Heidelberg
University, founded in 1386, is Germany’s oldest university and one of the
strongest research institutions in Europe. Its successes in the Excellence
Initiative by the German federal and state governments 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 doctoral training. Heidelberg University is a
comprehensive university, offering the full spectrum of disciplines in the
humanities, the social sciences and law alongside the natural and life
sciences, including medicine. It aims to strengthen the individual disciplines,
to further interdisciplinary cooperation and to carry research results over
into society and industry. The university has over 30,000 students enrolled at
twelve faculties. With over 160 degree programmes, Heidelberg offers a spectrum
of subject combinations nearly unparalleled in Germany. This unique range
creates an optimal setting for individualised and interdisciplinary studies.
Heidelberg University also draws its strength from its cooperation 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
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