Services for Researchers

The Research Support team assists researchers before and during their projects, offering advice on topics such as:

• finding funding providers
• submitting applications for externally funded projects
• creating financing plans
• drawing up research and cooperation agreements

Read more about the Research Support team

The University Library provides a powerful infrastructure for your research including, for example: 

• publishing services
• the Research Data Center
• the Open Science Office
• literature supply services

Learn more about the services offered by the University Library

The University Library has a collection of more than 2.6 million items: conventional media, e-books, e-journals, and databases.

Learn more about how to search for items and how to use them

High performance computing
Use powerful computing resources and analysis software for data-intensive applications.

Virtual machines in the bwCloud
Perform complex computations or test software in virtual environments.

Storage service: bwSync&Share
Share and store data in a secure and efficient manner.

The Communications Department supports you in making your research more visible. The team will advise you on how to tailor the way you present topics to your target audience and spread your findings through suitable channels.

Read more about research communication

The Welcome Center assists international doctoral students, postdocs, professors, and visiting scholars with everything relevant to their stay in Mannheim.

Go to Welcome Center

You can pursue a doctorate in all fields of study offered at the University of Mannheim, either by completing individual doctoral studies or by participating in a structured doctoral program. 

Read more about doctoral studies

You have successfully completed your doctorate and now want to focus on the next step on your career path towards a professorship? The Postdoc Career Academy is happy to support you. Learn more about our services for postdocs and early-stage researchers.

Go to Postdoc Career Academy

The University of Mannheim offers early-stage researchers financial support for stays abroad through various funding lines. 

Read more about financial support for stays abroad

The university’s startup team supports researchers on their path to becoming entrepreneurs—for example by providing coaching services. 

Read more about startups

Equal opportunity in appointment procedures
Are you a member of an appointments committee? Or would you like to find out more about how appointment procedures work at the University of Mannheim? Here you will find more information. 

Seminars on family-friendly personnel management
The University of Mannheim offers consultations and seminars on the topic of family-friendly personnel management for its chair holders.

The university offers continuing education courses for employees free of charge or at a discount:

IT, rhetoric, and foreign language courses
Training for teachers
German language courses for international researchers
Training abroad

As a family-friendly higher education institution, the University of Mannheim supports you in finding a good work-life balance by providing advice on dual career options, taking family leave, and combining work with caregiving.

Dual Career Service
Maternity leave and parental leave for academic staff members (information on the intranet)
Childcare 
Childcare during school holidays
Parent and child room
Family leave
Combining work with caregiving

University sports
The Institute of Sports offers more than 600 courses in around 80 different sports at recreational, competitive, and popular levels. Staff members of the university can join most courses free of charge. 

Working with a chronic illness or disability
If you experience any health-related challenges—such as working with a chronic illness or disability—the university’s representatives for employees with a disability are here to advise you.