Universities (Universitäten) in Germany provide students with an in-depth academic education, with a primary focus on theory and methodology. Technical universities and colleges of education are also classified as universities, while universities of applied sciences and colleges of art and music make up different pillars of the German higher education system and offer different styles of teaching.
Currently, there are around 1,8 million students enrolled at 130 universities across Germany. Some of the biggest universities in Germany are listed below.