Courses
Incoming Students
Studying at Heidelberg University, apply for admission, living in Heidelberg, important addresses More...
International Summer Course
"Social Changes in Germany", July, 24th to August, 20th 2009 More...
Graduate Academy
Doctoral Training in Heidelberg: PhD Programs, Funding & Open Positions, Workshops & Training, Students Life More...
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An attractive place to study
The Heidelberg University has some 4,500 international students from 130 countries. It is one of the most popular German universities among students from abroad. The seed for its popularity was planted shortly after the foundation of the university in 1386. Just seven years later, in 1393, an English student from Canterbury visited the newly-founded university. Another sign of the early university's international popularity was the enrollment of the first student from the United States (from St. Louis) in 1793.
But the "Spirit of Heidelberg", a melange of myths that circle around the university, the castle, the river Neckar and German Romanticism, isn't enough to explain this attraction. For centuries the Ruprechts-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg University's official name, has enjoyed international acclaim as a center of excellent research and teaching. And as early as 1926 the university offered its first summer school for German Language and Culture. It has turned out to be a continued success. Every year more than 600 people come to Heidelberg from all over the world to participate in the course.
Studying in English
The Heidelberg University offers the classical range of disciplines offered by a German university but at the same time retains its international orientation with special courses of study and degrees. In addition to the program for German as a Foreign Language, there is a growing number of courses of study that are offered in English or designed for students having an academic degree from abroad and that lend Ruperto Carola its international profile.
MSc Molecular Biosciences
MSc International Health
MSc Physics
