Free University of Berlin (German: Freie Universität Berlin, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU)
University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (German: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta)
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (also referred to as LMU or the University of Munich; German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (German: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)
Humboldt University of Berlin (German: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin)
Goethe University (German: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)
Ulm University (German: Universität Ulm)