Semester fee
All students studying at a higher education institution in Germany are required to pay a semester fee. In the spring semester 2025,the semester fee amounts to EUR 169.You need to pay this fee in order to be enrolled or re-registered for the next semester. The semester fee is made up of three separate contributions:
Administration fee: EUR 70
Studierendenwerk fee: EUR 85
Fee for the constituted student body: EUR 14
International exchange students are exempted from paying the administration fee and the fee for the constituted student body due to exchange agreements between the higher education institutions involved. This means that they only need to pay the Studierendenwerk fee.
Paying your fees via bank transfer
Please transfer the semester fee as well as any tuition fees, if applicable, to the bank account of the University of Mannheim indicated below before the re-registration deadline*. As a payment reference, please make sure to indicate your student ID number and name.
For example:
S1234567, John DoePlease be aware that the date of receipt of payment (value date) on the account of the University of Mannheim is decisive, not the date of your bank transfer.
Bank details
Universität Mannheim
Baden-Württembergische Bank / LBBW
IBAN: DE23600501010001379273
BIC: SOLA DE ST 600Late fees
If you re-register late, the university will charge a late registration fee of EUR 20 in accordance with its General Statutes of Fees (Allgemeine Gebührensatzung) as of 17 May 2006.* If the deadline expires on a Sunday, a public holiday or a Saturday, the deadline expires at the end of the first subsequent working day (section 31 subsection 3 page 1 of the Administrative Procedures Act (Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz (VwVfG)).
Reimbursement of paid fees
- If you have already paid the semester fee but disenroll from the university, for instance because you are enrolling at another higher education institution or have completed your studies, we can reimburse your fees, provided you meet certain deadlines.
Fee Amount Will be reimbursed upon disenrollment Administration fee EUR 70 Disenrollment within one month of the beginning of the lecture period
Studierendenwerk fee EUR 85 Disenrollment within one month of the beginning of the lecture period
Fee for the constituted student body EUR 14 Before the start of the semester (spring semester: 1 February / fall semester: 1 August)
- Reimbursement due to other reasons
- A reimbursement may also be requested due to other reasons (e.g., excess payments). Please use the request form to request the reimbursement of semester fees you have already paid.
Legal basis for charging fees
Administration fee: Section 12 act on fees in higher education of the Land of Baden-Württemberg (Landeshochschulgebührengesetz, LHGebG)
Studierendenwerk fee: Section 3 of the regulation on fees (Beitragsordnung) of the Studierendenwerk MannheimFee for the constituted student body: Section 3 of the organization statutes (Organisationssatzung) of the constituted student body of the University of Mannheim
Late registration fee: General Statutes of Fees of the University of Mannheim
Tuition fees
In addition to the semester fee, the higher education institutions of Baden-Württemberg charge tuition fees for international students as well as for students pursuing a second degree in accordance with the act on fees in higher education of the Land of Baden-Württemberg (Landeshochschulgebührengesetz, LHGebG).
