In the final round there were 19 applicants: a total of 17 individual universities and two alliances of several universities. Funding as an "Excellence University" will begin on November 1st of this year and will run for at least seven years. The selected universities and alliances are slated to receive funding of €10 to €28 million per year. Most had made the Excellence University list before, but the University of Cologne lost its title this year. In 2006 the title "Excellence University" was awarded for the first time to promote science and research at German universities and thus strengthen Germany as a science location.

Source: The Local July 19, 2019 15:22 UTC