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University of Bayreuth, Press Release No. 007/2025 - 23 January 2025

University of Bayreuth once again among the top ten for students

Students give the University of Bayreuth top marks in the evaluation portal Studycheck. UBT ranks as the 8th most popular university in Germany. Last year, 94 percent of students even recommended it to others.

On Studycheck, students and graduates can rate their own university, resulting in a total of 83,708 ratings in 2025. On average, the University of Bayreuth received four out of five stars in the overall rating last year. This puts it once again in 8th place among universities in Germany.

With the overall ranking 2025, StudyCheck, Germany's largest university evaluation portal, presents the most popular colleges and universities in Germany. The University of Bayreuth has received 911 ratings in the last three years. The best ratings were given to access to literature (grade 4.3), course content (grade 4.2) and lecturers (grade 4.0), followed by courses (grade 3.9), facilities (grade 3.9), organization (3.8) and digital studies (grade 3.8). The overall star rating is therefore 4.04 and the recommendation rate is a strong 94%.

The renewed top result in the StudyCheck ranking shows that our university is a place where students feel comfortable and can develop their potential. This trust is both an incentive and an obligation for us to continue to create excellent conditions for study and research

University President Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible

The overall ranking is based on all experience reports published on StudyCheck.de from the past calendar year 2024. The ranking of the individual universities and colleges is determined by the so-called score value, which is formed by the star rating and the recommendation rate of the students.

Further information can be found at: www.studycheck.de

Olga Gassan

Olga Gassan

Unversity Marketing

Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5317
E-mail: olga.gassan@uni-bayreuth.de