Graduate employability: top universities in Germany ranked by employers 2025

By seeta.bhardwa@…, 14 November, 2024

A total of 20 German universities appear in the Global University Employability Ranking 2025, designed by the HR consultancy Emerging and published exclusively by Times Higher Education. The ranking reveals the universities that recruiters at top companies believe are the best at preparing students for the workplace.

The Technical University of Munich is Germany’s best university for employability. Another of the universities in the top five is also located in Munich, two are in Berlin, and the last is in Heidelberg.


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Top three universities in Germany for graduate employability

1. Technical University of Munich

Germany’s top university for employability refers to itself as “the entrepreneurial university” because of its emphasis on close relationships with industry.

Many academics also have positions in companies such as BMW and Siemens, and students undertake research projects with employers in the area.

The Technical University of Munich offers 172 degree programmes across 14 departments. Each year, scientists from the university develop more than 100 inventions with industrial and commercial applications.

2. Humboldt University of Berlin

Humboldt University has been associated with 55 Nobel prizewinners, including political activist and writer Angela Davis, physicist Albert Einstein and philosopher Karl Marx.

There is a strong alumni network at the university, as well as a number of initiatives and clubs to keep alumni connected.

3. LMU Munich

LMU Munich was founded in 1472 and is Germany’s second-largest university in terms of student population.

The university has 18 faculties including law, economics, medicine and social sciences.

LMU Munich attracts a high percentage of exchange and international students. The city has many resources that students can take advantage of, such as the Max Planck Society and numerous global enterprises and start-ups.


Top universities in Germany for graduate employability 2025

Click each institution to view its full World University Rankings 2025 results

Germany Employability Rank 2025Global Employability Rank 2025Global Employability Rank 2024UniversityCity/town
11313Technical University of MunichMunich
24546Humboldt University of BerlinBerlin
35653LMU MunichMunich
46356Technical University of BerlinBerlin
56970Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg
67779Frankfurt School of Finance & ManagementFrankfurt
791101Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyKarlsruhe
89796Free University of BerlinBerlin
9111112University of HamburgHamburg
10118123Chemnitz University of TechnologyChemnitz
11127124RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen
12132134Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt
13139140University of MannheimMannheim
14143142University of CologneCologne
15198221Technical University of DarmstadtDarmstadt
16209218University of FreiburgFreiburg
17215208University of BonnBonn
18217222Leibniz University HannoverHannover
19220226Bielefeld UniversityBielefield
20246NRTU DresdenDresden

 

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