Facts & History
Data
Professors: 166
Academic Staff: ~ 650
Non-Academic Staff: 541
Students: ~ 11.000
Budget: ~ 71 Million Euro
Third-party income: ~ 18 Million Euro
Accreditations: "Triple Crown" (Business School): AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA
History
In 1955 the public Business School ("Staatliche Hochschule") moved into the east wing of Mannheim's baroque palace. The Business School used to be the "Commercial College" (Handelshochschule) which was founded in 1907. In 1939, under the Nazi's regime, it was closed. The college was re-established in 1946. In the fifties and sixties the Humanities an the Law School were established alongside Economics and Social Sciences. This is the reason why the council of ministers of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg decided to re-name the Business School on the 4th of July 1967, calling it the University of Mannheim. The University of Mannheim experienced enormous growth short after. While there were only 3150 students registered in 1967, the number of students trippled by the time of the mid-nineties counting more than 10 000 students.
