Heidelberg University, Ruperto Carola

Location

Heidelberg University, Ruperto Carola Germany is a public research university. Founded in 1386, today the university sits in rank 4^th in Germany and 175^th in the world. It is the oldest university in Germany that established and actively researching since the Roman Empire.

Heidelberg University, Ruperto Carola offers bachelors, masters and doctorate degree programs. Faculty that offers such as Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computer Sciences, Liberal Arts and Theology, Law, Economics, and Social Sciences, and Medicine.

Campus

Heidelberg University, Ruperto Carola have three main campuses. One in Heidelberg's Old Town, where the humanities faculty reside. One in Neuenheimer Feld quarter, where the natural sciences and medicine faculty reside, and in the city of Bergheim where the social sciences faculty reside.

The university library is the best library in Germany and frequently used by the students. It holds about 3.2 million books, about 500,000 other media such as microfilms and videotapes, as well as 10,732 scientific periodicals. There are also laboratories, research center, international offices, university hospital, museums, garden, and other facilities that support the student activity.

Residing Options

Heidelberg University, Ruperto Carola doesn’t provide dormitories or student housing inside the campus area. Students can find housing, apartment, dormitories outside the campus area.

Because of the high demand in the apartment and student housing, students advise to looking for places earlier. The rent cost is higher in Heidelberg compared to other cities in Germany.

Faculty

The ratio between administrative staff and students are 1:4. There is 7,476 administrative staff and the academic staff consists of professors and junior professors.