In Germany a lot of research is not done at the universities but at various institutes such as Max-Planck, Fraunhofer, Helmholtz, Leibniz and a lot more.
General overview, research institutes being one item: https://www.research-in-germany.org/en/research-landscape.ht...
Ca. 400 universities - but ca. 1,000 publicly funded research institutions (https://www.research-in-germany.org/en/research-landscape/re...).
So, the ranking of the universities overall may not be completely comparable.
In Germany a lot of research is not done at the universities but at various institutes such as Max-Planck, Fraunhofer, Helmholtz, Leibniz and a lot more.
General overview, research institutes being one item: https://www.research-in-germany.org/en/research-landscape.ht...
Ca. 400 universities - but ca. 1,000 publicly funded research institutions (https://www.research-in-germany.org/en/research-landscape/re...).
So, the ranking of the universities overall may not be completely comparable.