University of Mannheim
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Fall Semester 2016
Term period: August 1 - January 31 Lecture period: September 5 - December 12 Exam period: December 9 - 22
Spring Semester 2017
Term period: February 1 - July 31 Lecture period: February 13 - June 2 Easter Holidays: April 10 - April 21 Exam period: June 3 - 19
STUDENT NOMINATIONS
Deadline for Student Nominations
Procedure
May 1, 2016 for the fall semester October 15, 2016 for the spring semester Unfortunately we cannot accept late nominations. We ask you to distribute the number of students evenly in the fall and spring semester. Please send the nominations to Ms Gabriele Vath (vath@verwaltung.uni-mannheim.de) and let us know the name, field of study, duration of stay, study level, number of years before the start of the exchange semester and e-mail address for each of your students by this deadline. We will then send the students an email containing a link to our online application and will notify the student of his admission within 4 weeks after the nomination deadline. online application (no hardcopies required)
Required Application Documents
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Deadline for Online Application
Deadline for extension requests
Students must complete our online application by: May 10 for the fall semester October 31 for the spring semester Should your student wish to extend his exchange semester, please send a request to Ms Gabriele Vath (vath@verwaltung.uni- mannheim.de) before the respective deadline: May 1, 2016 for the fall semester October 15, 2016 for the spring semester We will then contact the respective Mannheim School for approval.
Arrival and Orientations
ARRIVAL AND ORIENTATIONS
We request that students arrive one week before the start of lectures in order to enrol and attend the Welcome Week. The Welcome Week is mandatory and includes:
 an introduction to the study system  campus tour and welcome reception  faculty-specific sessions
