Facts and Figures
Facts and Figures
What you should know about SRH University Heidelberg
SRH University Heidelberg can look back on over 50 years of tradition in education and research. These are the milestones of an exciting development.
Presidents
| Since May 2020 | Prof. Dr. Carsten Diener |
| 04/2017 - 04/2020 | Prof. Dr. Katja Rade |
| 01/2017 - 03/2017 | Prof. Dr. Carolin Sutter (provisional president) |
| 2008-2016 | Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jörg M. Winterberg |
| 2000-2008 | Prof. Dr. Wolfram Hahn |
| 1980-2000 | Prof. Horst Methner |
| 1972-1980 | Prof. Werner Herrmann |
| 1968-1972 | Prof. Fritz Schulz-Linkholdt (Gründungsrektor) |
History
| May 2020 | Prof. Dr. Carsten Diener is named new president of SRH University Heidelberg. |
| October 2017 | New programs: Big Data and Business Analytics (M.Sc.) and MBA Sales Management |
| April 2017 | Prof. Dr. Katja Rade is named new president of SRH University Heidelberg. New program: Therapeutic Sciences (M.Sc.) |
| March 2017 | The SRH University Heidelberg is one of three Universities of Applied Sciences nominated for Stifterverband's Genius Loci Award for Excellence in Teaching. |
| 2016 | Institute of Applied Research is established. School of Information, Media and Design is renamed. |
| October 2015 | The first graduates to study exclusively under the CORE principle leave the University. New program: Cross Media Design (B.A.) |
| October 2014 | New programs: Occupational Therapy (B.Sc.) and Physiotherapy (B.Sc.) |
| February 2014 | Opening of physiotherapy and music therapy outpatient clinic on the SRH Campus |
| October 2012 | The number of students exceeds the 3,000 mark. All new students start with the same two-week introductory module and then study under the CORE principle, the new study model of SRH University Heidelberg. |
| January 2011 | The sixth faculty, the School of Applied Psychology, is founded. |
| October 2010 | SRH University exceeds the mark of 2,000 students. |
| October 2010 | 1st International Week with 20 international lecturers, 80 international and around 100 German students. |
| July 2009 | Re-accreditation by the German Council of Science and Humanities. |
| December 2008 | Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jörg M. Winterberg succeeds Prof. Dr. Wolfram Hahn as President of SRH University Heidelberg. |
| July 2007 | Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences changes its name to SRH University Heidelberg. |
| October 2005 | The School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is the first school of the university to offer Bachelor programs in Social Work, Business Law and Business Psychology and to discontinue diploma study programs. |
| October 2004 | Inauguration of the new University building in Ludwig Guttmann Street in Heidelberg-Wieblingen: the so-called “Science-Tower” |
| July 2004 | First private university of applied sciences to be accredited by the German Council of Science and Humanities. |
| 2001 | First Master’s program, “Master of Science in Computer Science”, at the Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences. |
| 1998 | The Department of Business receives the State Teaching Award of Baden-Württemberg for its Heidelberg Model. |
| 1997 | Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences is the first German university to be certified DIN EN ISO 9001. |
| 1975 | The professors at all Schools of the University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg receive their accreditation from the Ministry of Education. |
| 1969 | The predecessor to SRH University Heidelberg begins operations as an “undertaking for the vocational rehabilitation of disabled people” on 1 October. |
| 1964 | Start of construction of the first center in Heidelberg-Wieblingen. |
| 1960 | Foundation of the Berufsförderungswerk Heidelberg Foundation, with its first center in Heidelberg-Pfaffengrund, which emerged from a church association, the Stoeckerwerk Association. |
