuppertal
  • University of Würzburg
  • Viadrina University (Frankfurt an der Oder)
  • Witten/Herdecke University
  • Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen)



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