Editing Heidelberg University (section)

===Rankings===
{{Infobox Germany university rankings
| QS = =84
| QS_change = Rise
| QS_N = 3
| QS_N_change = Same position
| QS_year = 2025
| QS_ref = <ref name="QS">{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2025|title=QS World University Rankings 2025|access-date=6 June 2024|website=[[QS World University Rankings]]}}</ref>
| THE = 47
| THE_change = Fall
| THE_N = 3
| THE_N_change = Same position
| THE_year = 2024
| THE_ref = <ref name="THE">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking|title=World University Rankings 2023|access-date=12 October 2022|website=[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]|date=4 October 2022|archive-date=27 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927173053/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking|url-status=live}}</ref>
| ARWU = 55
| ARWU_change = Rise
| ARWU_N = 1
| ARWU_N_change = Rise
| ARWU_year = 2023
| ARWU_ref = <ref name="ARWU">{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2023|title=2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities|website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]|access-date=15 August 2023|archive-date=29 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829192323/https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

| QS_Subject1_title = Natural Sciences
| QS_Subject1 = 50
| QS_Subject1_N = 4
| QS_Subject1_year = 2024
| QS_Subject1_ref = <ref name="QSSubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2024|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024|access-date=10 April 2024|website=[[QS World University Rankings]]}}</ref>
| THE_Subject1_title = Physical Sciences
| THE_Subject1 = =34
| THE_Subject1_N = 3
| THE_Subject1_year = 2023
| THE_Subject1_ref = <ref name="THESubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject|title=World University Rankings by subject|access-date=27 October 2023|website=[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]|archive-date=1 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301164410/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject|url-status=live}}</ref>
| QS_Subject2_title = Life Sciences and Medicine
| QS_Subject2 = =38
| QS_Subject2_N = 1
| QS_Subject2_year = 2024
| QS_Subject2_ref = <ref name="QSSubject"/>
| THE_Subject2_title = Life Sciences
| THE_Subject2 = 32
| THE_Subject2_N = 1
| THE_Subject2_year = 2024
| THE_Subject2_ref = <ref name="THESubject"/>
| ARWU_Subject2_title = Clinical Medicine
| ARWU_Subject2 = 17
| ARWU_Subject2_N = 1
| ARWU_Subject2_year = 2023
| ARWU_Subject2_ref = <ref name="ARWUSubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2023|title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023|website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]|access-date=2023-10-27|archive-date=10 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210222318/https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

In the 2025 edition of the [[QS World University Rankings]], Heidelberg ranked 84th globally and 3rd in Germany.<ref name="QS"/> According to the 2024 [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]], the university was ranked 47th in the world and held the position as the 3rd best university in the country.<ref name="THE"/> Moreover, in the 2023 [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU World Rankings]], Heidelberg secured the 55th position worldwide and was ranked first nationally.<ref name="ARWU"/>

According to the funding report of the [[Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft|German Research Foundation]] (DFG) of 2018, which breaks down the grants from 2014 to 2016, the Heidelberg University ranked 2nd among German universities in the overall ranking, 7th in [[humanities]] and [[social science]]s and 4th among German universities in the [[List of life sciences|life sciences]] and [[natural science]]s. The approvals were normalised to the size of the university. In a competitive selection process, the DFG selects the best research projects from researchers at universities and research institutes and finances them. The ranking is thus regarded as an indicator of the quality of research.<ref>{{citation|title=Förderatlas 2018|date=18 July 2018|editor-surname1=Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft|periodical=Forschungsberichte|edition=1|location=Weinheim|publisher=Wiley-VCH|language=de|isbn=978-3-527-34520-5}}</ref>

In the [[Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities]] (NTU ranking) 2019, which measures the research outputs of universities, Heidelberg University is ranked 1st in Germany and 5th in Continental Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/ranking/OverallRanking/|title=NTU ranking 2019|access-date=4 March 2020|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920113921/http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/ranking/OverallRanking/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the [[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] 2019 Heidelberg University is ranked 1st in Germany and 13th in Continental Europe over all sciences according to the scientific impact (number of publications in core journals). According to the indicator "Collaboration", Heidelberg University is 1st in Germany and 10th in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2019/list|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking 2019|access-date=4 March 2020|archive-date=16 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716021252/https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2019/list|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ranked by the number of [[List of Nobel laureates|Nobel Laureates]] affiliated with the university at the time of Nobel Prize announcement, Heidelberg was placed 1st in Germany, 4th in Europe and 13th in the world by 2013.<ref name="Nobel">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/universities.html|title=Nobel Prizes and Universities|access-date=16 May 2008|work=Nobel Foundation Homepage|archive-date=10 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410035330/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/universities.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the [[University rankings#European Union|Third European Report on Science & Technology Indicators]] compiled by the [[European Commission]], Heidelberg ranked 4th nationally and 9th in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/indicators/docs/3rd_report_snaps10.pdf |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110709061451/ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/indicators/docs/3rd_report_snaps10.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2011 |title=CORDIS: Science and Technology Indicators: Snapshots |access-date=16 May 2008 |work=Third European Report on Science and Technology Indicators}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cordis.europa.eu/indicators/third_report.htm |title=CORDIS: Science and Technology Indicators: full version |access-date=16 May 2008 |work=Third European Report on Science and Technology Indicators |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607150202/http://cordis.europa.eu/indicators/third_report.htm |archive-date=7 June 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The German [[Bertelsmann Foundation|Center for Higher Education Development]] Excellence Ranking 2010, which measures academic performance of European graduate programs in biology, chemistry, economics, mathematics, physics, political sciences, and psychology, placed Heidelberg in the European excellence group for biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and psychology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.excellenceranking.org/eusid/EUSID|title=CHE ExcellenceRanking 2010|access-date=11 June 2010|format=PDF|work=Center for Higher Education Development Excellence Ranking|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622053638/http://www.excellenceranking.org/eusid/EUSID|archive-date=22 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Measured by the number of top managers in the German economy, Heidelberg University ranked 53rd in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.charly.education/presse/dax-karriere|title=An diesen Unis haben die DAX-Vorstände studiert {{!}} charly.education|website=www.charly.education|language=de|access-date=19 October 2019|archive-date=2 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802092251/https://www.charly.education/presse/dax-karriere|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|+ [[QS World University Rankings|QS]] World University Rankings by Subject 2024<ref name="QSSubject" />
! Subject !! Global !! National
|-
! {{Left|Arts & Humanities}}
! data-sort-value="72" | {{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=72
! data-sort-value="4" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4
|-
| Linguistics
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| data-sort-value="6–11" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;6–11}}
|-
| Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies
| data-sort-value="13" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;13}}
| data-sort-value="2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2}}
|-
| Archaeology
| data-sort-value="21" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;21}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Classics and Ancient History
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| English Language and Literature
| data-sort-value="73" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;73}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| History
| data-sort-value="40" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=40}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Modern Languages
| data-sort-value="63" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=63}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Philosophy
| data-sort-value="51–100" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;51–100}}
| data-sort-value="6–9" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;6–9}}
|-
! {{Left|Engineering and Technology}}
! N/A
! N/A
|-
| Computer Science and Information Systems
| data-sort-value="155" | {{Center|1={{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=155}}
| data-sort-value="7" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;7}}
|-
! {{Left|Life Sciences & Medicine}}
! data-sort-value="38" | {{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=38
! data-sort-value="1" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1
|-
| Biological Sciences
| data-sort-value="27" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;27}}
| data-sort-value="2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2}}
|-
| Medicine
| data-sort-value="31" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=31}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Nursing
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Pharmacy and Pharmacology
| data-sort-value="46" | {{Center|1={{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=46}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Psychology
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="4–7" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4–7}}
|-
! {{Left|Natural Sciences}}
! data-sort-value="50" | {{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;50
! data-sort-value="4" | {{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;4
|-
| Chemistry
| data-sort-value="68" | {{Center|1={{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=68}}
| data-sort-value="6" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;6}}
|-
| Earth and Marine Sciences
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| data-sort-value="8–13" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;8–13}}
|-
| Environmental Sciences
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| data-sort-value="15–18" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;15–18}}
|-
| Geography
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="3–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3–6}}
|-
| Geology
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="7–13" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;7–13}}
|-
| Geophysics
| data-sort-value="51–100" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;51–100}}
| data-sort-value="1–7" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1–7}}
|-
| Materials Sciences
| data-sort-value="201–250" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;201–250}}
| data-sort-value="10–11" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;10–11}}
|-
| Mathematics
| data-sort-value="143" | {{Center|1={{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=143}}
| data-sort-value="8" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;8}}
|-
| Physics and Astronomy
| data-sort-value="31" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;31}}
| data-sort-value="2" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;2}}
|-
! {{Left|Social Sciences & Management}}
! data-sort-value="210" | {{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=210
! data-sort-value="7–8" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;7–8
|-
| Accounting and Finance
| data-sort-value="251–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;251–300}}
| data-sort-value="10" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;10}}
|-
| Anthropology
| data-sort-value="51–100" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;51–100}}
| data-sort-value="2–5" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;2–5}}
|-
| Economics and Econometrics
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="6–9" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;6–9}}
|-
| Education and Training
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| data-sort-value="5–8" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;5–8}}
|-
| Law and Legal Studies
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| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
| Politics
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| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
| Sociology
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="5–8" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5–8}}
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; font-size: 90%"
|+ [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|THE]] World University Rankings by Subject 2024<ref name="THESubject" />
! Subject !! Global !! National
|-
| Arts & humanities
| data-sort-value="37" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;37}}
| data-sort-value="5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5}}
|-
| Clinical & health
| data-sort-value="35" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;35}}
| data-sort-value="2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2}}
|-
| Life sciences
| data-sort-value="32" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;32}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Physical sciences
| data-sort-value="42" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;42}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Psychology
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| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
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|+ [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU]] Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023<ref name="ARWUSubject" />
! Subject !! Global !! National
|-
! colspan="3" | Natural Sciences
|-
| Mathematics
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="14–20" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;14–20}}
|-
| Physics
| data-sort-value="45" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;45}}
| data-sort-value="2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2}}
|-
| Chemistry
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="13–21" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;13–21}}
|-
| Earth Sciences
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="5–10" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5–10}}
|-
| Geography
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="5–9" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;5–9}}
|-
| Atmospheric Science
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="13–22" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;13–22}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Engineering
|-
| Biomedical Engineering
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="6–10" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;6–10}}
|-
| Computer Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="4–7" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;4–7}}
|-
| Materials Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="14–18" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;14–18}}
|-
| Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="8–12" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;8–12}}
|-
| Biotechnology
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="2–7" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2–7}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Life Sciences
|-
| Biological Sciences
| data-sort-value="43" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;43}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Human Biological Sciences
| data-sort-value="46" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;46}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Medical Sciences
|-
| Clinical Medicine
| data-sort-value="18" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;18}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Public Health
| data-sort-value="51–75" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;51–75}}
| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
| Dentistry & Oral Sciences
| data-sort-value="76–100" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;76–100}}
| data-sort-value="3–7" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;3–7}}
|-
| Medical Technology
| data-sort-value="11" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;11}}
| data-sort-value="2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2}}
|-
| Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
| data-sort-value="35" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;35}}
| data-sort-value="2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Social Sciences
|-
| Economics
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="9–13" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;9–13}}
|-
| Statistics
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="2–6" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;2–6}}
|-
| Political Sciences
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="12–18" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;12–18}}
|-
| Sociology
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="9–11" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;9–11}}
|-
| Education
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="6–18" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;6–18}}
|-
| Psychology
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| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
| Public Administration
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="7–11" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;7–11}}
|-
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