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CDSS Course Catalog

Course registration

Please note that registration for the spring term will open no earlier than 15 January and now be exclusively available through Portal². The registration deadline remains 31 January.

Registration deadlines:

  • 31 January for spring semesters
  • 25 August for fall semesters

For CDSS elective courses, please also register online through the University Studies Portal and through ILIAS, if applicable. You will only be able to to do so if you already hold a university e-mail account.

For CDSB or CDSE courses, please register also through Portal². If you would like to take a course which is not in the GESS course catalog please contact your Center Manager.

Check the general academic calendar for exam periods.

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Deregistration is possible within the first four weeks of the course starting. You may only deregister from block courses up to one week before the course starts. Make sure to inform the respective lecturer as well.

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Doctoral students from ENGAGE.EU partner universities are eligible to attend selected courses at the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences.

To apply, please contact gess.registrationmail-uni-mannheim.de and indicate the courses you would like to apply for and provide a confirmation of enrolment or other documentation of admission/participation in the doctoral program at your home institution upon request.

Course evaluation

We constantly strive to improve the program and as a consequence ask all students to evaluate all courses attended. This provides us with invaluable feedback. Evaluations are anonymous. Username and password will be sent to students by e-mail after the courses are finished.

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