Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Standort Heidelberg
Seminarstraße 2
69117 Heidelberg
Phone: +49 6221 54-0

https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en

General remarks

This University is also featured in the U-Multirank world university rankings.

Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body	University, public
Year of foundation	1386
Total number of Students	28,102
Students at this campus	26,186
Semester contribution	171,80 €
Tuition fees	There are no study fees.

Subject areas featured in the ranking

Further university sites
Mannheim

Students by area of study

Medicine, Health Science		16.1 %
Natural Sciences, Mathematics		27.5 %
Law, Economic and Social Sciences		22.3 %
Humanities, Languages		26.7 %
Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)		3.5 %
Other studies		3.8 %

Students by type of degree pursued

Bachelor's degree		44.3 %
Master's degree		20.2 %
Teacher qualification degree		4.0 %
Pre-Bologna degrees		29.9 %
Other types of degrees		1.7 %

Central services

Opening hours central student counselling

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Special features regarding the library

Locations: Heidelberg University Library is one of the largest scientific libraries in Germany; Historic Main Library Old Town; Neuenheim branch for medical and natural sciences; 39 specialist libraries; Stock: 6.1 m media; 6,200 journals; 148,000 E-Journals; 3,700 databases; 751,000 E-Books; 215,000 open-access documents. UB with 3.2 m media; of which 980,000 volumes old stock up to 1900; Services: The university library acquires some 38,000 new publications each year; 43,800 active users; 911,000 loans; 23 million accesses to the Electronic Library; Opening hours Mon-Fri 08:30-1:00 and Sat/Sun 09:00-1:00; 1,435 reading places and workstations; Extensive offer of counselling and training, on-site and in the virtual space; Publication services/university publisher heiUP; Historical collections/manuscripts and incunabula; Digitalisation centre; German Research Foundation (DFG) specialist information services/key collections on classical archaeology, art history and South Asia; 19 ongoing third-party projects more information

Foreign language center and courses

There is a foreign language centre. Languages offered: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Arabic, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Bulgarian, Galician, Czech and Ukrainian. Courses in speech training/speech science are offered as well. more information

Special features regarding university sports

The university offers its own sports programme. Heidelberg University students can take part in the sports program at the University of Mannheim and the University of Teacher Education in Heidelberg. Some courses are free of charge, some subject to fees. We want to get as many students and staff as possible exercising and inspire them with the diversity of sport. Health, exercise, motor learning and common social interaction are our central themes. In the heiMOVE project, we are developing the ‘university sport of tomorrow with innovative offers for all members of the university community (including audio coach, podcasts, personal training, camps and events). The program is open to students of Heidelberg University of Education and the University of Mannheim. Sports: A wide range of offers (fitness and health sports, sports games, dance and relaxation, outdoor sports and much more) is supplemented by innovative formats (e.g. MOVEmaker, moving campus, personal training, MOVEmap) and cooperation arrangements with Univital (Student Health Management). more information