Germany

Country: Germany

Most public universities charge no tuition for bachelor's programmes, only a semester contribution such as €189.80 at Heidelberg; non-EU students pay fees in Baden-Württemberg (€1,500 per semester) and at TU Munich. In the 2025/26 winter semester 422 institutions offered 22,426 programmes, 2,383 of them in English. See how to apply, what a student residence costs (€318 a month on average) and how much you can work.

People relaxing on the grass by the water in the English Garden in Munich

Germany offers a huge choice. According to the German Rectors' Conference (HRK), in the 2025/26 winter semester 422 higher education institutions offered a total of 22,426 degree programmes. The main types are:

universities (Universitäten), including technical universities (Technische Universitäten) – academic, strongly research-based degrees,
universities of applied sciences (Hochschulen für angewandte Wissenschaften, HAW, formerly Fachhochschulen) – degrees focused on professional practice,
colleges of art and music (Kunst- und Musikhochschulen) – you are admitted on the basis of an aptitude test.

You can find every programme and every institution in the Hochschulkompass search engine run by the HRK.

Universities in Germany – profiles

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Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.

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