Courses
Academic courses
The University of Mannheim offers a wide range of courses that are taught in English. You can thus complete an exchange program at the University of Mannheim without prior German language skills.
You may not only attend courses offered by your school but also several courses of other schools. These are called university-wide electives. Please ask the competent exchange coordinator at your home institution whether you will obtain ECTS credits for the language courses offered at the University of Mannheim.
Language courses
At the University of Mannheim, exchange students have the opportunity to attend a wide range of language and cultural courses, both before and during the semester.
To best prepare for your studies, you can take part in German language courses that are offered as part of the Winter or Summer Academy before the start of the semester.
Other foreign languages can be studied as part of the Studium Generale: For example, you may take part in courses in Spanish, Turkish, and Chinese.
The University of Mannheim is very international. Many classes are held in English. The coordinators are also really friendly. They all tried to help me to select my classes and to settle in easily.