Heidelberg University School of Medicine

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The Heidelberg University School of Medicine (also known as the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg, German: Medizinische Fakultät Heidelberg) is one of twelve schools at Heidelberg University. It was one of the four original faculties of the university in 1386. Today, it encompasses 22 institutes and maintains a close relationship to the University Hospital Heidelberg.

Its medical degree program comprises two years of basic science, followed by the first of three steps of the German medical licensing examination, and four years of clinical studies. From 2001 on, all medical students at Heidelberg University, University Hospital Heidelberg (as opposed to the Heidelberg University Faculty of Medicine in Mannheim) pursue a reformed, six-year-long course called "HeiCuMed" ("Heidelberger Curriculum Medicinale"). This degree course is an adapted version of the Harvard Medical School curriculum.[1][2] Undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs of Heidelberg University Medical School have played a fundamental role in Heidelberg being awarded "University of Excellence" status by the German Universities Excellence Initiative.

Noted physicians

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Rankings

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University rankings
By subject – Global & National
QS Medicine 2022[3] =29 1
THE Clinical and Health 2023[4] =38 2
ARWU Clinical Medicine 2022[5] 17 1
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CHE Ranking 2020 – National
Medicine[6]
Overall study situation  1.6
Research orientation
Study organisation  1.5
Support in studies
Support in the study entry phase  9/14 pts.
Coursed offered
Teacher support
Exam preparation
Laboratory internships
Teaching of scientific competence
Scientific-artistical orientation
Graduations in appropriate time
International orientation
Contact with work environment
Job market preparation
Citations per publication
Doctorates per professor
Publications per professor  23.1
Research reputation
Third party funds per professor
Third party funds per academic

The Heidelberg University School of Medicine has been consistently ranked at or near the top of rankings of German medical schools.[3][4][5]

In the national 2020 CHE University Ranking, the department is rated in the top group in 23 out of 25 criteria.[6]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ HeiCuMed - The Concept (German)
  2. ^ University of Heidelberg - Faculty of Medicine Heidelberg - University of Heidelberg
  3. ^ a b "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Medicine". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  4. ^ a b "World University Rankings 2023 by subject: clinical and health". Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  5. ^ a b "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022 - Clinical Medicine". Academic Ranking of World Universities. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  6. ^ a b "Studying Medicine in Germany". CHE University Ranking. Retrieved 2020-12-31.