Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
The university has an emphasis on research and has been associated with 56 Nobel Prize laureates. It is consistently ranked among Europe`s top overall universities, and is an international education venue for doctoral students, with approximately 1,000 doctorates successfully completed every year, and with more than one third of the doctoral students coming from abroad. International students from some 130 countries account for more than 20 percent of the entire student body. Heidelberg comprises two major campuses: one in Heidelberg`s Old Town and another in the Neuenheimer Feld quarter on the outskirts of the city. The university`s noted alumni include eleven domestic and foreign Heads of State or Heads of Government.
Heidelberg University, founded in 1386, is Germany`s oldest university and one of the strongest research universities in Europe. Its successes in the Excellence Initiative and in international rankings prove Heidelberg`s excellent reputation and leading role in the scientific community. In terms of educating students and promoting promising early-career academics, Heidelberg relies on research-based teaching and an outstanding, well-structured training for doctoral candidates. Heidelberg University is a comprehensive university, offering the full spectrum of disciplines in the humanities, law and the social sciences alongside the natural and life sciences, including medicine. It aims to strengthen the individual disciplines, to further interdisciplinary Copperation and to carry research results over into society and industry. Research at the university is focused on four interdisciplinary fields, the molecular and cellular basis of life, structure and pattern formation in the material world, cultural dynamics in globalised worlds and self-regulation and regulation: individuals and organisations. Heidelberg University also draws its strength from its Copperation with numerous local non-university research institutions and is tied into a worldwide network of research and teaching collaborations. Exchange programmes with more than 400 universities worldwide and 19 university partnerships give evidence to Heidelberg`s marked global interconnectedness.
Foundation year: 1386
Short name: Ruperto Carola
Type: Public
Students: 20950
Faculty: 1260
Faculty/Students Ratio: 17:1
Region: Europe
Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttembergy
