Internship at the University of Mannheim

Pupils in the 9th grade or older who are at least 14 years old can complete a one-week BORS/BOGY internship (Berufs- und Studienorientierung an Realschulen/Gymnasien) at the University of Mannheim either at the University IT (UNIT) or at the University Library (UB). During the internship, participants will gain an insight into the possible career options in the respective fields of work.

• The internship usually lasts one to two weeks.
• Pupils are covered by accident insurance through their schools during the career orientation internships.
• No remuneration can be granted.
• Please apply approximately six weeks prior to the start of the internship and include a brief letter of motivation, your CV, and your most recent school transcript with your application.

You are currently completing your FaMI training and would like to get to know how it is to work in an academic library? During an internship of one or two weeks, you can take a closer look at the different fields of work and activities of the Mannheim University Library. Managing the loans procedure at the circulation desk or interlibrary loans, acquisition and cataloging, digitization, and more – look forward to gaining an interesting insight into our daily work!

Would you like to do an internship of several weeks or an internship semester at an innovative university library as part of your degree program in information science? Research data, digitization with OCR, learning space design, public relations – what are you interested in? We offer you an overview of the most important departments and fields of work at the University Library (UB), afterwards you can dive deeper into work areas, assist us or carry out your own project.

You are currently retraining to become an IT specialist and would like to gain an insight into the practical fields of IT activity at a university? At the University of Mannheim, you can complete your mandatory internship lasting six to nine months and get to know the corresponding areas of work and fields of activity of the University IT in more detail!  You can look forward to an interesting insight into our everyday work!

You are currently undergoing vocational retraining to become an office management specialist and would like to gain an insight into the corresponding fields of activity (administration/secretarial work, and financial accounting) at a university? At the University of Mannheim, you can complete your mandatory internship lasting six to twelve months (full or part time) and get to know the corresponding areas of work and fields of activity in more detail. You can look forward to an interesting insight into our everyday work!
Contact: Sven Barchet, Konstantinos Dalkidis (see below)

You come from abroad and would like to do an internship at the University of Mannheim as part of the exchange program Erasmus+? Internships at the University of Mannheim are only possible by prior arrangement. Please begin with contacting the person in whose department respectively school you would like to do the internship. Please also note the deadlines and additional information that you can find on this website.