With 8,900 doctoral students each, Ruperto Carola and Ludwig Maximilian University of (LMU) Munich share the top position nationwide
Heidelberg University has the largest number of doctoral students in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Wiesbaden) reports that last year 8,900 students were registered as doing doctoral studies, the same as at LMU Munich. The two universities occupy the top position in Germany, followed by Technical University of Munich with 8,500 and RWTH Aachen University with 7,300 doctoral students. 16 percent of all those doing a doctorate in Germany are studying at these four universities.
In 2022 a total of 205,300 graduates - 52 percent male and 48 percent female - had embarked on a doctoral course at German universities. ...
