Saarland University

About Saarland University

Saarland University (Universität des Saarlandes) is a public research university founded in 1948 with French support, the first German university founded after the Second World War. It has about 16,000 students, of whom about 23% are international.

It is one of Europe's top places for computer science: the campus hosts two Max Planck Institutes (Informatics and Software Systems), the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). Its whole master's in Computer Science is taught in English.

Founded

1948

Type

Public

Students

16,300

International students

About 23%

Campuses

Saarbrücken and Homburg

Rankings & recognition

Saarland University was ranked 600 in the QS World University Rankings 2024 and 401–500 in ARWU 2024, and its computer science is rated among the best in Germany by the CHE ranking.

Location: Saarbruecken, Germany

Saarbruecken, Germany

The main campus is in Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland, in south-west Germany near the French border; the medical campus is in Homburg. Saarbrücken has a French-influenced culture and lower living costs than big German cities, and Paris is under two hours away by high-speed train.

For international students

Saarland University welcomes students from Pakistan, especially for English-taught master's programmes in computer science and related fields. Most programmes start in October, and some also in April.

Public universities in North Rhine-Westphalia and Saarland do not charge tuition fees for most degree programmes, including for students from Pakistan; you only pay a semester contribution (usually a few hundred euros per semester), which often includes a public transport ticket. For the German student visa you will need your admission letter, proof of funds (usually a blocked account, "Sperrkonto", covering one year of living costs) and health insurance.

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