Lectures and Courses
The students' individual interests are the starting point for setting their academic prioritisation: An individual Learning Agreement will be drawn up at the beginning of the programme.
Among others, you can select courses from the following areas of law and specialisation:
• European law
• International law
• Comparative law
• Civil law
• International private law
• Public law
• Environmental law
• Tax law
• Criminal law
• Criminology
Course Catalogue
The range of lectures and courses offered by the University of Heidelberg and the Law Faculty can be found in in the online course catalogue heiCO
from the summer semester 2024.
To see the courses offered at the Law Faculty, please click on the box Courses on heiCO
You can find a short instruction of the ERASMUS coordination of the the Law Faculty here.
See also the detailed instructions for heiCo on the university website.
To access the courses of the Faculty of Law, select “Faculty of Law” under “Organisation”. Under “Filter” you can select the language of instruction, for example English.
The courses are generally held in German (B1 level).
Until winter semester 2023-2024:
The courses from previous semesters can be found in the online course catalogue (LSF). At the top right of the page you can select the different semesters and the language version.
The current annotated course catalogue of the Faculty of Law in with explanations of the professors/lecturers in printed form is available towards the end of the semester break at the entrance to the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Law in the “Juristisches Seminar”.
Activities for International Students
To facilitate the start of your studies at Ruperto Carola, there is a rich offer of activities for international students:
International Relations Office
The International Relations Office offers the following events for all international students at the University of Heidelberg:
• Orientation days
• Buddy Programme
Law Faculty
In addition, the Law Faculty offers the following courses, which are also designed with international students in mind:
• Colloquium: in Comparative Private Law
• Communication/Contract Design/Dispute Resolution
• International Dispute Resolution in Private and Law (only in the spring/summer semester)
of the International Relations Office and the Law Tandem for international and German law students in Heidelberg to meet fellow students from Germany and abroad.Language Courses
There are many ways to prepare yourself linguistically and subject-specifically for your studies at the University of Heidelberg. Moreover, you can attend Language Courses during your ERASMUS stay and thus improve your subject-specific knowledge. Please see the overview of language courses on the website of the International Relations Office and in the information brochure Law and Foreign Language Courses
.
Courses in Foreign Languages
In general, courses at the Law Faculty are held in German (B1 level). You can find a basic list of the courses offered in a foreign language in the information brochure Law and foreign language courses.
Lectures in foreign law are usually taught in the respective language - e.g. English, French or Italian.
under the heading "Legal Writing, Foreign Language and the corresponding Judicial Terminology" and "Courses in English".
See here a list of courses held in English.
Overview: Choosing Courses and Attendance Function
You can compile your schedule independently according to the requirements of your home university. It will be agreed upon in the Learning Agreement. For more information, please see the respective forms and the instructions.
After you have compiled your timetable, please register for your selected courses via the Attendance Function.
Moodle
Moodle is the central e-learning platform of the University of Heidelberg. It provides text, audio and video files for the individual courses.
The online events and associated learning materials will be made available on the newly established Moodle page: https://moodle.uni-heidelberg.de.
