Heidelberg University

Heidelberg University is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Heidelberg University

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Seal of the Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis
Motto	Semper apertus (Latin)[1]
Motto in English	Always open
Type	Public
Established	18 October 1386; 638 years ago (18 October 1386)
Budget	€764.9 million (2018)[2]
Chancellor	Holger Schroeter
President	Bernhard Eitel
Administrative staff	8,397[3]
Students	28,653 (WS2019/20)[4]
Undergraduates	15,289[5]
Postgraduates	11,871[5]
Doctoral students	3,024[5]
Location	Heidelberg , Baden-Württemberg , Germany 49°24′37″N 8°42′23″E
Campus	Urban/University town and Suburban
Colors	Sandstone red and gold
Website	uni-heidelberg.de/en
Data as of 2013[update]

It was founded in 1386 on the instructions of Pope Urban VI.^[6] Heidelberg is Germany's oldest university, and is one of the world's oldest surviving universities. It was the third university established in the Holy Roman Empire. Prague (1348) and Vienna (1365) were at that time also German-speaking universities. The University of Vienna still is. Irrespective of the shared language of instruction, Heidelberg is the oldest university in modern Germany.

At the beginning, there were only the four traditional faculties. In 1890, the natural science got their own faculty.^[6] Later after a re-organisation, the university has 12 faculties.

The University of Heidelberg is also known as Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, after the German prince Rupert I.^[7]