Spirit of Commitment
A typical characteristic of the University of Mannheim is the high level of commitment demonstrated by its scientists, students and employees. The students’ commitment is not just academic. With a range of offerings, the University links teaching and research achievements on the one hand and making a contribution to society on the other.
Corporate Social Responsibility
As a member of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative, the University of Mannheim has set itself the goal, enshrined in its mission statement, of developing its students into responsible leaders in business, society and scholarship. Topics such as business ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability are an integral part of teaching and research. Many scholars also pass on their knowledge as advisors to the government, companies or nonprofit entities.
http://csr.uni-mannheim.de (German)
Service Learning
Service Learning is a method of lerning in which scientific subject matters are combined with active commitment to charitable activities. Through this method students are given an understanding of taking responsabilty as well as gaining practical experience. The University received an award from the Jimmy Carter Foundation for its Service Learning courses.
http://www.uni-mannheim.de/sl (German)
Student Initiatives
More than 30 student initiatives also offer the opportunity to get involved in the fields of business,social projects, culture or media. SIFE Mannheim, for example, launches social projects with economic expertise. The group represents Germany in the SIFE Worldcup 2009 as national winner. For international students, the VISUM Initiative has set up the “Buddy Program”.
List of student initiatives (Asta) I List of accredited initiatives
Scholarship System
In the year 2007, the University of Mannheim established a scholarship system. By now the University owns one of the largest scholarship systems of all public universities in Germany. Thereby the University works in close cooperation with its partners and funders. All scholarships have two things in common. Its recipients are chosen on the basis of their performance and the scholarships require an application. All scholarships are directed towards enrolled students, as well as applicants. The scholarship system contains several programmes: the Deutschland Scholarship, the Mannheim Scholarship, the Mannheim Sports Scholarship and the Mannheim Votum Scholarship.
www.uni-mannheim.de/stipendium/english
Schlossfest
Once a year, at the beginning of fall term, the university invites its freshers, current students, associates as well as the citizens of the region to enjoy the atmosphere of the palace surrounding encircled with music, cultural performances and party.
www.uni-mannheim.de/schlossfest (German)
Renaissance of the Baroque palace
With the unique project "Renaissance of the Baroque Palace" the University of Mannheim wants to open up to the city and public and strengthen the students identification with the university. The project is a university accomplishment in the best sense: all members contributed to the success of the project by varied activities as for example workshops, exhibitions, performances and collective redecorating of the building.
www.uni-mannheim.de/renaissance (German)
