Universities and research institutes in Germany

The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 1,466 universities and research institutes in Germany.

Universities and research institutes train the workforce and produce the research a regional economy builds on. Their technology transfer offices license discoveries, spin out companies and partner with industry.

The largest concentrations are in Berlin (156), Munich (99) and Hamburg (57).

Germany scores 67.8 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 23 of 117 economies.

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1,466 universities and research institutes

Leibniz-Institute for New Materials
University or research institute · Saarbrücken · leibniz-inm.de
Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung
University or research institute · Berlin · zfl-berlin.org
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
University or research institute · Berlin · zmo.de
Leipzig Heart Institute
University or research institute · Leipzig · leipzig-heart.de
Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics
University or research institute · Leipzig · recentglobe.uni-leipzig.de
Leipzig University
University or research institute · Leipzig · uni-leipzig.de
Leipzig University of Applied Sciences
University or research institute · Leipzig · htwk-leipzig.de
Leipziger Institut für Energie
University or research institute · Leipzig · ie-leipzig.com
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
University or research institute · Lüneburg · leuphana.de
LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics
University or research institute · Hanover · liag-institut.de
LMU Open Science Center
University or research institute · Munich · osc.uni-muenchen.de
Loewe Center for Synthetic Microbiology
University or research institute · Marburg · synmikro.com
LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics
University or research institute · Frankfurt am Main · tbg.senckenberg.de
Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research
University or research institute · Wilhelmshaven · nihk.de
Lübeck Academy of Music
University or research institute · Lübeck · mh-luebeck.de
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
University or research institute · Munich · lmu.de
Ludwigsburg University of Education
University or research institute · Ludwigsburg · ph-ludwigsburg.de
Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society
University or research institute · Ludwigshafen am Rhein · hwg-lu.de
Lutheran University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg
University or research institute · Nuremberg · evhn.de
Lutherische Theologische Hochschule Oberursel
University or research institute · Oberursel · lthh-oberursel.de
LVR-Institut für Landeskunde und Regionalgeschichte
University or research institute · Bonn · rheinische-landeskunde.lvr.de
M2C Institut für Angewandte Medienforschung
University or research institute · Bremen · m2c-bremen.de
Magnetic Resonance Institute for Safety, Technology and Research
University or research institute · Gelsenkirchen · mri-star.com
Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics
University or research institute · Mainz · mitp.uni-mainz.de
Mainzer Zentrum für Digitalität in den Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften
University or research institute · Mainz · mainzed.org
Mammendorf Insitute for Physics and Medicine
University or research institute · Mammendorf · mipm.com
Mannheim Centre for European Social Research
University or research institute · Mannheim · mzes.uni-mannheim.de
Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts
University or research institute · Mannheim · muho-mannheim.de
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
University or research institute · Halle · uni-halle.de
Maschinenbauschule Ansbach
University or research institute · Ansbach · maschinenbauschule.de
Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach
University or research institute · Oberwolfach · mfo.de
Max Bergmann Zentrum für Biomaterialien
University or research institute · Dresden · mbc-dresden.de
Max Delbrück Center
University or research institute · Berlin · mdc-berlin.de
Max Planck - Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean
University or research institute · Jena · archaeoscience.org
Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication
University or research institute · Saarbrücken · mpc-vcc.org
Max Planck Computing and Data Facility
University or research institute · Garching · mpcdf.mpg.de
Max Planck Graduate Center
University or research institute · Mainz · mpgc-mainz.de
Max Planck Information and Technology
University or research institute · Munich · mpg.de
Max Planck Innovation
University or research institute · Munich · max-planck-innovation.de
Max Planck Institut für Zellbiologie
University or research institute · Dormant · Ladenburg · mpizb-ldb.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
University or research institute · Heidelberg · mpia.de
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
University or research institute · Garching · mpa-garching.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics
University or research institute · Bonn · coll.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
University or research institute · Jena · bgc-jena.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
University or research institute · Tübingen · kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence
University or research institute · Martinsried · bi.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
University or research institute · Dormant · Göttingen · mpibpc.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
University or research institute · Frankfurt am Main · brain.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
University or research institute · Jena · ice.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
University or research institute · Mülheim · cec.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
University or research institute · Dresden · cpfs.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
University or research institute · Mainz · mpic.de
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
University or research institute · Hamburg · mpipriv.de
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
University or research institute · Heidelberg · mpil.de
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
University or research institute · Rostock · demogr.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
University or research institute · Tübingen · eb.tuebingen.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
University or research institute · Göttingen · ds.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
University or research institute · Magdeburg · mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
University or research institute · Frankfurt am Main · aesthetics.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
University or research institute · Leipzig · eva.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
University or research institute · Plön · evolbio.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
University or research institute · Garching · mpe.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
University or research institute · Potsdam · aei.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research
University or research institute · Bad Nauheim · mpi-hlr.de
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
University or research institute · Leipzig · cbs.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
University or research institute · Berlin · mpib-berlin.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
University or research institute · Berlin · mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Informatics
University or research institute · Saarbrücken · mpi-inf.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
University or research institute · Munich · ip.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
University or research institute · Stuttgart · is.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
University or research institute · Frankfurt am Main · lhlt.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
University or research institute · Bremen · mpi-bremen.de
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
University or research institute · Bonn · mpim-bonn.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
University or research institute · Leipzig · mis.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
University or research institute · Heidelberg · mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research
University or research institute · Cologne · sf.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
University or research institute · Hamburg · mpimet.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine
University or research institute · Münster · mpi-muenster.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
University or research institute · Berlin · molgen.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
University or research institute · Göttingen · mpinat.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar
University or research institute · Bonn · mpinb.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
University or research institute · Dormant · Pöcking · orn.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Physics
University or research institute · Munich · mpp.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
University or research institute · Cologne · mpipz.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
University or research institute · Garching · ipp.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics - Greifswald
University or research institute · Greifswald · mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science
University or research institute · Göttingen · ips.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
University or research institute · Mainz · mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
University or research institute · Bonn · mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy
University or research institute · Bochum · mpi-sp.org
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
University or research institute · Halle · eth.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
University or research institute · Munich · mpisoc.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
University or research institute · Saarbrücken · mpi-sws.org
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
University or research institute · Göttingen · mps.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
University or research institute · Stuttgart · fkf.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
University or research institute · Munich · tax.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
University or research institute · Marburg · mpi-marburg.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
University or research institute · Berlin · mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
University or research institute · Dresden · pks.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
University or research institute · Jena · shh.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
University or research institute · Erlangen · mpl.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
University or research institute · Hamburg · mpsd.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
University or research institute · Freiburg im Breisgau · csl.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
University or research institute · Cologne · mpifg.de
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
University or research institute · Radolfzell · ab.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
University or research institute · Martinsried · biochem.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
University or research institute · Frankfurt am Main · biophys.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
University or research institute · Potsdam · mpikg.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine
University or research institute · Dormant · Göttingen · em.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
University or research institute · Jena · shh.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
University or research institute · Freiburg im Breisgau · ie-freiburg.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
University or research institute · Halle · mpi-halle.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
University or research institute · Dresden · mpi-cbg.de
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
University or research institute · Dortmund · mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
University or research institute · Potsdam · mpimp-golm.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
University or research institute · Dormant · Martinsried · neuro.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
University or research institute · Munich · psych.mpg.de
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
University or research institute · Garching · mpq.mpg.de
Max Planck Institutes for Intelligent Systems & Solid State Research Library
University or research institute · Stuttgart · is.mpg.de
Max Planck Research Unit for Neurogenetics
University or research institute · Frankfurt am Main · gen.mpg.de

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