Germany’s capital city can stake a credible claim to being one of the coolest cities in the world. During the past decade its cultural scene has flourished, turning it into a major center of design, fashion, music and art to rival even New York or London.
Ranked 16th in the world and 2nd in Germany (after Munich) within the QS Best Student Cities 2015, Berlin offers both unbeatable culture and a hot financial market, making the place as perfect for history buffs and art aficionados as it is for budding financiers. But big money is not the case when it comes to tuition fees, thanks to recent legislation making all undergraduate higher education (and some postgraduate programs) free across the nation, even for international students.
Although just slipping out of the overall top 15 in the latest edition of the QS Best Student Cities, Berlin remains the most affordable student city in the world’s top 20 alongside Vienna, thanks to the combination of low living costs and zero tuition fees.
Though the German capital is not an academic hub on the scale of cities like London, Paris or Boston, there are three universities in Berlin featured in the QS World University Rankings® 2014/15. The highest ranked of these is Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin at 134th in the world, followed byTechnische Universität Berlin at 192nd.
Berlin is also gaining a growing reputation as a destination for international students due in part to greater provision of courses in English, particularly at graduate level. With a high quality of living, affordability, a liberal atmosphere and a happening party and music scene, the German capital has a huge amount to offer international students of all backgrounds and interests.
Discover the top universities in Germany throughout all regions with this article.
QS ranked universities
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin ; Freie Universität Berlin ; Technische Universität Berlin
More about Berlin
| Number of universities ranked by QS | 3 |
| Top ranked institution | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (134th in the world) |
| Population | 3,450,000 |
| Students (% of total population) | 2.7% (based on ranked institutions) |
| International students | 14.0% (of students at ranked institutions) |
| Average tuition fees | US$0 |
| Global Liveability Ranking | 21st (out of 140) |
| Mercer Cost of Living rank | 68th (out of 214) |
| Cost of a Big Mac | US$4.94 |
| Cost of an iPad | US$665.19 |
| Numbeo safety rank | 73rd (out of 372) |
| Numbeo pollution rank | 254th (out of 299) |
| Transparency International score | 12th (out of 177) |
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