Program Overview

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Academics

The University of Mannheim offers a wide range of academic programs for prospective students.

Before Your Studies

Before commencing their studies, students can explore various programs, including:

• Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Mannheim
• Pursuing a Master's Degree in Mannheim
• Advice on Choosing a Program
  • Advice and Services
  • Aptitude Tests
  • Intensive Course
  • Good Reasons to Get a Degree
  • Four Steps to University
  • The University at Fairs

Programs

The university provides information on different programs, including:

• Bachelor Lehramt Gymnasium: Kunst

Studying the Healthy Way

The university emphasizes the importance of studying in a healthy way, offering support in areas such as:

• Settling in
• All About Studying
• Pathways to Academic Success
• Academic Support
• Good Mental Health
  • Self-Care
  • Stress
  • Mindfulness
  • Exam Anxiety
  • Addiction Prevention
• Physical Fitness
  • Healthy Diet
  • Restful Sleep
  • University Sports
• Help in Times of Crisis
  • Feeling Unsure About Your Studies
  • Personal Crisis
  • Discrimination
  • Violence
  • Sexual Harassment and Assault
  • External Counseling Services
  • Support Groups

Advice and Services

The university offers various advice and services for students, including:

• Services for Prospective Students
  • Advice on Choosing a Program
  • Program Ambassadors
  • Admission and Enrollment
  • Financing
• Services for Students
  • Changing Lanes
  • Coaching
  • Learning and Study Techniques
  • Going Abroad
  • Coming to Mannheim
  • Social Counseling
  • Support for the Start of Your Career
• Services for Students in Special Circumstances
  • Advice for Students with Disabilities or Chronic Illnesses
  • Caregiving

During Your Studies

During their studies, students can access various resources, including:

• First-Year Students
  • Information on Your Program
    • Minor
  • Who Is Responsible for What?
    • Program Managers
  • Studying Under Special Circumstances
  • Orientation Events
  • ecUM Pick-up Service for First-Year Students
• Organizing Your Studies
  • Enrollment
  • Re-Registration
  • Academic Leave of Absence
  • Disenrollment
  • Fees
  • Parallel Studies
  • Formalities
• Examinations
• Contacting Student Services
  • Express Service
• Learning and Study Techniques
  • Workshops
  • Coaching
  • E-Learning Course: Self-Regulated Learning
  • Organizing Your Learning Activities
  • Types of Examinations
  • Completing Your Degree Program
• Studying: Information for Students
• Transitioning from a Bachelor’s to a Master’s Program
• Going Abroad
  • Study Abroad Fair
  • Studying Abroad
    • Before Applying
    • Information Sessions About Studying Abroad
    • After You Have Been Accepted
      • Sustainability Abroad
    • Partner Universities
    • Hidden Treasures
    • Application
    • Proof of Language Proficiency
    • Financing
      • Scholarships
      • BAföG for Stays Abroad
      • Student Loans
      • Country-Specific Funding
• Double and Joint Degree Programs
• Free Movers
• Summer and Spring Schools
• School Placement/Internship Abroad
  • Seeking an Internship
  • Financial Support
  • Internships at Schools
  • Insurance and Internship Agreements
• Special Requirements for International Students from Mannheim
• Students With Children
• Students with Disabilities
• State-to-State Programs
• The Baden-Wuerttemberg/North Carolina Exchange Program
  • Coming to Baden-Württemberg
  • Going to North Carolina
  • BW/NC Faculty Mobility Program
• Study Abroad with ENGAGE.EU
  • OEI
  • GSM
• Study Abroad Vlogs

After Your Studies

After completing their studies, students can explore various career opportunities, including:

• Career Opportunities
  • Fields of Work
    • Business Administration
    • History
    • Culture and Economy
    • Teacher Education
    • Literary Studies
    • Media and Communication Studies
    • Political Science
    • Psychology
    • Sociology
    • Linguistics
    • Law
    • Economics
    • Business Informatics
    • Mathematics in Business and Economics
    • Economic and Business Education
  • Job Opportunities
  • Practical Experience
  • Careers of Mannheim Graduates
  • Support for the Start of Your Career
  • Career in Academia and Research
• Founding a Startup
• Job Opportunities
• Alumni

Coming to Mannheim

International students can find information on:

• Exchange Students
  • Applying
  • Entry and Insurance
    • Contact for Your Visa Application
  • Welcome Week
    • Events
  • Directions
  • Enrollment
  • Housing
  • Courses
    • Summer and Winter Academies
    • Courses on German Language and Culture
    • Spring Term 2026
    • Fall Term 2025/2026
  • Before You Leave Mannheim
• International Degree-Seeking Students
  • Prior to Your Arrival
    • Financing Your Studies
    • Housing in Mannheim
    • Study Peers
    • Language Courses
    • Tuition Fees for International Students
  • Upon Your Arrival
    • International Stammtisch
  • During Your Studies
    • Winners of the DAAD Prize
  • Starting Your Career
    • Made in Mannheim
    • Information for Companies
    • International Alumni
• Double and Joint Degree Programs
• ENGAGE.EU Study Offers
• Incoming Portraits

Life-Long Learning

The university offers various opportunities for life-long learning, including:

• Continuing Education in Academia
• Mannheim Business School
• Language Courses
• Studium Generale
• Guest Student Program
• Zentrum für Schlüsselqualifikationen
• Language Courses DaZ and DaF
• Kids' University
• Mehr WISSENschaft

Dates

Important dates for prospective students, freshmen, and international students are available, including:

• Application Deadlines
• Academic Calendar
• Examination Dates
• Important Dates for Prospective Students
• Important Dates for Freshmen
• Important Dates for International Students

Research

The University of Mannheim is committed to research excellence, with various research institutions and initiatives.

Our Research

The university's research focus areas include:

• Accounting for Transparency
• Empirical Social Research
• Statistical Modeling
• Economic Perspectives on Societal Challenges

Service for Researchers

The university provides support for researchers, including:

• Supporting Early-Career Researchers
  • Good Doctoral Supervision
  • Simulated Appointment Procedures
  • International Teaching and Training Opportunities
• Support
  • Primo and Databases
  • Borrowing Items
  • Acquisition Requests and Order Service
  • Scanning Service for Print Literature
  • High Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Virtual Machines in the bwCloud
  • Cloud Storage Service: bwSync&Share
• Publishing
• Research Communication
• Founding a Company
• Personnel Management and Career
  • Family-Friendly Personnel Management
  • Professorial Appointment Procedures
  • Simulated Appointment Procedures
  • Improve Your Teaching
  • Training Abroad
  • Woman Postdocs
• Living and Working
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Maternity Leave and Parental Leave
  • Family Leave
  • Child Care
  • Child Care during School Holidays
  • Combining Work with Caregiving
  • Work and Disability
  • University Sports

Doctorate

The university offers various doctoral programs and support for doctoral students, including:

• Doctoral Studies in Mannheim
  • Individual Doctorate
  • Doctoral Programs
  • Regulations and Procedures Governing the Doctoral Dissertation
  • Admission and Enrollment
• Financing
  • Insurances for Doctoral Students
• Internationalization
  • Going Abroad
    • Stays Abroad
• Continuing Education and Qualification
  • Events for Doctoral Students
• Doctoral Students' Councils
• Advisory Services
  • Individual Counseling Services
  • Advising in Cases of Conflict
  • Pursuing a Doctorate under Special Circumstances
  • Promoting Female Researchers
  • Important Downloads

Postdoctoral Research Phase

The university supports postdoctoral researchers through various initiatives, including:

• Postdoc Career Academy
  • Postdoctoral Research Phase
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Continued Academic Training
  • Postdoc Fund
    • Data Protection
  • Internationalization
    • Grants for Travel Expenses
  • Advice and Services
    • Advice on Career Opportunities for Postdocs
• Conflicts

Campus

The University of Mannheim's campus offers various facilities and services, including:

• The Schloss
  • Schneckenhof
• Sports
• Mannheim
  • Living in Mannheim
    • Neighborhoods in the City of Mannheim
  • Getting Around in Mannheim
• Eating and Drinking at the University of Mannheim
• myUniMA Story
• Music, Theater, and Art
• Student Organizations and Departmental Student Committees
  • Student Organizations
  • Departmental Student Committees
• Uni-Fest

About

The University of Mannheim's profile includes:

• Newsroom
  • Media Relations
    • Press Releases
    • Press Photos
    • Finding an Expert
    • Newsletter, Publications, and Social Media
    • Contact
    • Newsletter Subscription Service
  • News
  • Newsletter
  • FORUM
    • Edition 2/2025
      • Focus
      • Profile
      • Research
      • Education
      • Network
      • Campus Life
      • People
    • Edition 1/2025
      • Focus
      • Profile
      • Research
      • Education
      • Network
      • Campus Life
      • People
    • Edition 2024
    • Edition 2/2023
    • Edition 1/2023
    • Edition 2/2022
    • Issue 1/2022
  • Bulletin of the President's Office
  • Events
• Schools
  • Department of Law
  • Department of Economics
  • Business School
  • School of Social Sciences
  • School of Humanities
  • School of Business Informatics and Mathematics
• Getting Involved
  • University of Mannheim Foundation
  • Freunde der Universität Mannheim
  • Other Foundations and Funding
  • Honors
• Profile
  • Rankings
  • Facts and Figures
  • Strategy
  • Diversity
  • Sustainability
  • Transfer
  • bwUni.digital
  • Campus Extension Around Friedrichspark
  • History
• International
  • ENGAGE.EU
  • U7+
• Centers, Institutions, Affiliates, and Partners
• Working at the University of Mannheim
  • Job Vacancies
  • Benefits
  • Job Alert
  • Job Insights – Working at the University
  • Vocational Training, Cooperative Study Program, Internship
    • Internship
    • Training Provider in Cooperative Study Programs
      • Cooperative Study Program in Computer Science
      • Cooperative Study Program in Business Informatics
      • Cooperative Study Program in Digital Business Management
    • Vocational Training
      • Media and Information Specialist (FaMI)
      • Library Traineeship
      • IT Specialist for System Integration
      • IT Specialist for Application Development
• Organization
  • President's Office
    • President's Office
      • Bodies and Committees
    • University Supervisory Board
    • Senate
    • Committees and Councils
      • Research Strategy Committee
      • Committee on Discipline
    • Elections to the Bodies
    • Schedule of Meetings
  • Administration
    • Legal Division
    • Division I
    • Division II
    • Division III
    • Division IV
    • Division V
    • Division VI
  • Service Units
    • Department of Safety and Security
    • Data Protection
    • Equal Opportunity and Diversity
    • Teaching and Learning Center
  • Representatives
    • Data Protection Officer
• Teaching
  • Mission Statement for Teaching
  • Course Design
    • Qualification and Continuing Education
    • Teaching Advice and Service
    • Teaching Organization
      • Lecture Recordings
      • Course Reserves
  • Digital Teaching
  • Transfer
  • International Teaching
    • Teaching Abroad
    • Online Exchange Initiative
  • Funds and Awards
    • Tag der Lehre
    • Teaching Awards
    • Fund
    • “Innovative Digital Teaching” Fund
  • Teaching Projects
    • Hochschulweiterbildung@BW
    • Sustainability Program for Visiting Scholars
    • InnoMA
    • PePP
    • Data Literacy
      • Information for Teachers
      • The MaDaLi² Project
  • Service Learning