   the ruprecht-karls-universitÃ¤t heidelberg (heidelberg university, ruperto carola) is a public research university located in heidelberg, baden-wÃ¼rttemberg, germany. founded in 1386, it is the oldest university in germany and 5th oldest in central europe.prague (1348), krakÃ³w (1364), vienna (1365), pÃ©cs (1367), heidelberg (1386), cologne (1388) it was the third university established in the holy roman empire. heidelberg has been a coeducational institution since 1899. today the university consists of twelve faculties and offers degree programmes at undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels in some 100 disciplines.the university does not include departments of business, visual arts, and engineering, except for computer engineering. for a list of subjects offered see {{cite web |url=http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/studium/interesse/faecher/index.html|title=subjects offered at heid
1386_establishments Educational_institutions_established_in_the_14th_century Heidelberg Heidelberg_University Universities_and_colleges_in_Baden-WA 1/4 rttemberg Universities_in_Germany