According to the latest university ranking by Wirtschaftswoche, 22.1 percent of German HR managers think that business administration graduates from the University of Mannheim are best prepared for professional life. This makes the University of Mannheim Germany's second-best university for the subject of business administration. From 2002 to 2021, Mannheim's BWL was consistently ranked at the top, with one exception in 2015.
Mannheim ranks No. 7 in the German-speaking countries. According to the Wirtschaftswoche, Mannheim Marketingprofessor Christian Homburg is the the most successful researcher in business administration with regard to lifetime achievements, Mannheim Seniorprofessor Martin Weber holds rank 2.
The Gründungsradar 2018 of the Endowment Association and the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation ranks the University of Mannheim second in the category of medium-sized universities in Germany. The University of Mannheim is therefore one of the most start-up friendly universities in Germany. Besides the very good overall performance, the University of Mannheim especially received top grades in this year’s core field of “founding activities”.