In the QS World University Rankings 2022, 46 German universities are included in total – with three ranked among the top 100 in the world. The highest-ranked German university is the Technical University of Munich, which is joint 50th and scores particularly well for its reputation among employers.

While German universities can’t compete with the likes of Harvard or Cambridge in terms of global fame, the nation’s higher education system as a whole is held in high regard, and many individual institutions have established strong names within particular fields of study and employment. In short, German higher education may not have any global ‘superstars’, but its lack of celebrities is balanced out by consistently high standards across the sector.