We are a university requiring on-site attendance, a place to exchange and discuss ideas and learn together. We promote a culture of openness, equal opportunity, and diversity. All members of the University of Mannheim, including the university’s management, the teachers, and the employees in the university administration, work together to offer high-quality and successful teaching and excellent study conditions. With close ties to our research areas, we currently support about 12,000 students by continuously developing teaching and learning processes.
Comprehensive approach to education
Teaching is not just about providing students with expert knowledge and methodological, subject-specific competencies on the highest academic level. The university has a comprehensive approach to education: Our students and graduates will become educated and cosmopolitan citizens and experts contributing to solving current and future challenges in society, economy, and academia.
International experience
Gaining international experience is a particularly important part of teaching at the University of Mannheim. We want to provide our students with the opportunity to study at a university abroad without delaying their study progress. A mandatory semester abroad is already part of some of our degree plans, for example, of the bachelor’s program in Business Administration. We also have digital formats which enable students to gain international experience while staying in Mannheim.
Digitalization of teaching and learning
Another focus is expanding the digitalization in teaching. We want to offer modern study conditions and continue to be a promising and attractive place of teaching and learning. The University of Mannheim intentionally uses new digital technologies in teaching and learning. We want to create and teach knowledge as best as possible, create opportunities for lifelong learning, and meet our societal responsibility.
Innovative course design
Our teachers have access to numerous support services for (re) designing courses. The Teaching and Learning Center, the University Library, and the University IT offer extensive continuing education and training courses and many support and consultation services. The Center for Teacher Education and Educational Innovation is responsible for continuously developing teaching activities at schools.
Gaining teaching experience abroad
In addition to helping students to spend some time abroad, we want to make teaching on campus more international. Our exchange programs and international teaching collaborations provide our teachers with the opportunity to gain teaching experience abroad and include this in their teaching in Mannheim.
Transfer activities in teaching
Our teaching is transfer-oriented. Study and learning formats which include external partners are an important part of our teaching, for example a structured Gap Year internship program or service-learning programs in Teacher Education. In Economics, Business Administration, and Business Informatics, teaching and professional practice are particularly closely linked. Internships are also an integral part of our curriculum in Social Sciences and the Humanities.
