Heidelberg University rankings have always been within the top 100 in QS World University Rankings and among the top 50 in Times Higher Education. In 2025, Heidelberg University ranks #=84 in QS and #=47 in THE. The university has improved in QS rankings from #=87 in 2024 (#=84 in 2025) while it remains unchanged in Times Higher Education. Heidelberg University also ranks among the top 100 worldwide for popular subjects like Pharmacy, Arts, Medicine, Law, Life Sciences across the top ranking bodies.

Heidelberg University Rankings: Worldwide

Below are the Heidelberg University rankings in the world including last 5 year trends according to esteemed ranking bodies:

Ranking Agency 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
QS World University Rankings #=84 #=87 #=65 #63 #64
US News Best Global Universities Rankings - #55 #57 #54 -
Times Higher Education #=47 #47 #43 #=42 #42

Heidelberg University Rankings: Subject-Wise

Heidelberg University ranks in QS for 34 subjects with 9 of them ranking within the top 50 worldwide. THE ranks Heidelberg University for 7 subjects and 6 of those are ranking among top 100 in the world.

Heidelberg University QS Rankings

Medicine, Life Sciences and Medicine, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Law and Legal Studies are some of the top ranked subjects offered by Heidelberg University according to QS Subject Rankings 2025. Below are the which have improved as per 2025 rankings:

  • Arts and Humanities- #=72 in 2024 to #=66 in 2025
  • Life Sciences and Medicine- #=38 in 2024 to #=33 in 2025
Subjects 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Medicine #32 #=31 #36 #=29 #30
Life Sciences and Medicine #33 #=38 #39 #35 #34
Pharmacy and Pharmacology #=52 #=46 #41 #=73 #=49
Law and Legal Studies #69 #=62 #63 #=62 #55
Arts and Humanities #66 #=72 #61 #=63 #=62
Psychology #101-150 #101-150 #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Computer Science and Information Systems #=165 #=155 #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Economics and Econometrics #201-250 #151-200 #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Accounting and Finance #301-375 #251-300 #251-300 #251-300 #201-250

Heidelberg University US Rankings

US News has listed 31 courses of Heidelberg University in the latest subject rankings. 17 of these courses are ranked among the top 200 in the world.

Subjects Ranking
Arts and Humanities #132
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems #72
Clinical Medicine #42
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology #89
Pharmacology and Toxicology #116
Chemistry #210
Computer Science #338
Materials Science #578
Mathematics #312
Social Sciences and Public Health #162

Heidelberg University THE Rankings

Given below is the complete list of Heidelberg University courses in according to Times Higher Education:

Subjects 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Life Sciences #36 #32 #27 #34 #35
Arts and Humanities #37 #37 #35 £33 #33
Medical and Health #38 #35 #=38 #=38 #36
Physical Sciences #39 #42 #=34 #29 #28
Law #50 - - - -
Psychology - #73 #91 - #75
Computer Science #101-125 - - - -

Heidelberg University ranks among the world's top 100 universities according to popular ranking bodies like QS, THE and Times Higher Education. It also competes in the world's top 50 universities for a range of subjects including Life Sciences, Arts, Medicine, Law etc.