This may be subjective speculation or misunderstanding. The quality of universities in eastern Germany is also quite good, such as Humboldt University in Berlin, Leipzig University, Dresden University of Technology and many other institutions of higher learning are world-famous and have trained many famous scientists and scholars. If the hardware of the original teaching and research equipment in some universities is poor, it has also been improved obviously in the ten years after the reunification of Germany. A few newly-built applied science universities started late, and the teaching quality is also improving.

1. Overview of German universities.

Higher education in Germany is very popular. 16 There are more than 300 institutions of higher learning in the federal states, and the total number of registered students is about 1.9 million. Among them, comprehensive universities 1 14 (including universities of science and engineering, normal universities and ordinary universities, etc.). ) has about1300,000 students; Applied Science University 152, with about 400,000 students. There are 49 art and music colleges with more than 30,000 students. There are dozens of state administrative colleges with nearly 40,000 students. At present, the total number of foreign students studying in Germany is about 6.5438+0.4 million. The annual enrollment is about 220,000. Universities have more than 400 majors.

Most universities in Germany are located in cities with good humanistic environment and beautiful natural environment. Excellent teaching, research and living facilities provide an objective material guarantee for completing university studies.

2. German University Rankings

German universities have no official rankings, and there is no distinction between key universities and ordinary universities. Any university has its own characteristics and advantages in specialty setting. But German universities are divided into historical length and scale. The oldest university is the University of Heidelberg, which was founded in 1386. The largest universities are Munich University, Free University of Berlin and University of Toronto. Generally, those with a long history and large scale belong to "famous universities".