The University of Mannheim, abbreviated UMA, is a public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the Palatine Academy of Sciences, which was established by Elector Carl Theodor at Mannheim Palace in 1763, as well as the Handelshochschule, which was founded in 1907.
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, founder of the Palatine Academy of Sciences
Otto Beck, one of the Founding Fathers of the Handelshochschule Mannheim
Eberhard Gothein, one of the Founders Fathers of the Handelshochschule Mannheim
The heart of the University of Mannheim's campus – the Palace in a 180 degrees panoramic view
Mannheim, officially the University City of Mannheim, is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 21st-largest city, with a 2021 population of 311,831 inhabitants. The city is the cultural and economic centre of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, Germany's seventh-largest metropolitan region with nearly 2.4 million inhabitants and over 900,000 employees.
Image: Der Friedrichsplatz und der Wasserturm
Image: Die Jesuitenkirche
Image: Luisenpark Mannheim Gondolettas
Image: Mannheim wasserspiele
