Welcome to the
Heidelberg University Association
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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Contact Information: Heidelberg University Association 871 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Phone: 1-212-758-3324 E-mail: Info(at)HeidelbergUniversity.org www.HeidelbergUniversity.org |
