Editing Heidelberg University (section)

===Admission===
In the winter-semester 2006/2007, the university offered 3,926 places in undergraduate programs restricted by [[numerus clausus]], with an overall acceptance rate of 16.3%.<ref name=press1>{{cite web|url=http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/presse/news06/2608stud.html|title=Universität Heidelberg – Pressemitteilungen 1|access-date=16 May 2008|work=Heidelberg University Homepage|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701070649/http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/presse/news06/2608stud.html|archive-date=1 July 2007}}</ref> Most selective are the undergraduate programs in clinical medicine, molecular biotechnology, political science, and law, with acceptance rates of 3.6%,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zvs.de/Service/Download/Bew_Medizin_WS2006.pdf|title=Angebot- und Nachfrage nach Studienplätzen in bundesweit zulassungsbeschränkten Studiengängen zum Wintersemester 2006/2007 – Studiengang Medizin|access-date=16 May 2008 |work=ZVS Homepage |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080408213549/http://www.zvs.de/Service/Download/Bew_Medizin_WS2006.pdf  |archive-date = 8 April 2008}}</ref> 3.8%,<ref name="press1"/> 7.6%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rzuser.uni-hd.de/~it5/presse/news04/ausw.html|title=Universität Heidelberg – Pressemitteilungen 2|access-date=16 May 2008|work=Heidelberg University Homepage}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and 9.1%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rzuser.uni-hd.de/~it5/presse/news04/2409ausw.html|title=Universität Heidelberg – Pressemitteilungen 3|access-date=16 May 2008|work=Heidelberg University Homepage|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719103555/http://www.rzuser.uni-hd.de/~it5/presse/news04/2409ausw.html|archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref> respectively. The selection is exercised by allocating the best qualified applicants to a given number of places available in the respective discipline, thus depending primarily on the chosen subjects and the grade point average of the [[Abitur]] or its equivalent. For some majors and minors in humanities—particularly for conceptually non-vocational like classics and ancient history—unrestricted admission is granted under certain criteria (e.g., relevant language proficiency), as applications regularly do not exceed the number of places available.

[[File:Codex Manesse 271r Von Buchheim.jpg|left|thumb|upright|The University Library's collection includes the [[Codex Manesse]], an important German song manuscript of the Middle Ages.]]

For prospective international undergraduate students, a language test for German—such as the [[Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang|DSH]]—is required. Admission to consecutive Master's programs always requires at least an undergraduate degree equivalent to the German grade "good" (i.e., normally B+ in American, or 2:1 in British terms). Except for the Master's programs taught in English, a language test for German must be passed as well. PhD admission prerequisite is normally a strong Master's-level degree, but specific admission procedures vary and cannot be generalized.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Graduiertenakademie – Universität Heidelberg|url=https://www.graduateacademy.uni-heidelberg.de/|access-date=11 February 2023|website=www.graduateacademy.uni-heidelberg.de|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211115644/https://www.graduateacademy.uni-heidelberg.de/|url-status=live}}</ref> International applicants usually make up considerably more than 20% of the applicant pool and are considered individually by the merits achieved in their respective country of origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/press/news/press321_e.html|title=Heidelberg University – Press Releases|access-date=16 May 2008|work=Heidelberg University Homepage|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192058/http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/press/news/press321_e.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>