World rankings 2026
Best medical schools in Germany
37 universities in Germany ranked on the medicine research they published from 2021 to 2025. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin leads the country and ranks 14th in the world.
Can graduates of medical schools in Germany train in the US?
The country has a WFME-recognized accreditor. Graduates of schools it accredits meet ECFMG's accreditation requirement for US residency.
- Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Sciences (AHPGS): recognized until 2033 October
A school must itself be accredited by that agency. Every country's status.
Universities in Germany
| # | University | In country | Articles 2021–25 | Cited 50+ times | International | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin | 1 | 20,345 | 7.1% | 59% | 84 |
| 33 | Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg | 2 | 18,098 | 6.3% | 56% | 81 |
| 47 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich | 3 | 16,800 | 5.8% | 55% | 78 |
| 67 | Technical University of MunichMunich | 4 | 11,843 | 6.4% | 57% | 76 |
| 78 | Universität HamburgHamburg | 5 | 12,751 | 5.6% | 55% | 74 |
| 114 | Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover | 6 | 8,714 | 6.3% | 48% | 71 |
| 120 | Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin | 7 | 7,372 | 6.5% | 55% | 70 |
| 132 | University of TübingenTübingen | 8 | 6,534 | 6.4% | 58% | 69 |
| 133 | University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau | 9 | 6,796 | 6.3% | 57% | 69 |
| 148 | Technische Universität DresdenDresden | 10 | 5,979 | 6.5% | 52% | 67 |
| 152 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen | 11 | 6,248 | 6.1% | 52% | 67 |
| 163 | University of Duisburg-EssenEssen | 12 | 4,839 | 7.2% | 50% | 67 |
| 165 | University of CologneCologne | 13 | 6,767 | 5.6% | 50% | 66 |
| 178 | Leipzig UniversityLeipzig | 14 | 5,008 | 6.6% | 51% | 65 |
| 179 | Freie Universität BerlinBerlin | 15 | 4,652 | 6.7% | 55% | 65 |
| 190 | Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main | 16 | 5,605 | 5.8% | 52% | 65 |
| 210 | Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf | 17 | 5,753 | 5.1% | 50% | 63 |
| 217 | University of GöttingenGöttingen | 18 | 2,257 | 8.9% | 58% | 63 |
| 219 | University of BonnBonn | 19 | 3,490 | 6.8% | 58% | 63 |
| 226 | RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen | 20 | 4,484 | 5.7% | 53% | 62 |
| 237 | University of WürzburgWürzburg | 21 | 4,143 | 5.3% | 63% | 61 |
| 239 | Universität UlmUlm | 22 | 3,611 | 6.3% | 52% | 61 |
| 263 | University of MünsterMünster | 23 | 3,201 | 6.0% | 57% | 59 |
| 264 | Ruhr University BochumBochum | 24 | 5,162 | 4.5% | 45% | 59 |
| 269 | University of LübeckLübeck | 25 | 4,046 | 4.8% | 56% | 59 |
| 824 | Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz | 26 | 3,507 | 0.0% | 53% | 20 |
| 826 | Medizinische Fakultät MannheimMannheim | 27 | 3,462 | 0.0% | 53% | 20 |
| 829 | Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen | 28 | 3,389 | 0.0% | 52% | 20 |
| 833 | Philipps University of MarburgMarburg | 29 | 3,469 | 0.0% | 49% | 20 |
| 835 | Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken | 30 | 2,970 | 0.0% | 57% | 20 |
| 856 | Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg | 31 | 2,550 | 0.0% | 49% | 18 |
| 967 | Witten/Herdecke UniversityWitten | 32 | 3,061 | 0.0% | 0% | 13 |
| 1017 | Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle | 33 | 2,385 | 0.0% | 4% | 12 |
| 1073 | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel | 34 | 2,152 | 0.0% | 0% | 11 |
| 1104 | University of RegensburgRegensburg | 35 | 2,002 | 0.0% | 0% | 10 |
| 1132 | Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena | 36 | 1,808 | 0.0% | 0% | 10 |
| 1241 | Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld | 37 | 1,453 | 0.0% | 0% | 8 |
# = world rank of 1,712. Medicine articles 2021–2025 in OpenAlex.
Questions
What is the best medical school in Germany?
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin ranks first in Germany on medical research output, citations and international collaboration from 2021 to 2025, followed by Heidelberg University.
Can graduates of medical schools in Germany do residency in the US?
Yes, if the school is accredited by Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Sciences (AHPGS), which the World Federation for Medical Education recognizes. ECFMG certification also requires passing the USMLE exams.
Sources: OpenAlex (CC0), medicine-field articles published 2021–2025; World Federation for Medical Education, agencies with recognition status (October 2026). Methodology · Download the data (CSV)