University of Göttingen in Germany’s top ten
No. 30.5 - 13.10.2025
THE ranking of teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook
Good results for the University of Göttingen. In the current university ranking of the UK’s Times Higher Education (THE), Göttingen was able to maintain its position of 10th place in Germany. In the world rankings, it came 122nd this year. The University scores very well in the area of research quality, achieving a score of 87.2 out of a possible 100 points.
The overall result for the individual universities is made up of scores collected in 17 different categories. These can be roughly categorised into the areas of teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The THE obtains the raw data from three sources: direct data provided by the universities, a global reputation survey conducted among scientists and academics, and its own evaluations from bibliometric databases. In total, more than 2,000 universities from around the world were evaluated.
The ranking, including the detailed results, are here: www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking.