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.
74 universities in 33 cities: 42 public and 24 private. By type: applied sciences — 42, university — 16, art and music — 9, technical — 2.
Filters change the page address. Ready-made selections have their own pages.
The catalogue shows every university but does not tell you where to apply. We start from the profession and your details — school certificate and grade on the German scale, language, budget, dates — and leave a short list of programmes you can realistically get into.
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Requirements, language and deadlines differ even within one university. Start with the programme — the catalogue shows which universities offer it.
