While this is a bit off-subject it might be interesting to know that Heidelberg University as a whole scored again very well in the latest international university rankings: According to both QS World University Ranking and Shanghai Ranking it is again the best university in Germany and increased it’s worldwide ranking to 49.
![Heidelberg from Philosophers way](http://k1z.blog.uni-heidelberg.de/files/2013/04/heidelberg-small-300x225.jpg)