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Universities in North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is Germany's most populous state and one of the states with the most universities in our catalogue. Public universities charge no tuition fee, including for international students: you only pay the semester contribution. Its universities include RWTH Aachen, the universities of Cologne, Bonn and Duisburg-Essen, and TU Dortmund.

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74 universities in 33 cities: 42 public and 24 private. By type: applied sciences — 42, university — 16, art and music — 9, technical — 2.

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·Choose the university for the programme, not the other way round: requirements and deadlines differ between programmes of the same university
·Universities of applied sciences (Hochschule) focus on practice and are usually less competitive; universities focus on research and lead to a doctorate
·Apply to 3–5 universities: the competition of grades is unpredictable

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Germany 74Austria 0

University type

University 16 Technical 2 Applied sciences 42 Art and music 9

Ownership

Public 42 Private 24 Church-run 8

Language of programmes

German 37 English 29

Tuition for international students

Tuition-free 42Up to €1,500 per semester 0

Has a Studienkolleg

At the university 0Refers to a partner college 5Foundation 0

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How many universities are in this selection?

74 universities in 33 cities: 42 public and 24 private. By type: applied sciences — 42, university — 16, art and music — 9, technical — 2.

Do public universities charge tuition fees?

Public universities in most federal states charge no tuition, only the semester fee; Baden-Württemberg charges international students €1,500 per semester. Private universities set their own fees — they are shown on each university page.

A university is chosen for the programme

Requirements, language and deadlines differ even within one university. Start with the programme — the catalogue shows which universities offer it.

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Universities in North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Europe for Applied Sciences

SRH University

Rhine Waal University of Applied Sciences

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RWTH Aachen University

University of Cologne

University of Bonn

TU Dortmund University

University of Münster

FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences

Ruhr-University Bochum

University of Duisburg-Essen

Paderborn University

Technische Hochschule Köln

University of Siegen

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf

Münster University of Applied Sciences

University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

University of Wuppertal

Fachhochschule Dortmund – University of Applied Sciences and Arts

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