Population
155,76K
Heidelberg, Stadt · 2024-12-31 · AGS 08221000
Cities
Heidelberg
BW · Heidelberg municipality
Student decision snapshot
Study destination evidence for Heidelberg
Heidelberg uses the official Destatis / GV-ISys municipality boundary for the public city and population contract. Metro areas, neighbouring municipalities and institution marketing regions are not silently folded into this profile.
1 verified institutions1 verified teaching locations5 verified city metrics
Student living
€895–€2,013
Indicative monthly EUR reference · source methodology varies by city
Student transport
€45–€63 / month
Source-native ticket period · enrolment or eligibility conditions apply
Student work
20 h / week
Federal reference for eligible third-country students during lecture periods; individual residence conditions still control
Metric context
Living: Heidelberg University publishes an approximate monthly range from EUR 895 to EUR 2,013 depending on lifestyle.
Transport: Heidelberg University current monthly public-transport budget range; regular Deutschlandticket is EUR 63/month and lower eligible student/youth options may apply.
Germany programme delivery verification pending
CampCareer has a Germany programme catalogue, but the current city seed relationships do not prove campus-specific delivery. Institution or teaching-location presence is never used to infer programme delivery; city programmes will appear only after explicit offering-to-campus evidence is verified.
The city catalogue state is shown as verification pending rather than “0 programmes”.
Verified institutions in Heidelberg municipality
1 institutions · 1 locationsThis is the Phase 3 initial verified teaching-location set, not a complete inventory of every German university site. Multi-campus institutions are kept inside the municipality boundary only when the teaching location itself is explicitly verified.
Heidelberg University
Verified domain uni-heidelberg.de · 1 teaching location
Neuenheimer Feld Campus · Im Neuenheimer Feld · 69120
Career environment
City of Heidelberg employment by economic sector, current city statistics These are context signals, not shortage rankings, job guarantees or immigration eligibility signals.
Healthcare and social workProfessional, scientific and technical servicesEducationInformation and communicationManufacturing
International student work context
The stored federal reference is up to 20 hours per week during lecture periods for eligible third-country students, or the annual 140 full / 280 half-day rule.
Student auxiliary academic work has a separate exception in the stored federal guidance.
Third-country students may use the 140 full/280 half-day annual rule or work up to 20 hours/week during lecture periods; student auxiliary academic work is exempt from these restrictions.
Metric sources
Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder — GV-ISys · 2024-12-31 · high confidenceCity of Heidelberg — Economic data · 2025-06-30 · medium confidenceHeidelberg University — Study Financing for International Students · 2026-08-10 · high confidenceMake it in Germany — Study and work · 2026-08-10 · high confidence
City Compare
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