#23 Overall Influence

Heidelberg University

Public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Influence Rankings by Discipline

How’s this school influential?

#7 World Rank

Sociology

#10 World Rank

Anthropology

#14 World Rank

Chemistry

#15 World Rank

Philosophy

#18 World Rank

Physics

#19 World Rank

Psychology

#19 World Rank

Religious Studies

#21 World Rank

Law

#23 World Rank

History

#25 World Rank

Earth Sciences

#25 World Rank

Literature

#29 World Rank

Mathematics

#29 World Rank

Economics

#29 World Rank

Biology

#35 World Rank

Political Science

#44 World Rank

Social Work

#57 World Rank

Medical

#103 World Rank

Criminal Justice

#111 World Rank

Computer Science

#265 World Rank

Engineering

Influential People

Who are Heidelberg University's Most influential alumni?

Heidelberg University's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of Sociology, Anthropology, and Chemistry. Heidelberg University’s most academically influential people include Franz Boas, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and W.E.B. Du Bois.

Franz Boas

German-American anthropologist

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

German philosopher

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W.E.B. Du Bois

American sociologist, historian, activist and writer

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Talcott Parsons

American sociologist

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Max Born

German-Jewish physicist and mathematician

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Max Weber

German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist

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Wilhelm Wundt

German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor

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Louis Agassiz

Swiss naturalist

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Josiah Willard Gibbs

American physicist and scientist

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Hannah Arendt

Jewish-American political theorist

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Wilhelm Dilthey

German historian, psychologist, sociologist, student of hermeneutics, and philosopher

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Karl Pearson

English mathematician and biometrician

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About This School

How does this school stack up?

Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is Germany’s oldest university and one of the world’s oldest surviving universities. It was the third university established in the Holy Roman Empire.

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