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As the best university in Germany, Heidelberg University has topped the list at the national level in the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities. The so-called Shanghai Ranking for 2023 assigns it first place in Germany,16th in…

At its meeting today (11 July 2023), the Senate of Heidelberg University elected five vice-rectors. Within the Rectorate, biologist Prof. Dr Karin Schumacher will take responsibility for Quality Development and Sustainability. Legal…

In the current approval round of the German Research Foundation (DFG), Heidelberg University has been successful with four applications to fund large research consortia, receiving funding worth a total of approximately 63 million euros.…

Political scientist Prof. Dr Melvin L. Rogers from Brown University in Providence (USA) is to receive the James W.C. Pennington Award of Heidelberg University. This will honour a scholar who has done ground-breaking research on…

His extraordinary academic achievements in the field of school psychology have earned the eminent scholar Prof. Dr Frank C. Worrell an honorary doctorate from Heidelberg University’s Faculty of Behavioural and Cultural Studies. The…

When two heavy ions collide at very high relativistic energies, they penetrate one another, during which they become excited and are slowed down. This “stopping” process can be generated experimentally, as demonstrated on the Large Hadron…

In recognition of his outstanding achievements in cancer research, cell biologist and geneticist Prof. Dr Webster K. Cavenee is to receive an honorary doctorate from the Medical Faculty Heidelberg of Heidelberg University. At the same…

Heidelberg University is to acquire a research building to develop innovative engineering science strategies and technologies on the basis of life-inspired molecular systems. The German Science and Humanities Council has now expressed its…

As a prominent representative of his research field – reconstructing climatic conditions in the Earth’s history and exploring their causes – Prof. Dr Gerald H. Haug is to receive an honorary doctorate from the Combined Faculty of…

What aftereffects did National Socialism have on women attracted to women after 1945? This is the focus of an interdisciplinary research project being carried out by academics from the universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg. With the aid…