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New University Buildings at Friedrichspark: Mannheim City Council approves
Last Tuesday, 15 March 2022, the city council of the City of Mannheim has approved the development plan for three new university buildings at Friedrichspark. A vast majority of the council voted in favor of the project, same as in the preliminary decision at the main committee one week earlier: With ...
Application for Scholarships Offered by the University
During the application period for our master's programs (15 March until 31 May), applicants for master's programs and students already enrolled at the University of Mannheim (in bachelor’s or master’s programs) can apply for Deutschland Scholarships and Opportunity Mannheim Scholarships.
Online Fair for Prospective Students
On 31 March 2022, prospective students from all over the world can join us via PC, tablet or smartphone and learn more about the master’s programs at the University of Mannheim and campus life in the so-called Quadratestadt Mannheim (“city of squares”).
New Website Bundles Information for Those Affected by Ukraine War
The overview will be updated on an ongoing basis.
GBP Monitor: Many Companies Support Sanctions despite Being Financially Burdened by the War in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has been going on for almost three weeks. The difficult political situation is also affecting the business situation of companies in Germany.
Accepting Refugees Increases Per Capita Income, Productivity, and Wages in Germany in the Long Term
A new study led by the economists Antonio Ciccone (University of Mannheim) and Jan Nimczik (ESMT Berlin) investigates the long-term economic consequences of the influx of expellees after World War II.
Cooperation with Russian partner institutions suspended – Russian students and researchers remain welcome at the University of Mannheim
Many leaders of Russian higher education institutions supported and defended Putin’s war on Ukraine in a public statement this week. This is the original Russian statement. Against this backdrop, the University of Mannheim decided to temporarily suspend the exchange relations with partner ...
War in Ukraine: President Prof. Puhl about the effects on and measures at the University of Mannheim
Der Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine schockiert und bewegt die Welt. Millionen von Menschen aus den Kriegsgebieten sind traumatisiert und befinden sich auf der Flucht. Welche Verantwortung haben Universitäten in der aktuellen Situation? Welche Auswirkungen hat der Krieg auf die Universität ...
Professor Dr. Matthias Brauer Receives VHB Textbook Prize
The German Academic Association of Business Research (Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (VHB)) has awarded this year’s textbook prize to Professor Dr. Matthias Brauer for the textbook on corporate strategy and sustainable value enhancement in diversified companies (“Corporate ...
Political Polarization Leads to Destructive Behavior
In highly polarized societies, voters show particularly spiteful behavior towards supporters of the opposing party. The Mannheim economist Wladislaw Mill and his colleague John Morgan have provided the first experimental evidence of this behavior in their study on the society in the United States of ...