Heidelberg University
Heidelberg, Germany · founded 1386
- City
- Heidelberg
- Country
- Germany
- Founded
- 1386
- THE rank
- 49
- Students
- 20,091
- International
- 24%
- Degree programmes
- 15
- Students per staff member
- 8
- Women students
- 56%
- THE overall score
- 76.3
- QS rank 2026
- 80
International tuition fees at Heidelberg University
- Bachelor
- €3,000 per year
- Master
- €3,000 per year
Baden-Wuerttemberg state law: non-EU/non-EEA international students with a foreign entrance qualification pay EUR 1500 per semester (EUR 3000/year, computed as 2 x per-semester fee) for bachelor's, consecutive master's and state examination programs, plus the semester fee of EUR 189.80. Case-by-case exemptions under Section 6 of the Higher Education Fees Act; the university may exempt up to 5 percent of international students.
Heidelberg University in the Times Higher Education ranking
Scores out of 100 published by Times Higher Education for the 49 placing.
- Teaching
- 68.3
- Research environment
- 61.4
- Research quality
- 95.3
- Industry income
- 93.7
- International outlook
- 80.2
Degree programmes at Heidelberg University
- Communication and Society in Ibero-America
- Master of Arts in Transcultural Studies
- Master of Science in Translational Medical Research
- Molecular Systems Science and Engineering (MSSE)
- South Asian Studies
- Specialised Translation and Intercultural Mediation
- Specialised Translation and Translation Technologies
- BA German Studies in Cultural Comparison
- Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering
- Master of Science in Scientific Computing
- Master's in Mathematics of Machine Learning and Data Science
- Master's Programme German Studies in Cultural Comparison
- Master's Programme in German as a Foreign Language / German as a Second Language
- Max Planck School Matter to Life – MSc to PhD Direct Track Programme
- Molecular Biosciences MSc
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