About the University of Mannheim
You are on the website of the University of Mannheim.
At the University of Mannheim you can study.
Studying means learning something.
About the University of Mannheim
The University of Mannheim is located in the Land of Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
The university is located in a palace. The palace is called Schloss Mannheim.
The palace building is very old.
There are rooms for courses and lectures inside the palace building.
You can study in these rooms.
The area surrounding the university is called campus.
On the campus, there is a Mensa.
A Mensa is a cafeteria for students.
Students can eat in the Mensa.
There are many libraries on the campus.
Libraries are collections of many books and documents.
You can borrow books and documents from the library.
You can also study or read at the library.
There are also many buildings outside the palace.
These buildings also belong to the university.
Students
Students are adults.
Students learn at the university.
To do that, students need a special qualification.
This qualification can be a school-leaving certificate.
Can you speak English well, for example? Sometimes you need proof for this.
Degree programs
There are many subjects you can study.
They are called: Degree programs.
For example:
- Economics
- Languages
- Psychology
Research
You can also do research at the University of Mannheim.
To research means:
- finding out something new and
- answering questions.
The University of Mannheim does great research in
- Business Administration
- and Economics.
The University of Mannheim receives many awards for this.
The University of Mannheim is one of the 20 best universities in Europe in this area.
The university is also good in Social Sciences.
For example:
- Sociology
- Psychology
Students
- At the University of Mannheim. There are about 12,000 students.
- Most of the students are from Germany.
- Other students come from countries all around the world.
Working at the University of Mannheim
You can also work at the University of Mannheim.
You can work in many different jobs.
For example, you can
- work as a researcher.
- do research, for example in politics.
- teach students.
- work with many national and international partners.
You can also work as
- a staff member in the administration.
As a staff member in administration, you support researchers in their work.
Or you support the students.
For example: You help students when they have questions.
You can also work in many other areas of the university.
For example:
- You can work as a secretary.
- You can work as a janitor.
- You can work at the Human Resources Division.
At the Human Resources Division, you support the staff members.
Do you want to work for the University of Mannheim?
You can find open positions here:
https://www.uni-mannheim.de/en/about/working-at-the-university-of-mannheim/employment-opportunities/