Free University of Berlin (German: Freie Universität Berlin, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU)
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (also referred to as LMU or the University of Munich; German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Goethe University (German: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)
University of Freiburg (colloquially German: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (German: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
University of Würzburg (Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg) (JMU)
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)
Humboldt University of Berlin (German: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin)