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

Technische Universität Darmstadt (official English name Technical University of Darmstadt, sometimes also referred to as Darmstadt University of Technology)

University of Stuttgart (German: Universität Stuttgart)

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

University of Cologne (German: Universität zu Köln)

Goethe University (German: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)