Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (German: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)

Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and German: Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology)

Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich) (German: Technische Universität München)

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (also referred to as LMU or the University of Munich; German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; German: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)

Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)