Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is Germany's oldest university and one of the world's oldest surviving universities; it was the third university established in the Holy Roman Empire after Prague (1347) and Vienna (1365). Since 1899, it has been a coeducational institution.
- Country
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Heidelberg
- Inception
- 1386
- Website
- https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/, https://uni-heidelberg.de/en, https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en
