Editing Heidelberg University (section)

===Federal Republic of Germany===
Since Heidelberg was spared from destruction during World War II, the reconstruction of the university was realized rather quickly. With the foundation of the Collegium Academicum, Heidelberg University became the home of Germany's first and, until today, only self-governed student hall. Newly laid statutes obliged the university to "The Living Spirit of Truth, Justice and Humanity".<ref name="histu"/>

During the 1960s and 1970s, the university grew dramatically in size. At this time, it developed into one of the main scenes of the left-wing [[student protests]] in Germany.<ref name="Ruprecht12.7.1995">{{cite web|url=http://mathphys.fsk.uni-heidelberg.de/ruprecht2.html |title=Student protests at Heidelberg |access-date=16 May 2008 |work=Ruprecht online – Heidelberg University Homepage |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215141632/http://mathphys.fsk.uni-heidelberg.de/ruprecht2.html |archive-date=15 February 2009 }} from ''Ruprecht'', issue 37, 12.07.95</ref> In 1975, a massive police force arrested the entire student parliament [[AStA]]. Shortly thereafter, the building of the Collegium Academicum, a progressive college in immediate vicinity to the university's main grounds, was stormed by over 700 police officers and closed once and for all. On the outskirts of the city, in the Neuenheimer Feld area, a large campus for medicine and [[natural sciences]] was constructed.<ref name="histu"/>

Today, about 29,000 students are enrolled for studies at Heidelberg University.<ref name="QS Profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university/heidelberguniversity/|title=QS – Heidelberg University statistics|access-date=2 October 2010|work=QS – Top Universities|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005014556/http://www.topuniversities.com/university/heidelberguniversity|archive-date=5 October 2010}}</ref> There are 4,196 full-time faculty, including 476 university professors.<ref name="Eitel1"/> In 2007, and again in 2012, the university was appointed ''[[German Excellence Universities|University of Excellence]]'' under an initiative started by the [[Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)|Federal Ministry of Education and Research]] and the [[Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft|German Research Foundation]]. This enhanced the German university system by establishing a small network of exceptionally well-funded universities, which are expected to generate strong international appeal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/press/news/538e.html|title=Press Releases – Rector Prof. Eitel: "An invaluable opportunity to aim at goals that would otherwise have been unattainable."|access-date=16 May 2008|work=Heidelberg University Homepage|archive-date=6 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106170015/http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/press/news/538e.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, [[Heidelberg University shooting|a mass shooting occurred in the university]], killing a woman and injuring three other people. The gunman then committed suicide.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mutmaßlicher Amoklauf auf Uni-Gelände in Heidelberg: Was wir wissen – und was nicht|trans-title=Suspected killing spree on university grounds in Heidelberg: what we know – and what we don't|url=https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/mannheim/polizei-einsatz-heidelberg-neuenheim-100.html|access-date=24 January 2022|website=[[SWR.de]]|language=de|archive-date=15 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415005652/https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/mannheim/polizei-einsatz-heidelberg-neuenheim-100.html|url-status=live}}</ref>