Top 5 universities in Germany
1. LMU Munich
With the second-largest student population of any university in Germany, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich – to use its full name – attracts a huge number of international students, about 13 per cent of the total student body.
LMU Munich dates back to 1472, making it one of the oldest universities in the country. It has 34 Nobel laureates affiliated to the university, including renowned scientists such as Otto Hahn, Max Planck and Werner Heisenberg.
In fact, since the end of the 18th century, the university has had a strong focus on natural sciences and has produced world-leading research, discoveries and innovations since the middle of the 19th century.
The German Universities Excellence Initiative, launched in 2005, has poured funding into LMU Munich, as well as other leading universities in the country.
德国最顶尖的五所大学
——根据《泰晤士高等教育》2018年德国大学排名
第一位、慕尼黑大学
慕尼黑大学有德国第二多的学生人口，吸引了大量的留学生，大约有13%的学生属于留学生。
慕尼黑大学的历史可追溯到1472年，是德国最古老的大学之一。慕尼黑大学迄今已有34位诺贝尔奖得主，包括奥托·哈恩、马克斯·普朗克和维尔纳·海森堡等著名科学家。
事实上，自18世纪末以来，慕尼黑大学就一直将重点放在自然科学领域。自19世纪中期以来，已产生了世界级的科研成果、重大发现和创新。
于2005年启动的“德国大学卓越计划”为包括慕尼黑大学在内的一些德国顶尖大学注入了大量资金。
2. Technical University of Munich
Also founded in the 19th century, the Technical University of Munich is the only state university dedicated to science and technology.
The university originally focused on engineering, but has expanded over the years to include natural sciences, social sciences, agriculture, brewing and food technology, and medicine. There are many different specialisms within engineering and information technology; three different departments cover these specialisms.
An overarching philosophy of "the entrepreneurial university" guides the development of the university, which now has 12 faculties across three campuses in or around Munich.
Between 1927 and today, 13 Nobel Prizes have been awarded in physics, chemistry and medicine to academics affiliated to the university.
In 2001, the Technical University of Munich founded a subsidiary university – the German Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) - TUM Asia – in Singapore, providing an international education to students in Asia.
第二位、慕尼黑工业大学
慕尼黑工业大学也创办于19世纪，是德国仅有的致力于科技的州立大学。
慕尼黑工业大学最开始的时候焦点在工程，不过它的课程逐渐涵盖了自然科学、社会科学、农学、酿酒和食品技术以及医学等学科。在工程和信息技术内部有诸多不同的专业方向，这些专业方向又由三个不同的院系覆盖。
“创业型大学”是慕尼黑工业大学的总体理念，并主导着学校的发展。目前，慕尼黑工业大学已在慕尼黑和周边建立三个校区，有12个学院。
自1927年至今，慕尼黑大学已有13位专业人员获得诺贝尔奖，涵盖物理学、化学和医学三个领域。
2001年，慕尼黑大学在新加坡成立了一所附属大学——德国科学技术院，为亚洲学生提供了国际教育。
3. Heidelberg University
Heidelberg University, founded in 1386, is the oldest university in present-day Germany.
Now, the university offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees across 100 different subjects. Academics at Heidelberg have been responsible for founding subdisciplines including psychiatric genetics, modern sociology and environmental physics.
Close to 20 per cent of the student body is international, representing 130 countries around the world. More than a third of doctoral students are international.
The university particularly excels for its innovative research and intellectual contributions across a range of subjects. Fifty-six Nobel laureates have been associated with Heidelberg University, nine of whom won while tenured at the university.
Many influential politicians, philosophers and scientists are alumni or affiliates of the university, including Max Weber – the founder of modern sociology – and philosopher Hannah Arendt.
The Old Town and castle are some of the most visited tourist destinations in Germany, known as the home of German romanticism.
第三位、海德堡大学
海德堡大学成立于1386年，是当今德国最古老的大学。
目前，海德堡大学提供涵盖100个不同学科的本科生学位和研究生学位。海德堡大学的专业人员一直以来都负责创立分支学科，包括精神病遗传学、现代社会学和环境物理学。
海德堡大学有将近20%的学生属于留学生，来自世界各地130个国家和地区。在博士阶段，三分之一以上学生属于留学生。
海德堡大学有许多学科领域都有开创新研究和智力成果。海德堡大学迄今已有56位诺贝尔奖得主，其中有九位是在被授予终身职位期间获奖。
许多富有影响力的政治家、哲学家和科学家都是海德堡大学的校友或成员。包括现代社会学创始人马克思韦伯和哲学家汉娜·阿伦特。
古镇和城堡作为德国浪漫主义之乡，是德国最受游客喜爱的景点之一。
4. Humboldt University of Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin is known not only for its own prestige but also for the educational ethos and university model that has been adopted by other European and Western universities since the 19th century.
The principle of the university is a union between teaching and research, both done by prominent scholars. Some of Germany’s most influential figures attended or worked at the university, including Marx and Engels, Walter Benjamin, Albert Einstein and Max Planck.
In total, 40 Nobel prizewinners are associated with Humboldt University, the majority for physics, chemistry or medicine.
Although well-known and respected across all subjects, the university particularly excels in arts and humanities.
The university library, opened in 1874, is one of the most extensive in the country. It contains about 6.5 million books, and thousands of magazines and journals.
Out of almost 30,000 students, about 16 per cent are international.
第四位、柏林洪堡大学
柏林洪堡大学之所以著名不仅是因为它的威望，还有它的办学理念和大学模式。自从19世纪以来，其办学理念和模式已被其他欧洲和西方国家大学采用。
柏林洪堡大学的原则是教研结合，并且由杰出的学者来完成。德国一些最有影响力的人物曾在柏林洪堡大学学习或工作过，包括马克思、恩格斯、瓦尔特·本雅明、阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦和马克斯·普朗克。
柏林洪堡大学总共有40位诺贝尔奖得主，主要获奖领域是物理学、化学和医学。
柏林洪堡大学各个学科都享有名声、得到好评，尤其是在艺术和人文学科领域。
柏林洪堡大学的图书馆开放于1874年，是德国规模最大的图书馆之一。有650万册藏书和上千份报纸杂志。
柏林洪堡大学有大约3万名学生，其中16%的学生属于留学生。
5. RWTH Aachen University
The RWTH Aachen University is located in the westernmost German city of Aachen near the borders with Belgium and the Netherlands. The university is the largest technical university in Germany with approximately 42,000 students enrolled in 144 programmes.
It was founded in 1870 after Prince William of Prussia decided to use a donation presented to him from an insurance company to set up an institute of technology within the Rhine Province. Many cities were considered for the location of the institution and Aachen was eventually agreed on based on a financing concept backed by the insurance company and local banks.
Although the university is still the most famous for its natural sciences and engineering programmes, it does also offer teaching in the arts and humanities and medicine.
Five Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the university, all of them winning the prestigious award for work in the fields of physics or chemistry.
The university maintains strong ties with industry creating a European equivalent of Silicon Valley around it, and attracting exceptional levels of external funding for its researchers.
第五位、亚琛工业大学
亚琛工业大学位于德国最西端的城市亚琛，毗邻比利时和荷兰交界。亚琛工业大学是德国最大的技术大学，有大约4万2千名在校生，注册144门课程。
亚琛工业大学创办于1870年，由普鲁士威廉王子授权同意。威廉王子决定将一家保险公司呈现给他的捐款用于建立一所理工学校。地点在莱茵省内。当时许多城市都被考虑作为学校选址，不过在保险公司和当地银行融资理念的基础上，最终选在了亚琛。
亚琛工业大学不仅有最出名的自然科学课程和工程课程，在艺术、人文和医学领域也有课程。
亚琛工业大学迄今已有五位诺贝尔奖得主，获奖领域均在物理学和化学。
亚琛工业大学与企业有强有力的联系，并在其附近建立了欧洲的“硅谷”，为其研究员吸引了高水平的外部资金。
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