Exchange students mainly receive information from and are supported by two institutions: The central International Office as well as us, the Dean’s Office of the Business School. While the central International Office mainly handles administrative issues (admission, visa issues and matriculation) as well as accommodation and German language courses, the Business School deals with the more academic aspects, especially course offer, course advice

If you are a student at one of our partner universities and would like to study in Mannheim for one or two semesters, you need to apply for an exchange slot at your home university. Please contact your International Relations Coordinator for information on application criteria and deadlines.

Our course offer is published online around end of November (for the following spring semester) and end of May (for the following fall semester) respectively. As most of our courses at the Business School are offered in a yearly rhythm, our previous spring semester course list is a good indicator of which courses will likely be offered again during the coming spring. Accordingly, the past fall semester course list gives you an idea of the courses offered during the coming fall. However, some changes do occur. You can find the course offer of the Business School by clicking on the respective link on the left side.
Please note that exchange students coming to Mannheim need to take the majority of their courses from the School through which they come on exchange (i.e. Business School for our incomings). However, you can also take German language courses or one or two courses from other Schools. For taking courses at other Schools, some restrictions apply:

School of Law and Economics:

Department of Economics: Master courses are restricted to Master students, Bachelor students have to take Bachelor courses. Core courses (E700 – E703) are not available to Business School students.
Department of Law: Master courses are restricted to Master students, Bachelor students have to take Bachelor courses. If you would like to take a law course, please check back with their Erasmus Office whether you are eligible.

School of Social Sciences:

If you are not studying this field as a minor at least, please refer to the ‘International Cultural Studies (ICS)’ list.

School of Humanities:

If you are not studying this field as a minor at least, please refer to the ‘International Cultural Studies (ICS)’ list.

School of Business Informatics and Mathematics:

Master courses are restricted to Master students, Bachelor students have to take Bachelor courses.

All information on accommodation, health insurance, German language courses and much more can be found on the information portal myUniMA. It is administered by the central International Office and you will receive your login and password to access it after your nomination by your home institution. If you have any questions regarding your stay in Mannheim, please check out myUniMA first as it will give you the answers to most of your questions.

The so-called Student Portal is a different portal. It is used for course and exam registration, for checking your grades and also includes ILIAS, the University’s e-learning platform. You will receive your login and password after your arrival in Mannheim upon your enrolment.