Universität Konstanz

About the organization

The University of Konstanz is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. It is one of Germany's elite "Universities of Excellence". The university is ranked in the top 100 worldwide in the field of social policy and administration in the 2020 QS World University Rankings and ranked 51 in Political Science according to the 2020 Shanghai Ranking. The U.S. Department of Energy also refers to the University of Konstanz as a "small Harvard".