Editing Heidelberg University (section)

===International cooperations===
Heidelberg is a founding member of the [[League of European Research Universities]], the [[Coimbra Group]], and the [[European University Association]]. The university forms part of the German-Japanese University Consortium HeKKSaGOn, and it participates in 7 European exchange schemes for researchers and students, such as [[ERASMUS programme|ERASMUS]]. Furthermore, it is actively involved in the development of the German-speaking [[Andrássy Gyula German Language University of Budapest|Andrássy University of Budapest]], and co-runs the school of German law at the [[Jagiellonian University|Jagiellonian University of Kraków]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/international/|title=International cooperations|access-date=16 May 2008|work=Heidelberg University Homepage|archive-date=18 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918222910/http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/international/|url-status=live}}</ref> The city of Heidelberg being twinned with [[Cambridge|Cambridge, England]], and [[Montpellier|Montpellier, France]], there are close academic ties to the [[University of Cambridge]] and the [[Université de Montpellier]]. Beyond Europe, the university and its faculties maintain specific agreements with 58 partner universities in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and the [[Russian Federation]]. In total, the Higher Education Compass of the German Rector's Conference lists staff and student exchange agreements as well as research cooperations with 236 universities worldwide. Some of the most notable partner universities include [[Cornell University]], [[Duke University]], [[Georgetown University]], [[Harvard University]], [[Sciences Po|Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po)]], [[Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University|Pantheon Sorbonne University]], [[University of Cambridge]], [[University of Oxford]], [[Tsinghua University]], and [[Yale University]].<ref>See {{cite web|url=http://81.169.169.236/kompass/xml/index_koop_en.htm|title=The Higher Education Compass – International Cooperations|access-date=16 May 2008|work=German Rectors Conference Homepage|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331095043/http://81.169.169.236/kompass/xml/index_koop_en.htm|archive-date=31 March 2008}}</ref>