Spending a short stay abroad is very popular. Summer schools offer the ideal opportunity to combine a stay abroad with the acquisition of practical experience. If the content of the respective summer school meets the requirements, it can be recognized either as a research internship or course at the University of Mannheim. We will be happy to advise you on the subject of summer schools.
Please take note of the topics Selecting Courses for Your Stay Abroad and Recognition of Credits Obtained Abroad. For further information on other summer schools and financing options please see the website of the International Office.
If you find a summer school that is not yet on the list below and that you would like to have recognized as research internship, please contact the Internship Office first.
Students of the master’s programs M.A. in Political Science and M.A. in Sociology can have the following summer schools recognized as research internships:
ECPR Summer School on Political Parties
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques
Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis
GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology
SICSS Higher School of Economics
If you have found a summer school that has not yet been added to this list, please first contact the competent program manager to make sure that the respective summer school meets our academic requirements.
If you have any questions regarding the recognition of the above-mentioned summer schools, please contact the internship manager.
If you plan on attending one of these summer schools and would like to have the ECTS credits obtained abroad recognized in Mannheim, please contact the competent exchange coordinators and/
For further summer schools please see the website of the International Office.
Country | University | Summer School | Website |
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Italy | LUISS | Summer University | Website |
Italy | Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Summer Programmes | Website |
Finland | Tampere University | International Summer School | Website |
France | Sciences Po Lille | International Summer School | Website |
South Korea | University of Seoul | International Summer School (tuition waiver), students of B.A. Political Science are prioritized; next application spring 2024 (international.sowi@uni-mannheim.de | Website |
Netherlands | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | International Summer School | Website |
Netherlands | Tilburg University | Tilburg Univeersity Summer School | Website |
UK | University of Essex | Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis | Website |
UK | Exeter | International Summer School | Website |
UK | Leeds | Leeds International Summer School | Website |
Slovenia | University of Ljubljana | Summer School on Human Rights and International Affairs | Website |
Slovenia | University of Ljubljana | International Summer School of Political Ecology | Website |
Czech Republic | CEVRO Institute Prague | Classical Central Europe: Challenges and Opportunities | Website |
Czech Republic | Charles University | Summer School of Czech Language | Website |
Taiwan | National Chengchi University | NCCU International Summer School | Website |
The internationalization manager and the exchange coordinators will be happy to advise you on the subject of summer schools. If you have any questions regarding the organization of your stay abroad, the International Office will be happy to assist you.
If you have any subject-specific questions about studying abroad, such as questions regarding the selection and recognition of courses, please contact the departmental exchange coordinators at the School of Social Sciences.