Department of Sociology - Sowi

Department of SociologyThe Department‘s Research FocusThe Department of Sociology at the University ofMannheim is one of the leading research and teachinginstitutions in Germany.Close cooperation with research centers in Mannheimand abroad create an intellectually stimulatingenvironment that offers ample opportunitiesfor mutual learning and the exchange of ideas. Toour students, we offer a robust training in analyticalreasoning, research methods and statistics aswell as an understanding of the social problems ofour time thus preparing them for careers in academia,the public and the private sector.International Rankings and AwardsGermany’s major higher education evaluation institution,the CHE (Germany’s Centre for HigherEducation) regularly confirms the SociologyDepartment’s leading role within the country. In2011, it has been awarded with the highest marksin 14 out of 18 categories.The Sociology Department is regularly placedamong the top universities in internationalrankings.The Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences(GESS) is part of the „Excellence Initiative“,a competitive funding program of the German Federaland State Governments to promote top-levelresearch in Germany.Courses for International StudentsStudents can select from a wide range of coursesin various areas of Sociology taught in English orin German. The University offers in addition electivecourses from other departments and schoolsfor exchange students to choose from. www.uni-mannheim.de/aaa/coursesThe University of Mannheim’s International Winter/SummerAcademy offers preparatory Germanlanguage courses at different levels focusing on intensivelanguage studies as well as German culture.German language courses are also held during thesemester.www.uni-mannheim.de/aaa