Explore Germany by state
Germany has 16 federal states, and higher-education policy — including tuition for non-EU students — is set at state level. Browse the states, their university cities and the institutions in our directory.
Federal states
Baden-Württemberg
Capital: Stuttgart
Statewide fee15 universities in our directory
Mannheim · Stuttgart · Karlsruhe · Heidelberg · Tübingen · Freiburg im Breisgau · Konstanz · Furtwangen im Schwarzwald · Reutlingen · Ulm
Bavaria
Bayern
Capital: Munich
Set by each institution12 universities in our directory
Munich · Erlangen · Nuremberg · Ingolstadt · Würzburg · Regensburg · Passau · Bayreuth · Augsburg · Bamberg · Eichstätt
Berlin
Capital: Berlin
No general tuition5 universities in our directory
Berlin
Brandenburg
Capital: Potsdam
No general tuition3 universities in our directory
Potsdam · Frankfurt (Oder) · Cottbus
Bremen
Capital: Bremen
No general tuition1 university in our directory
Bremen
Hamburg
Capital: Hamburg
No general tuition1 university in our directory
Hamburg
Hesse
Hessen
Capital: Wiesbaden
No general tuition4 universities in our directory
Frankfurt am Main · Darmstadt · Marburg
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Capital: Schwerin
No general tuition2 universities in our directory
Rostock · Greifswald
Lower Saxony
Niedersachsen
Capital: Hannover
No general tuition10 universities in our directory
Göttingen · Braunschweig · Hannover · Osnabrück · Wilhelmshaven · Oldenburg · Hildesheim · Lüneburg · Clausthal-Zellerfeld · Vechta
North Rhine-Westphalia
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Capital: Düsseldorf
No general tuition17 universities in our directory
Aachen · Bonn · Cologne · Bochum · Münster · Sankt Augustin · Düsseldorf · Duisburg · Essen · Dortmund · Bielefeld · Paderborn · Siegen · Wuppertal · Hagen
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rheinland-Pfalz
Capital: Mainz
No general tuition2 universities in our directory
Mainz · Kaiserslautern · Landau
Saarland
Capital: Saarbrücken
No general tuition1 university in our directory
Saarbrücken
Saxony
Sachsen
Capital: Dresden
No general tuition3 universities in our directory
Dresden · Leipzig · Chemnitz
Saxony-Anhalt
Sachsen-Anhalt
Capital: Magdeburg
No general tuition2 universities in our directory
Magdeburg · Halle (Saale)
Schleswig-Holstein
Capital: Kiel
No general tuition2 universities in our directory
Kiel · Lübeck
Thuringia
Thüringen
Capital: Erfurt
No general tuition2 universities in our directory
Jena