Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg University is a public university that was founded in 1386, making it Germany's oldest university. The university is located in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, and is divided into three campuses. International students make up slightly less than 20% of the total student body. Tuition is not charged to students at the university, as is the case at most German public universities. Instead, students pay relatively low semester fees. Studierendenwerk, a public organization that provides accommodations and other services to university students, has some student housing available.
This university has a long history of being an internationally oriented research and teaching institution with a wide range of disciplines. This university provides quality teaching in welcoming and comfortable environments with the goal of broadening its students' knowledge and skills and preparing them for the future. The University of Heidelberg is committed to providing equal opportunities for men and women, as well as to creating a welcoming, diverse, and equal community of ambitious individuals.
Heidelberg is a founding member of the League of European Research Universities, the Coimbra Group, and the European University Association. The university forms part of the German-Japanese University Consortium HeKKSaGOn, and it participates in 7 European exchange schemes for researchers and students, such as ERASMUS. Furthermore, it is actively involved in the development of the German-speaking Andrássy University of Budapest and co-runs the school of German law at the Jagiellonian University of Kraków. The city of Heidelberg being twinned with Cambridge, England, and Montpellier, France, there are close academic ties to the University of Cambridge and the Université de Montpellier. Beyond Europe, the university and its faculties maintain specific agreements with 58 partner universities in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and the Russian Federation.
Website: https://www.heidelberguniversity.org
