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International Summer and Spring Schools

You want to get a taste of living abroad during the semester break and broaden your academic horizon? Then the numerous short-term programs offered by many institutions worldwide during the spring or summer breaks might just be right for you. They are short, intensive courses on a specific topic or subject which take place over four weeks, for example. You will often be able to obtain ECTS credits that can possibly be recognized for your program of study at the University of Mannheim.

Fees

You will usually have to pay a fee for summer and spring schools. Costs may vary considerably depending on the respective country and/or institution. Unfortunately, the University of Mannheim cannot cover these tuition fees or other costs.
Funding through the DAAD Go-East summer school program

The DAAD offers considerable funding for summer schools in Middle or Eastern European countries as part of the GO-EAST Summer School program. Funding is available for the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirghistan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Russia (European part), Russia (Asian part), Slovenia, Ukraine and Hungary.

Funding includes a partial scholarship and a grant for travel expenses (depending on the country) as well as a grant for the summer school fee of up to EUR 650.

More information on the application process can be found on the DAAD Go-East website (only available in German).

We are not aware of any other scholarships.
Application

Applications have to submitted directly to the respective institution. There is no nomination or registration carried out by the International Office of the University of Mannheim. This is especially important to keep in mind if the partner institution offers free participation in the summer school via exchange study places. Participating in this way is generally not possible, since the study places including an exemption from tuition fees are only used for the regular exchange programs at the University of Mannheim.

Many partner universities of the University of Mannheim offer short-term programs and send us the respective information so that we can pass it on. The following table contains these program offers, without any rating of their contents.

We continuously add offers to the table. Links that are not activated at the moment will be activated as soon as the information on new courses is available to us. We recommend researching the programs on the websites of the universities that are of interest to you.

You can also look for programs at other universities all around the world.

Europe	University	Title/Website
Austria	University of Graz	International Summer School
	University of Vienna	Winter School
	Vienna Univ. of Economics & Business	International Summer School
Belgium	University of Antwerp	Summer University
	KU Leuven	Summer School: Europe Inside Out
Czech Republic	Masaryk University, Brno
	Charles University Prague	Summer Schools
	University of Economics, Prague	Summer Schools
Denmark	Aarhus University	Summer University
	Copenhagen Business School	International Summer University
	University of Copenhagen
Estonia	University of Tartu
Finland	Aalto University, School of Business	Information Technology Program
	Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki	International Helsinki Days
	University of Jyväskylä	Summer School
	Lappeenranta Univ. of Technology	Winter School
	University of Tampere	Summer School
France	Université d'Angers
	Kedge Business School, Bordeaux	Summer Schools
	Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale, Boulogne-sur-Mer
	Sciences Po, Lille
	EDHEC Business School, Lille-Nice	Summer Courses
	Université Nice Sophia Antipolis
	Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3	French Summer School
	Montpellier Business School	Summer School
	ICN Business School Nancy-Metz	Summer Program
	HEC Paris
	Sciences Po, Paris
	Université Paris-Sorbonne	Summer University
	Université de Poitiers
	ESC Rennes School of Business	Summer Programmes
	EM Strasbourg
	Université deToulon
	Université Toulouse 1 Capitole
	Toulouse Business School
Germany	Univ. Mannheim, School of Humanities	7^th International Summer School
Hungary	Corvinus University of Budapest
	Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest
Ireland	University of Limerick	Summer Schools
	National Univ. of Ireland, Maynooth	International Summer School
Italy	Libera Università degli studi di Bergamo
	Università Bocconi, Milan
	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano
	Università degli Studi di Padova	Summer and Winter Schools
	Università degli Studi di Pisa
	LUISS Business School, Rome	Summer University: Made in Italy
	LUISS School of Law, Rome
	Università degli Studi di Torino
	Università degli Studi di Trento
Latvia	University of Latvia, Riga
Lithunia	Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas
	Klaipeda University
	ISM Univ. of Management and Economics, Vilnius	Summer University in the Baltics
Netherlands	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Graduate Winter School
	University of Groningen	Summer Schools
	Maastricht University	Summer School
	Radboud University Nijmegen	Summer School
	Tilburg University	Summer School
	Universiteit Utrecht	Summer School
Norway	NHH Bergen
	University of Agder, Kristiansand	European Integration Summer School
	University of Oslo	The International Summer School
	BI Oslo	Winter School: Empirical Research Methods
Poland	Cracow University of Economics
	Adam Mickiewicz University, Posen
	Warsaw School of Economics SGH
	Kozminski University, Warsaw	International Summer School
Portugal	Universidade de Lisboa
	Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Russia	St. Petersburg State University
Slowenia	University of Ljubljana	Summer School
Spain	University of Alicante	Summer Business Program
	Universitat de Barcelona
	Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona	Summer School
	Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	Summer School of Economics and Business
	Universidad Complutense de Madrid
	IE Business School, Madrid	Summer School
	University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca
	Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona	Summer Program
	Universidad del País Vasco, San Sebastián
	University of Valencia
	Universidad de Vigo	Summer Courses
Sweden	Jönköping Internat. Business School	Summer School
	Linköping University	Summer Academy
	Stockholm University - Business School	Summer Programme
	Linnaeus University, Kalmar	Summer Academy
Switzerland	University of St. Gallen	Summer School in Empirical Research Methods
Turkey	Koç University, Istanbul
United Kingdom	Aston University, Birmingham	Summer Programme
	The University of Bath	Summer Schools
	Durham University
	The University of Edinburgh
	University of Exeter	International Summer School
	Hull University - Business School	Summer Schools
	University of Leeds	Summer School
	CASS Business School, London	Summer School
	Queen Mary University of London	Summer School
	University College London (UCL)	Summer School
	University of Manchester	International Summer School
	Newcastle University	Summer School
	The University of Nottingham	Summer Schools
	University of the West of Scotland, Paisley
	University of Warwick	Summer School

North America	University	Title/Website
Canada	HEC Montréal	International Business Analytics Challenge
	McGill University, Montréal
	University of Ottawa
	University of Victoria
USA	Bentley University, Waltham	International Summer Institute
	Pace University, New York
	University of Wisconsin, Whitewater

Latin America	University	Title/Website
Chile	Universidad de Chile, Santiago
Colombia	Universidad de los Andes/School of Management, Bogotá
	EAFIT Medellín
Mexico	IPADE Business School, Mexico City
	Tecnológico de Monterrey
Peru	Universidad del Pacífico, Lima

Asia	University	Title/Website
China	Hong Kong Baptist University	Summer Programme
	The Chinese University of Hong Kong
	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
	The University of Hong Kong
	Lingnan University, Hong Kong
	UIBE Beijing
	Guanghua School of Management/Peking University
	School of Management, Fudan University (FDSM), Shanghai
	Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
	SEM-Tongji, Shanghai
India	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
	IIT Madras
Japan	Nagasaki University
	Waseda University, Tokyo	Summer Programme
Korea	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul
	Korea University, Seoul	International Winter Campus
	Pusan National University, Busan
	Sogang University, Seoul
Singapore	Singapore Management University
	National University of Singapore
	Nanyang Technological University
Taiwan	National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung
	National Chengchi University, Taipei
	National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
	National Taiwan University, Taipei	Winter Programme
Thailand	Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Vietnam	Foreign Trade University, Hanoi

Australia	University	Title/Website
	The University of Queensland	Queensland in July
	University of Technology Sydney
	Australian Catholic University, Sydney

Africa	University	Title/Website
Morocco	Ecole de Gouvernance et d'Economie de Rabat (EGE Rabat)

During my master's degree, I spent one month in Singapore to visit a summer university on “Entrepreneurial Accounting & Finance“ at Nanyang Technological University. I could not only expand my knowledge on topics relating to incorporating start-up companies, but also had the chance to learn a lot about cultural differences in incorporating and managing start-ups in Southeast Asia and China. Besides, it was impressive to get to know the city state of Singapore with its political and cultural particularities.

Florian Heinricht, student in the Master in Management program in Mannheim, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore / Photo credit: Leonie Kopetzki

Exchange coordinator for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg

Kathrin Blitzke

Team Coordinator / Study Abroad and Bilateral Agreements European Exchange Programs I (UK, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg)

University of Mannheim
Division II - Student Affairs
International Office
L 1, 1 – Room 105
68161 Mannheim

Phone: +49 621 181-1159
E-mail: blitzke(at)verwaltung.uni-mannheim.de

Consultation hour(s):
Mon 9 a.m.–noon and Wed 2–5 p.m.
and by appointment
Exchange coordinator for France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal

Kerstin Bach

Erasmus Institutional Coordinator / Erasmus Staff Exchange / Study Abroad and Bilateral Agreements European Exchange Programs II (France, Spain, Italy, Portugal)

University of Mannheim
Division II - Student Affairs
International Office
L 1, 1 – Room 160
68161 Mannheim

Phone: +49 621 181-1160
E-mail: bach(at)verwaltung.uni-mannheim.de

Consultation hour(s):
Mon 9 a.m.–noon and Wed 2–5 p.m.
and by appointment
Exchange coordinator for Northern and Eastern Europe, Switzerland, and Austria as well as for South America, Asia, Africa, and Israel

Lukas Dausend

Study Abroad and Bilateral Agreements Overseas Exchange Programs II (South America, Asia, Africa, Israel) – European Exchange Programs III (Northern and Eastern Europe, Switzerland)

University of Mannheim
Division II - Student Affairs
International Office
L 1, 1 – Room 160
68161 Mannheim

Phone: +49 621 181-1137
E-mail: lukas.dausend(at)verwaltung.uni-mannheim.de

Consultation hour(s):
Mon 9 a.m.–noon and Wed 2–5 p.m.
and by appointment
Exchange coordinator for North America, Australia, and New Zealand

Carita Emmerich-Wessels

Study Abroad and Bilateral Agreements Overseas Exchange Programs I (North America, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand)

University of Mannheim
Division II - Student Affairs
International Office
L 1, 1 – Room 105
68161 Mannheim

Phone: +49 621 181-1157
E-mail: emmerich(at)verwaltung.uni-mannheim.de

Consultation hour(s):
Mon 9 a.m.–noon and Wed 2–5 p.m.
and by appointment
Advice on study-related issues such as selecting courses and recognition of examinations and coursework

If you have any questions regarding your stay abroad, here you can find the respective competent contact person at your school. They will advise you on any study-related aspects of your stay abroad, including the question of when a stay abroad can be best integrated in your degree program.

International Summer and Spring Schools

Fees

Funding through the DAAD Go-East summer school program

Application

Summer and spring schools at our partner universities

We are happy to help you:

Exchange coordinator for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg

Kathrin Blitzke

Exchange coordinator for France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal

Kerstin Bach

Exchange coordinator for Northern and Eastern Europe, Switzerland, and Austria as well as for South America, Asia, Africa, and Israel

Lukas Dausend

Exchange coordinator for North America, Australia, and New Zealand

Carita Emmerich-Wessels

Advice on study-related issues such as selecting courses and recognition of examinations and coursework

International Office