HEIDELBERG, UNIVERSITY OF

German Ruprecht-Karl-Universität Heidelberg

Autonomous university at Heidelberg, Germany.

It was founded in 1386 and modeled on the University of Paris . The first college was founded by the Cistercian order. The university suffered a decline in the 17th–18th centuries but regained its prestige after a reorganization in the early 19th century, becoming a centre of sciences, law, and philosophy.