Neighbouring Research Facilities

Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg (BZH)

The Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), founded in 1996, unites the activities in biochemical research with teaching of the faculties Biology, Chemistry and Medicine at the University of Heidelberg.

Interdisziplinären Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen (IWR)

Passion and mission of the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing is to develop computational methods that enable trail-blazing applications. The work transcends the boundaries of disciplines or faculties, and bridges scientific cultures from engineering to the humanities.

Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering and Advanced Materials (IMSEAM)

The IMSEAM is dedicated to basic research in materials science with an initial focus on materials and devices for organic and printed electronics.

Institut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie (IPMB)

Research at the IPMB is focused on the development, investigation, and application of drugs and bioactive compounds, as well as on the elucidation of molecular and cellular mechanisms of action. This research integrates experimental approaches of chemistry, molecular and cellular biology, pharmacology, bioinformatics, and pharmaceutics. Main research areas of our institute include nucleic acids as tools and drug targets, development of new antiinfective drugs, research on neurodegenerative diseases as well as drug targeting and transport.

Research Unit Biodiversity (at the Centre for Organismal Studies)

Members of this research unit currently come from the physical geography (PH Heidelberg), the Institute for Earth Sciences, the Botanical Garden, the Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), the Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology as well as from the Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart.

Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA)

HCA’s purpose is to provide and impart the knowledge needed to understand the politics, culture, economy and society of the United States of America. The Center also facilitates a dialogue between academia and the public and contributes to the creation and strengthening of transatlantic networks.

South Asia Institute (SAI)

The SAI is an interdisciplinary center for research and teaching on South Asia. It deals with the countries Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE)

The HCE serves to network the existing competences in environmental sciences at Heidelberg University. Its aim is to scientifically address the existential challenges and ecological effects of natural, technical and social change on people across disciplinary and subject boundaries.

Heidelberg Centrum für Ibero-Amerika Studien (HCIAS)

The HCIAS deals with interdisciplinary issues relating to the macro-region of Ibero-America, centred on Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, as well as the areas to which they are historically or socio-economically linked, such as the Mediterranean, the Caribbean or the USA.

Heidelberg Center for Latin American Studies (HCLA)

The HCLA is the first postgraduate centre of a German university in Latin America. Through structural cooperation with the Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies (HCIAS), the HCLA is expanding research, teaching and knowledge transfer with leading universities and research institutes at the interface of the humanities, social and behavioural sciences in the overarching subject area of "Spaces and Dynamics".

The Marsilius Kolleg at Heidelberg University builds bridges between the scientific cultures in Heidelberg. Discussions and joint projects are intended to promote understanding and cohesion, particularly between the natural and life sciences on the one hand and the humanities, cultural studies, social sciences and law on the other.