The best universities in Germany
The Times Higher Education (THE) publishes a ranking of the 1000 best universities in the world every year. The top 7 German universities are among the top 100:
1）University of Munich (32)
2）Technical University of Munich (44)
3）Heidelberg University (47)
4）Humboldt University of Berlin (67)
5) Aachen University of Technology (87)
6) Tübingen Eberhard Karls University (89)
7) Berlin University School of Medicine (90)

Germany's most innovative university
In 2019, 23 German universities were selected by Reuters as one of the top 100 most innovative universities in Europe. Reuters compiled a ranking based on ten criteria, including the number of patent applications and the number of cited scientific publications. These are the three most important places:
Nuremberg-Erlangen University (2)
Technical University of Munich (7)
Heidelberg University (11)

German universities with the most Nobel Prize winners
So far, the Technical University of Munich has won 16 Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine, and 14 each at Heidelberg University and Göttingen University.

The largest university in Germany
currently has about 77,000 students enrolled at the National University of Hagen, Germany. The largest comprehensive university is the University of Cologne, with 48,841 students (2017/2018 winter semester)

Germany's oldest university
Founded in 1386, Ruperto Carola University in Heidelberg is the oldest university in Germany and one of the oldest universities in Europe. It is one of the leading medical universities; the German Cancer Research Center is also located in Heidelberg. Other areas of focus are neurobiology, physics, chemistry, mathematics and law. Heidelberg University is the first university in Germany to set up branches abroad. In Santiago, Chile, New York, Kyoto and Delhi.

Germany's most international university
Almost a quarter of the students at the Technical University of Munich come from abroad. According to the THE 2019 ranking, TUM has the highest proportion of international students at 24%.