Compare 82 Promotion Naturwissenschaften programs across German universities — with tuition, duration, study mode and entry requirements.
RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau
Ruhr University Bochum
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
University of Stuttgart
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Science at other levels
Based on our composite ranking, the top choices include Technical University of Munich, Heidelberg University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. See the full ranked list above with QS positions, tuition fees and entry requirements.
Tuition varies by university and is indicative on each profile — public universities charge no tuition fees in most states (only a semester contribution of roughly €150–€400), while private universities and some Baden-Württemberg programmes do charge. Scholarships can reduce costs significantly.
Yes. Germany has over 2,000 English-taught programmes open to international students, who apply for a national student visa (Visa D) at the German mission after receiving their letter of admission.
We use a transparent composite score combining QS World positions, our editorial star rating, academic breadth, internationalisation and student support — never paid placement. See our ranking methodology for the exact weights.
Germany is the world’s leading destination for Science at Promotion level, with accredited programs taught in English at public flagships, private research universities and specialist institutes. The universities above are ordered by our composite ranking score, which combines QS World positions, our editorial star rating, academic breadth, internationalisation and student support — with no paid placement.
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