泰晤士高等教育(Times Higher Education)于9月5日发布了最新2017-2018年度世界大学排名。德国共有44所高校进入世界Top1000,10所进入世界百强。其中既包含老牌名校,也有飞速发展的年轻高校。本次排名中,慕尼黑大学位列德国第一,世界排名34位,其后是慕尼黑理工大学、海德堡大学。
以下是本次2017-2018世界大学排名中德国大学排名的具体情况。
| Germany Rank 2018 | World University Rank 2018 | University | City | 
| 1 | =34 | LMU Munich | Munich | 
| 2 | 41 | Technical University of Munich | Munich | 
| 3 | 45 | Heidelberg University | Heidelberg | 
| 4 | 62 | Humboldt University of Berlin | Berlin | 
| 5 | 79 | RWTH Aachen University | Aachen | 
| 6 | 82 | University of Freiburg | Freiburg im Breisgau | 
| 7 | 88 | Free University of Berlin | Berlin | 
| 8 | 92 | Technical University of Berlin | Berlin | 
| 9 | 94 | University of Tübingen | Tübingen | 
| 10 | =100 | University of Bonn | Bonn | 
| 11 | =113 | University of Göttingen | Göttingen | 
| 12 | 125 | University of Mannheim | Mannheim | 
| 13 | =126 | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Berlin | 
| 14 | 133 | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Karlsruhe | 
| 15 | 145 | University of Cologne | Cologne | 
| =16 | =155 | TU Dresden | Dresden | 
| =16 | =155 | Ulm University | Ulm | 
| 18 | =162 | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg | Elangen and Nuremburg | 
| 19 | =165 | University of Würzburg | Würzburg | 
| 20 | =173 | University of Münster | Münster | 
| =21 | 201–250 | University of Duisburg-Essen | Duisburg and Essen | 
| =21 | 201–250 | University of Hamburg | Hamburg | 
| =21 | 201–250 | University of Kiel | Kiel | 
| =21 | 201–250 | University of Konstanz | Konstanz | 
| =21 | 201–250 | University of Passau | Passau | 
| =21 | 201–250 | University of Potsdam | Potsdam | 
| =21 | 201–250 | Ruhr University Bochum | Bochum | 
| =21 | 201–250 | University of Stuttgart | Stuttgart | 
| =21 | 201–250 | Technical University of Darmstadt | Darmstadt |