Goethe University (German: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (en: Charity-University Medicine Berlin)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; German: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)
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)
University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (German: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Latin: Universitas Eberhardina Carolina)
University of Würzburg (Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg) (JMU)