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Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
Location: Munich (Germany)
Founded: 1472
Students: 51,025 (15% international)
Academic staff: 6,017
Ranking: #10 (Europe)
#38 (World)
Listed study programmes: 42
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Ludwig Maximilians University Munich


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Masters at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

Art, Design & Media

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Business & Management (1)
  • European Master in Management

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Computer Science & IT (1)
  • Data Science

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Engineering & Technology (1)
  • Master's Programme in Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology

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Environment & Agriculture (2)
  • Evolution, Ecology and Systematics (EES)
  • Geology

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Humanities

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Law

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Medicine & Health (1)
  • ENB Master's Programme in Neuroscience

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Natural Sciences & Mathematics (5)
  • Elite Master's Programme: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
  • Evolution, Ecology and Systematics (EES)
  • International Master's Programme in Geophysics
  • Master of Science in Geobiology and Paleobiology
  • Master's Programme in Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology

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Social Sciences (4)
  • East European Studies - Honours Master's Programme (Universities of Munich/Regensburg)
  • Economics
  • Neuro-Cognitive Psychology (NCP)
  • Psychology: Learning Sciences

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Doctorates at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

Art, Design & Media (1)
  • MIMESIS Munich Doctoral Programme for Literature and the Arts

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Business & Management

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Computer Science & IT

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Engineering & Technology (1)
  • Graduate School of Quantitative Biosciences Munich (QBM)

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Environment & Agriculture

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Humanities (8)
  • American History - History of the Americas (ProAmHist)
  • Distant Worlds: Munich Graduate School for Ancient Studies
  • Doctoral Programme Classical and Ancient Studies (PAW)
  • Doctoral Programme in Buddhist Studies
  • Doctoral Programme in Modern and Contemporary History (ProMoHist)
  • Graduate School Language & Literature Munich - Class of Language
  • Graduate School Language & Literature Munich - Class of Literature
  • MIMESIS Munich Doctoral Programme for Literature and the Arts

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Law

Ludwig Maximilians University Munich does not offer Doctorates in this discipline, but other universities do:

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Medicine & Health (3)
  • Cancer Evolution: Genetic and Epigenetic Evolution of Hematopoietic Neoplasms
  • Cell-Fate Decisions in the Immune System (DFG-SFB 1054 IRTG)
  • PhD Programme Medical Research - International Health

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Natural Sciences & Mathematics (5)
  • Graduate School Life Science Munich: From Molecules to Systems (LSM)
  • Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences
  • Integrated Analysis of Macromolecular Complexes and Hybrid Methods in Genome Biology (DFG GRK1721)
  • PhD Programme - Statistics: Theory and Methods for Empirical Modelling
  • Research Training Group RTG2062 Molecular Principles of Synthetic Biology

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Social Sciences (6)
  • Evidence-Based Economics (EBE) (Internationales Doktorandenkolleg - Elitenetzwerk Bayern)
  • German-Polish Doctoral Programme: Poland and Germany in Modern Europe
  • Graduate School for East and South-East European Studies (DFG-GSC 1046)
  • International Doctoral Programme Transformations in European Societies
  • Microeconomic Determinants of Labour Productivity (DFG-GRK 1928)
  • Munich Graduate School of Economics (MGSE)

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Other subjects (6)
  • Doctoral Programme Environment and Society
  • Doctoral Training Programme in the Learning Sciences (DTP-LS)
  • International Doctoral School REASON (Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation)
  • IRTG 1064 Chromatin Dynamics (Integrated Research Training Group DFG-SFB 1064)
  • i-Target: Immunotargeting of Cancer (Internationales Doktorandenkolleg - Elitenetzwerk Bayern)
  • Trafficking of Immune Cells in Inflammation, Development and Disease (DFG-SFB 914 Integriertes GRK)

Rankings

Ludwig Maximilians University Munich belongs to the top 50 universities in the world and the top 10 universities in Europe.

Ranking Year Rank
(in the world)
Rank
(in Europe)
QS World University Rankings 2025 59 17
Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities 2024 43 11
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 38 10
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