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Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Universitätsmedizin Mannheim

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Universitätsmedizin Mannheim

Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3
D-68167 Mannheim
Telephone: +49 0621 383-9770
https://www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de

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Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body
University, public
Year of foundation
1386
Total number of Students
30,603
Students at this campus
2,528
Semester contribution
no data
Tuition fees
no data

Students by type of degree pursued

Bachelor's degree
0%
Master's degree
2.7%
Teacher qualification degree
0%
Pre-Bologna degrees
95.3%
Other types of degrees
2%

Central services

Opening hours central student counselling


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Special features regarding the library

Locations: Heidelberg University Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Germany; Historical main library in the Old Town; Neuenheim branch for Medicine and Natural Sciences; 34 specialised libraries; Stock: 6.1 million print media (books/journals); 165,000 e-journals; 3,200 databases; 1,041,000 e-books; 290,000 open access documents. University library with 3.2 million media; Of which 980,000 are historic volumes up to 1900; Services: Every year, the university library acquires around 30,000 new publications; 48,500 active users; 570,000 loans; Opening hours Mon. - Fri. 8:30am - 1pm and Sat./Sun.. 9am - 1pm; 1,450 reading spaces and workspaces; Group work rooms; extensive range of consulting and training services on information skills, academic publishing, AI, etc.; Publication services/university press heiUP; Historical collections/manuscripts and incunabula; Digitisation centre; German Research Foundation (DFG) publication fund; German Research Foundation (DFG) specialist information services/collection focus on Classical Archaeology, Art History, South Asia; 16 ongoing third-party projects
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Foreign language center and courses

There is a foreign language centre. Languages offered: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Bulgarian, Danish, Galician, Czech and Ukrainian. In addition, courses in Speech Education/Speech Science are offered.
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Special features regarding university sports

The university offers its own sports programme. Heidelberg University students can take part in the sports programme at the University of Mannheim and the University of Teacher Education in Heidelberg. Some courses are free of charge, some subject to fees. We want to get as many students and staff as possible moving and excited about the diversity of sport. Health, exercise, motor learning and social interaction are our central themes. When you start your studies, we offer you a range of free programmes to get to know the university sports programme, Heidelberg and its surroundings as well as your fellow students ("Meet & Socialize"). If you want to compete with students from other universities, the many university sports competitions are the right place for you.
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Last update 2026: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education