University of Mannheim, Germany

The Universität Mannheim (University of Mannheim) is s often ranked in the top 100 universities worldwide and located in the former Mannheim palace in the city centre. It was founded in 1967 and now has a student population of 12,500 and is a member of the German Universities Excellence Initiative.

Mannheim is located in the centre-south of Germany and has a population of 295,000 inhabitants. Mannheim is unusual among German cities for its grid-like urban design, that gained it the nickname 'Quadratestadt' (city of squares). Mannheim was voted by Forbes magazine 11th most inventive cities in the world. On the surface an industrial city, Mannheim boasts an energetic cultural scene of live music and It holds the title of UNESCO 'City of Music'. 

Mobility partner

>> Information for incoming students

Estimated number of places: 

  • Psychology: 3 Summer Research Placements only
  • Management: 4 full-year or 8 semester places
  • Economics: 2 full-year or 4 semester places

Available Subject Areas

Please ensure that you research the courses available to you as an exchange student, and check with your subject coordinator(s) that these courses are suitable for your Glasgow degree programme. Please note that partner course offerings may change on a yearly basis.

Please research course level; content and assessment structures; partner academic pre-requisites for exchange students; whether enough courses / credits are available in your degree subject(s) to meet your Glasgow degree credit requirements; language of teaching and for Joint Honours students, whether the partner has any restrictions on taking courses from different Schools/Faculties.

  • Business & Management
  • Economics
  • Psychology

Key facts

Travel and costs


Universitat Mannheim, 68131 Mannheim, Germany

EU/EEA code
D MANNHEI01

Partner web
https://www.uni-mannheim.de/1/english/

Partner mobility web
https://www.uni-mannheim.de/en/academics/coming-to-mannheim/exchange-students/

Mobility contact
vath@verwaltung.uni-mannheim.de

Disability support
https://www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/en/international/exchange-students/#c81865