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The University of Mannheim is one of the younger German universities. Though it sees its roots back to the Kurpfälzische Akademie der Wissenschaften of 1763, the actual university was founded in 1907 as college for economics. In 1967 the college extended to the university of today.
General information The university occupies large parts of the Mannheim castle, the world's largest example from the baroque era, and some additional new-built lecture halls throughout the city. Mannheim is Germany's most successful university at fundraising, with 13.6 million € a year. Reputation The faculties for business and economics are ranked as top in Germany. The faculty of business is accredited by AACSB and EQUIS. Research and teaching With its history as an economics college, the emphasis at the Uiversity of Mannheim always remained on business and economics, although teaching was broadened to further disciplines. Recently, a policy referred to as "profile sharpening" has been introduced to clearify UM's perception as Germany's leading business school and to lift this reputation to an European level. The closing of geography(2002) and philosophy (2004) as study programs, which is due to this development back to the roots has led to frequent complaint from the student council. Some affiliated research institutes like the renowned "Centre for European Economic Research" (ZEW) and the "Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging" (MEA) are located on the campus. Sports The sports program is one of the biggest and most successful in Germany. In 2005, Mannheim placed first in German university championships in golf, cycling, karate and gun shooting. Mannheim placed 2nd in 2005 European university rowing championship, finishing ahead of Oxford. Tuition With the German Bundesgerichtshofs (~Surpreme Court) 2005 ruling to allow German states to charge tuition fees, the state of Baden-Württemberg has started setting new tuition rates. Starting in the spring semester of 2007, studying at the University of Mannheim (as with any university in Baden-Württemberg) will cost 500€/semester. Further increase of tuition fees is currently issue of political discussion. Faculties Each faculty offers a range of different degrees which will change drastically in the upcoming years as a consequence of the Bologna process. Image:Universität Mannheim Haupteingang.jpg|Main entry Image:Uni-Mannheim Neubau.jpg|Building A5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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