Mannheim Business School

Mannheim Business School
Established	2004
Type	Public University Business School
Dean	Jens Wüstemann
Students	c. 400
Location	Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Campus	urban
Colors	Light Blue, White and Black
Website	www.mannheim-business-school.com

Mannheim Business School is the graduate business school of the University of Mannheim. It was founded in 2004 as a university spin-off in order to provide Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive MBA, Master of Accounting and Taxation, open enrollment programs as well as tailored company programs. Its legal form is a gGmbH, a non-profit Ltd, whose shareholders are the Prechel Foundation and the University of Mannheim.^[1]

As of November 1, 2010, Jens Wüstemann is Dean of the school. President of the board of trustees is Kurt Bock, the chief financial officer of BASF. The school is located in the city of Mannheim at Mannheim Palace, one of the largest baroque castles in Europe. It is the only German, and one of 33 business schools in the world being triple accredited by EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA. International students at the school account for 55 percent.^[1]

Academic programs

• Full time MBA (12 month)
  • German track
  • Eurasian track
  • Transatlantic track
  • European track

• ESSEC & Mannheim Executive MBA
  • modular (18 month)
  • weekend (19 month)

• Mannheim & Tongji Executive MBA
  • modular format, duration flexible

• Mannheim Master of Accounting and Taxation (M.Sc.)
  • Accounting Track (modular, 3 years)
  • Taxation Track (modular, 3 years)

Rankings

International

• # 13 in the Financial Times International Masters in Management Ranking 2009^[2]
• # 21 in the Global Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2009^[2]
• # 26 in The Economist global MBA ranking 2010^[2]
• # 23 in the global MBA ranking of CNN Expansion 2010^[2]

Germany

• Best German Business School^[2]
  • Wirtschaftswoche (2002–2009, eight times in a row) - based on recommendations of German HR managers
  • Capital (2004 and 2006) - based on recommendations of German HR managers
  • CHE (2002,2005 and 2008) - based on recommendations of German professors of business administration
  • Focus (2004, 2005 and 2007) - based on recommendations of German HR managers, professors of business administration, and other criteria

MBS in the Mannheim Palace

• Best German Professors of Business Administration (Handelsblatt 2005)^[2]
  • # 1 Christian Homburg
  • # 3 Martin Weber
  • # 16 Ernst Maug
  • # 25 Stefan Minner
• Best German full-time MBA Program^[2]
  • # 9 in the European business school ranking of Handelsblatt/karriere (2006)
  • by far the best German business school in the ranking

See also

• University of Mannheim

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Key facts about MBS
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} MBS ranking placements

External links

• Mannheim Business School
• ESSEC & MANNHEIM EMBA
• MANNHEIM & TONGJI EMBA
• Mannheim Master of Accounting & Taxation
• Mannheim MBA (Full-Time MBA)
• University of Mannheim