The courses differ from very interesting and helpful for the studies to boring and not very well prepared. The quality of teachers also ranges in those categories. They have a good library where you can find almost any book required for your university needs. The two language courses I visited differed strongly in quality, so you better inform yourself, which language you are actually able to acquire at the end, and which course you are just wasting your time with. The institute itself is quite a small one, which means the interaction with professors and fellow students is easy.
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Small institute, close to the student administration
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Many courses not well prepared, no historical/cultural courses
Heidelberg is a large university and university town, but there are also several international businesses in the area, so it has a very international feel, which at times was great and at times was not exactly what I wanted (English was very common, so it was up to me to make sure I was speaking German in my everyday encounters). It is a beautiful town, and a pretty good location to visit other parts of Germany and Europe.
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The master programme covers a wide range of topics: from intellectual history to social governance, even art history and museum studies. Interested parties can study in the focus that suits them most. In the third semester, students get to do study exchange or internship to enrich their studies or aid their thesis research, which is quite a practical approach.
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Pros
It's practical in a sense and has room for freedom
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