State programs are multilateral collaborations between universities in Baden-Württemberg and an association of public universities in a North American state or province (e.g. the California State University System or the North Carolina State University System). On the Baden-Württemberg side, the state programs are coordinated and co-financed by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts (MWK).
Since several universities in Baden-Württemberg are involved in an exchange via a state program, precise consultation and coordination between the various campuses is required. For each state program, there is one university on both the Baden-Württemberg and the North American side that coordinates the state program and manages the selection process.
First, you apply for admission into the state-to-state program in general at the University of Mannheim. Just like for the partner universities, the application is submitted by the regular application deadlines for studying abroad of the University of Mannheim.
In each application for studying abroad, you can indicate multiple preferred destinations out of the regions that are listed for this application deadline. You can indicate both partner universities and state-to-state exchange programs in one application. Some universities are both partners of the University of Mannheim as well as participants in a state-to-state program. In this case you can list the respective university once as a partner university and once as a state-to-state program university, if you like. More information can be found in the application instructions.
After you receive confirmation of your participation in the state-to-state program, the second step is your admission to one of the participating universities. You will be able to name your preferred universities. A program commission and the universities abroad will decide on the admission. The commission will try to place you at one of your preferred universities. If this is not possible, you will still be placed at a university that is compatible with your program of study, so that your participation in the state-to-state program remains unaffected.
The programs and the deadlines are listed in the database of partner universities under the respective country. Please also read the “further information” section for each program.
Coordinating Office in Baden-Württemberg | University of Tubingen |
Coordinating Office in California | CSU-IP |
Website of the State-to-State-Program | |
Participating universities and eligibility for your program | Please refer to the Database of Partner Universities, to find out which universities participate in the State-to-State-Programs. Please note: For technical reasons, the Database of Partner Universities lists all degree programs admitted to a State-to-State-Program at all participating State-to-State-Program-universities. However, not all universities participating in a State-to-State-Program are suitable for every degree program! Therefore, please check independently whether the individual program-university is suitable for your degree program. To do so, take a look at the course offerings and, if necessary, seek advice from the respective faculty of the University of Mannheim. Please also read the CSU-IP website. |
Further notes | The California State Program is the largest state program in terms of the number of participating universities. Students who are selected by the University of Mannheim for the LP California must resubmit an application to CSU-IP by mid-January. It is strongly recommended that you seek advice from the International Office before applying. |
Coordinating Office in Baden-Württemberg | University of Heidelberg |
Coordinating Office in Connecticut | University of Connecticut |
Website of the State-to-State-Program | |
Participating universities and eligibility for your program | Please refer to the Database of Partner Universities, to find out which universities participate in the State-to-State-Programs. Please note: For technical reasons, the Database of Partner Universities lists all degree programs admitted to a State-to-State-Program at all participating State-to-State-Program-universities. However, not all universities participating in a State-to-State-Program are suitable for every degree program! Therefore, please check independently whether the individual program-university is suitable for your degree program. To do so, take a look at the course offerings and, if necessary, seek advice from the respective faculty of the University of Mannheim. |
Further notes | Most students apply to the Connecticut state program for an exchange at UConn. However, there are also other smaller universities in Connecticut that are suitable for an exchange. It is strongly recommended that you seek advice from the International Office before applying. |
Coordinating Office in Baden-Württemberg | University of Hohenheim |
Coordinating Office in Massachusetts | University of Massachusetts at Amherst |
Website of the State-to-State-Program | n/a |
Participating universities and eligibility for your program | Please refer to the Database of Partner Universities, to find out which universities participate in the State-to-State-Programs. Please note: For technical reasons, the Database of Partner Universities lists all degree programs admitted to a State-to-State-Program at all participating State-to-State-Program-universities. However, not all universities participating in a State-to-State-Program are suitable for every degree program! Therefore, please check independently whether the individual program-university is suitable for your degree program. To do so, take a look at the course offerings and, if necessary, seek advice from the respective faculty of the University of Mannheim. |
Further notes | The state program Massachusetts is currently being redesigned. For this reason, only UMass Amherst is currently participating in this exchange. It is strongly recommended that you seek advice from the International Office before applying. |
Coordinating Office in Baden-Württemberg | University of Mannheim |
Coordinating Office in North Carolina | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
Website of the State-to-State-Program | Website of the BW/ Website of the BW/ |
Participating universities and eligibility for your program | Please refer to the Database of Partner Universities, to find out which universities participate in State Programs. Please note: For technical reasons, the Database of Partner Universities lists all degree programs admitted to a State Program at all participating State Program-universities. However, not all universities participating in a State Program are suitable for every degree program! Therefore, please check independently whether the individual program-university is suitable for your degree program. To do so, take a look at the course offerings and, if necessary, seek advice from the respective faculty of the University of Mannheim. |
Further notes | Master's students can only enroll as undergraduate students in North Carolina and therefore only take courses on the undergraduate level! It is strongly recommended that you seek advice from the International Office before applying. |
Coordinating Office in Baden-Württemberg | University of Tubingen |
Coordinating Office in Oregon | IE3 Global |
Website of the State-to-State-Program | |
Participating universities and eligibility for your program | Please refer to the IE3 Global website and the Database of Partner Universities, to find out which universities participate in the State-to-State-Programs. Please note: For technical reasons, the Database of Partner Universities lists all degree programs admitted to a State-to-State-Program at all participating State-to-State-Program-universities. However, not all universities participating in a State-to-State-Program are suitable for every degree program! Therefore, please check independently whether the individual program-university is suitable for your degree program. To do so, take a look at the course offerings and, if necessary, seek advice from the respective faculty of the University of Mannheim. |
Further notes | For the selection of the LP Oregon, applicants will most likely get invited to selection interviews. It is strongly recommended that you seek advice from the International Office before applying. |
Coordinating Office in Baden-Württemberg | University of Konstanz |
Coordinating Office in Ontario | York University |
Website of the State-to-State-Program | |
Participating universities and eligibility for your program | Please refer to the Database of Partner Universities, to find out which universities participate in the State-to-State-Programs. Please note: For technical reasons, the Database of Partner Universities lists all degree programs admitted to a State-to-State-Program at all participating State-to-State-Program-universities. However, not all universities participating in a State-to-State-Program are suitable for every degree program! Therefore, please check independently whether the individual program-university is suitable for your degree program. To do so, take a look at the course offerings and, if necessary, seek advice from the respective faculty of the University of Mannheim |
Further notes | Courses in Business (especially on graduate level) are hardly available at any of the universities within the OBW Program. In general, Master's students are able to do an exchange through the OBW Program; however, not all universities will accept students on the graduate level. Also, there are fewer spots for Master's students. You can find reports of exchange alumni on the website of the OBW Program.Please note! If you get accepted for the OBW Program, you will be placed at a university within the program in a second step. For this process, you can list up to three universities within Ontario of your choice with the following condition: students are only allowed to apply for one university in Ottawa and one university in Toronto. It is strongly recommended that you seek advice from the International Office before applying. |
State programs can be complex because of their structure with multiple campuses and the resulting application process. This makes it difficult to communicate all the details about these programs on a website and can easily lead to misunderstandings.
Therefore, students are urged to talk to their advisor at the International Office before they apply.