Welcome to the
Heidelberg University Association
Bachelor's
and master's students can apply for
funding for Winter Semester 2021-22. Applications
for a scholarship to attend the International Summer School of
German Language and Culture are available here.
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Heidelberg University is one of the
top-ranked institutions in the world of international science
and scholarship. In 2019, Heidelberg University was again
named as the best German University by the international
Academic ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking).
Throughout its history of over six centuries of higher
education and innovative research, Germany's oldest university
has become an international symbol of outstanding academic
excellence. Recently, Heidelberg University achieved top-level
status in Germany's Excellence Initiative competition. As one
of the eleven universities chosen by a jury of international
experts, Heidelberg University has been awarded additional
funding to further advance its outstanding research programs.
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität
Heidelberg is proud to welcome international students from 130
countries. It is one of the most popular German universities
among foreign students. About 20 percent of graduates and
undergraduates and some 35 percent of the doctoral students
come from abroad. In recent years, the university appointed a
third of its professors from outside Germany.
Heidelberg University enjoys strong and long standing ties
with the United States. The first U.S. student enrolled in
Heidelberg in 1793 from St. Louis. Its longest running student
exchange program with the U.S., the American Junior Year at
Heidelberg University, celebrated its 50th anniversary in
2008.
Research
on both sides of the Atlantic has enjoyed advances from a wide
variety of collaborative efforts and partnerships between
scientists from Heidelberg University and its counterparts in
the U.S. and Canada.
Heidelberg University's U.S. presence, the Heidelberg
University Association, supports the University's strong
transatlantic academic co-operative endeavors, and student and
faculty exchanges, as well as the close ties between
Heidelberg and its Alumni in North America. Heidelberg
University Association is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in
New York City.
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