University of Kiel

Continente:: Europe
Country:: Germany
Address:: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Christian-Albrechts-Platz 4, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Web Site:: www.uni-kiel.de

About University of Kiel:

Kiel University is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 26,000 students today. Kiel University is the largest, oldest, and most prestigious in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. Until 1864/66 it was not only the northernmost university in Germany but at the same time the 2nd largest university of Denmark. Faculty, alumni, and researchers of the Kiel University have won 12 Nobel Prizes. Kiel University is a member of the German Universities Excellence Initiative since 2006. The Cluster of Excellence The Future Ocean, which was established in cooperation with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in 2006, is internationally recognized. The second Cluster of Excellence "Inflammation at Interfaces" deals with chronic inflammatory diseases. The world-renowned Kiel Institute for the World Economy is also affiliated with Kiel University.

World University Rankings

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
World University Rankings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	222	240	237	249	254	232	272	303	278

By Fields

Field	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Agriculture	231	230	160	184	82	185	209	234	229	255	301-350	292	286	301-350	286	301-350	301-350	351-400
Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	451-500	401-450	401-450	401-450	-	-	-	-	-
Life Sciences	223	184	218	197	202	212	201	198	201	183	194	188	200	231	225	226	248	221
Medicine	205	212	194	194	190	183	175	159	152	146	140	146	158	174	185	194	198	190
Natural Sciences	279	288	255	244	258	292	-	-	-	401-450	401-450	401-450	401-450	451-500	451-500	451-500	451-500	-
Social Sciences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	401-450	401-450	351-400	451-500	351-400	401-450	451-500	-

By Subjects

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Agricultural Sciences	93	82	93	97	105	108	137	214	184	216	267	279	287	301-350	301-350
Biology & Biochemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	247	255	246	239	282	277	299
Chemistry	-	-	286	-	-	-	351-400	351-400	301-350	351-400	401-450	451-500	-	-	-
Chemical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Civil Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	142	163	174	179	183	193	182
Computer Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	288	-	-	-	-	351-400	401-450
Electrical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	351-400	301-350	301-350	301-350	351-400	401-450	451-500	451-500	451-500
Environment / Ecology	207	255	223	241	266	277	274	-	290	-	260	245	291	294	351-400
Geosciences	62	63	72	89	94	97	116	136	131	118	115	115	128	149	169
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	185	174	178	181	204	226	196
Materials Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	351-400	351-400	351-400	301-350	401-450	401-450	451-500	-	-
Mathematics	282	-	-	-	-	-	-	451-500	401-450	451-500	-	451-500	-	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	151	169	220	201	177	191	192
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	155	155	165	150	154	141	135
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	-	-	-	-	-	401-450	401-450	351-400	351-400	351-400	401-450	451-500	-	-
Physics	-	-	-	-	-	-	451-500	451-500	451-500	451-500	-	-	-	-	-
Plant & Animal Science	155	173	191	270	269	272	259	-	268	250	253	247	263	298	301-350
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	284	-	-	-	-	-
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	351-400	301-350	351-400	301-350	351-400	401-450	401-450
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Environmental Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	351-400
Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-