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Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

57 44   Arts & Humanities37  Natural Sciences
268  Engineering & IT94  Social Sciences
World Rankings42  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
57 48   Arts & Humanities43  Natural Sciences
267  Engineering & IT108  Social Sciences
World Rankings48  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
60 61  Arts & Humanities45  Natural Sciences
311  Engineering & IT78  Social Sciences
World Rankings43  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
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Founded in 1386, Heidelberg University is Germany’s oldest university and one of the leading research institutions in Europe. Heidelberg provides excellent research and education opportunities for scholars and students from all over the world. Moreover, Heidelberg is one of the few universities to have succeeded in the recent Excellence Initiative, a competition funded by the German federal government to promote outstanding research at German universities.
A comprehensive university, the Ruperto Carola combines traditional values with forward-looking scientific concepts in research and teaching.
The wide spectrum of disciplines offered at Heidelberg University includes sixty study courses for undergraduate students and sixty-eight for graduate students (many of which are taught in English) spanning the social and natural sciences, humanities, law and medicine. They range for example from Archeology to Translation Studies, from Applied Computer Science to Theology or from Economy to Physics.
Noteworthy among the university’s outstanding research areas are our Transcultural Studies, Molecular Life Sciences, Medicine, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics and Scientific Computing departments and research groups.
The Ruperto Carola is deeply committed to strengthening its disciplines while exploiting multidisciplinary opportunities to probe crosscutting transdisciplinary issues. In this sense, Heidelberg University strives to build bridges – between faculties and subjects, between university and non-university research institutions, between academia and business. By fostering cross-institutional collaboration, the Ruperto Carola will continue establishing outstanding interdisciplinary research centres in Heidelberg.
Heidelberg University is home to over 28,000 full-time students, including more than 5,000 foreign students. The Ruperto Carola also attracts more than 500 international scholars as Visiting Professors each academic year. Over the centuries, Heidelberg University has offered tens of thousands of international students an opportunity to immerse themselves in the academic life of one of the world’s premier institutions of higher learning; for many of them, the Ruperto Carola was a stepping-stone toward a successful career.
Set in the picturesque Neckar Valley, Heidelberg’s beautiful historic centre offers a romantic small-town atmosphere with cosmopolitan appeal. Students and academics alike enjoy superior access to the university‘s outstanding research facilities, including a first-rate library with 3.1 million volumes, and to internationally acclaimed non-university research institutions, such as the German Cancer Research Center or the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law.


Faculty

Number of Faculty Staff Headcount: 4,506 FTE: 3,486

Total number of academic faculty staff who are responsible for planning, directing and undertaking teaching only, research only or both teaching and research. Please include: vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, principals, professors, heads of school, associate professors, principal lecturers, tutors or postdoctoral researchers. Please exclude research assistants*, PhD students who contribute to teaching, hospital residents and exchange scholars or visiting faculty staff who are members of another university. * The important distinction for us is that staff counted as 'research only' should be academically involved in that research and should be likely to publish research outputs. A research assistant, in our understanding, is any individual who is not doing own research and is therefore not likely to publish own research outputs. Said individual is (only) involved in research in terms of operation execution , such as lab technician or equipment operator.

Number of International Faculty Staff Headcount: 741 FTE: 603

Number of academic faculty staff who are of foreign nationality. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even if from another EU state. In Hong Kong, this includes professors from Mainland China. Inclusion and exclusion mirrors those for academic faculty staff. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.

Undergraduate Information

Number of Undergraduate Students Headcount: 23,978 FTE: 23,978

Number of students pursuing a Bachelor’s level or equivalent degree. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate’s degrees.

Number of International Undergraduate Students Headcount: 4,068 FTE: 4,068

Number of undergraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if the language students take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'undergraduate degree program' they should be included under 'international undergraduate students' . Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Number of Outbound Exchange Undergraduate Students Headcount: 947 FTE: 947

Number of undergraduate students registered at your institution who have attended another institution abroad for at least 1 semester on an exchange program in the last 12 months.

Average International Undergraduate Fees $ EUR 1,000

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that an international student would be expected to pay for an undergraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Domestic Undergraduate Fees $ EUR 1,000

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for an undergraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Number of first year Undergraduate students Headcount: 3,887 FTE: 3,887

Number of students pursuing a Bachelor's level or equivalent degree in their first year of study. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate's degrees.

Graduate / Postgraduate Information

Number of Graduate / Postgraduate Students Headcount: 3,624 FTE: 3,624

Students pursuing a higher-level degree (Master and Doctorate), including both taught and research postgraduates (e.g. PhD students)

Number of International Graduate/Postgraduate Students Headcount: 1,107 FTE: 1,107

Number of graduate / postgraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if they take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'postgraduate degree program', they should be included under 'international postgraduate students'. Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Number of Outbound Exchange Graduate/Postgraduate Students Headcount: 16 FTE: 16

Number of postgraduate students registered at your institution who have attended another institution on an exchange program for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.

Average International Graduate / Postgraduate Fees $ EUR 1,000

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that an international student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Domestic Graduate / Postgraduate Fees $ EUR 1,000

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Number of first year Postgraduate students Headcount: 883 FTE: 883

Number of students pursuing a Master's level or equivalent degree in their first year of study, including both taught and research postgraduates.

Students

Total Students Headcount: 27,602 FTE: 27,602

Total number of students. This includes ALL students, not only undergraduate and graduate/postgraduate students.

Total International Students Headcount: 5,175 FTE: 5,175

Number of students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.

Total Outbound Exchange Students Headcount: 963 FTE: 963

Total number of students registered at your institution who have attended another institution on an exchange program for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.

Total Inbound Exchange Students Headcount: 1,313 FTE: 1,313

Total number of students attending your university on international exchange programs for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.

Average International Student Fees $ EUR 1,000

Average tuition fees per year that an international student would be expected to pay for any course

Average Domestic Student Fees $ EUR 1,000

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for any program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Number of Male Students Headcount: 11,659 FTE: 11,659

Number of students who are male out of the total number of students studying at your university

Number of Female Students Headcount: 15,943 FTE: 15,943

Number of students who are female out of the total number of students studying at your university

Graduate Output

Number of PhDs Awarded Headcount: 1,030

Total number of PhDs awarded in the last 12 months

Applications

Total Number of Applications Headcount: 42,431

Total number of applications your institution received in the last 12 months for all undergraduate and postgraduate courses

Careers Support

Number of Full-Time Careers Advisors Headcount: 1 FTE: 1

Total number of staff employed by your institution on a full-time basis who are exclusively responsible for career support for your students (undergraduate and/or postgraduate)

Internationalisation

Number of University Collaborations or Partnership Agreements Headcount: 40

Number of universities your institution has collaborations or partnership agreements with. These partnership agreements may include student and teaching exchanges, as well as collaborative research projects, exchange of academic materials and other information, and jointly offered executive development programmes. This includes collaborations at either a university or faculty level. Please also state the names of these institutions in the Submission Notes box. Click here to see a list of universities in top 500 over last 3 years

  • Central Administration
  • Faculty of Behavioural and Cultural Studies
  • Faculty of Biosciences
  • Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
  • Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences
  • Faculty of Modern Languages
  • Faculty of Philosophy
  • Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
  • Faculty of Theology
  • Medical Faculty of Heidelberg
  • Medical Faculty of Mannheim
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