Academy of Languages Heidelberg

The Academy of Languages is located in the historic centre of the university city, just a few metres from the Neckar river. From the school building you have a wonderful view of Heidelberg's old town, the castle and the Neckar valley.

The Academy of Languages is now one of the largest language schools in Germany. The language courses and examinations in Heidelberg are attended by more than 10,000 language students and examination candidates every year. Participants in the German courses come from over 100 countries every year.

Thanks to its international character , the school offers language students a unique opportunity to meet people of other languages and cultures, to improve their newly acquired language skills in conversations in the corridors or in the school's break room or during the cultural and sporting activities organised several times a week.

With 70 multimedia-equipped classrooms (up to 85 in summer) and three internet rooms with 50 PCs, free internet access, WLAN and thanks to its central location, the Academy of Languages fulfils all the requirements to make your language study stay in Heidelberg a special experience.

Several student residences with approx. 500 rooms, a boarding school, flats, the school's own hotel and numerous host families provide year-round accommodation for students from all over the world.

Heidelberg, once the capital of the Electorate of the Palatinateand the intellectual centre of Calvinism, is located in the charming Neckar Valley and is characterised by a particularly mild climate. Heidelberg's beauty has attracted many poets, painters and scientists throughout history. In the early 19th century, the city on the Neckar became the most importantcentre of German late Romanticism. The poets Arnim, Brentano, Goethe and Eichendorff are inextricably linked with this epoch.

TheRuprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, the oldest university in Germany, "confirmed its leading position among the best universities in Germany in 2017 and can also hold its own in a global comparison with strong rankings.

Numerous monuments bear witness to the eventful history of the Neckar metropolis. The city's landmark is located around 70 metres above the Neckar on the slope of its local mountain, the Königstuhl. The ruins of the electoralpalaceare one of the most impressive things to see on a trip to Germany (in 2016, the palace was one of the most popular destinations in Germany for foreign holidaymakers).

If you climb up to the palace, you first pass through the gate into the garden, the famous "Hortus Palatinus", which was laid out at the beginning of the 17th century. From the palace garden, you have a wonderful view of Heidelberg and thePhilosophenweg opposite. In the inner courtyard of the palace, the buildings from different eras are fascinating.

The baroque town houses with their ornamental façades and portals are particularly eye-catching on a tour of theOld Town. The market square with the Protestant Heiliggeistkirche church and the magnificent Renaissance building "Zum Ritter" form the centre of the old town. Below the Heiliggeistkirche, there are many old alleyways with pubs and restaurants. The "Old Bridge" over the Neckar is one of the most beautiful stone bridges in Germany.

The surrounding area with the castles in the Neckar valley, the German Wine Route, the old cultural landscape of the Upper Rhine and the mountains of the Odenwald also offers many opportunities for adventure. The proximity to Frankfurt, Karlsruhe and Stuttgart airports makes Heidelberg easily accessible for guests from all over the world.

In addition to tradition and romance, the name Heidelberg also stands for a modern business and science centre with an international reputation. Heidelberg is home to the traditional university, the Academy of Sciences, the German Cancer Research Centre, four Max Planck Institutes, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the Print Media Academy of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, the SAS Institute and numerous other research centres of major international corporations.

This scientific density is unparalleled in Germany and is the basis for a dynamic, science-oriented economic development that puts Heidelberg - despite its population of just 150,000 - in the top group of major German economic centres.

Heidelberg is one of Germany's leading cultural centres , as evidenced by its numerous museums and theatres. Literature is omnipresent in the city, and Heidelberg has held the honorary title of"Unesco City of Literature" since December 2014. Together with its neighbouring cities (Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Speyer, Schwetzingen, Worms, to name the most important), which are part of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region, Heidelberg and the surrounding area offer a wide variety of cultural events of supra-regional importance:

• Heidelberg Castle Festival
• Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival
• Heidelberg Theatre Days
• Heidelberg Literature Days
• Heidelberg Spring Festival
• Heidelberg Play Market
• Festival of German Film
• Mannheim Mozart Summer
• Schwetzingen Festival
• Nibelungen Festival - Worms
• International Schiller Festival - Mannheim
• International Street Theatre Festival Ludwigshafen
• Photo Festival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg
• Enjoy Jazz, international festival for jazz - Heidelberg
• Ludwigshafen Festival

• Educational expertise in great diversity: F+U is the sponsor of VICTORIA | International University with campuses in Berlin and Baden-Baden, an international vocational academy(iba), bilingual schools (primary school, grammar school), a secondary school and several technical schools with a vocational and foreign language focus. F+U also offers the International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Programme for international students.
• International boarding school: Accommodation for underage long-term students
• 24-hour telephone service, seven days a week.
• Examination centre for TOEFL®, TestDaF, telc, TestAS, TOEIC®, onSET, ECL and other examinations and tests.
• Memberships and partnerships: FaDaF (Fachschaft Deutsch als Fremdsprache); VDP (Bundesverband deutscher Privatschulen); FDSV (Fachverband Deutscher Sprachschulen und Sprachreise-Veranstalter e.V.), AOK (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse); Eurohodip (European Hotel Diploma); DRV - Deutscher Reisebüro und Reiseveranstalter Verband; Olympiastützpunkt Rhein-Neckar e.V.; Deutsches Jugendherbergswerk.
• Committed to quality: A certified quality management system (DIN EN ISO 9001: 2008) permanently monitors compliance with important quality standards.

• Year-round guarantee for all language courses.
• Wide range of rooms in our own student residences, flats, with host families and in the F+U Hotel "Bayrischer Hof".
• International atmosphere (students from more than 115 countries in 2019).
• Central location in one of the most beautiful cities in Germany.
• Good value for money.