History
In 1955 the public Business School (Staatliche Hochschule) moved into the east wing of Mannheim's baroque palace. The Business School used to be the Commercial College (Handelshochschule) which was founded in 1907. In 1939 it was closed. The college was re-established in 1946. In the fifties and sixties the Humanities and the Law School were established alongside Economics and Social Sciences. This is the reason why the council of ministers of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg decided to rename the Business School on the 4th of July 1967, calling it the University of Mannheim. The University of Mannheim experienced enormous growth short after. While there were only 3150 students registered in 1967, the number of students trippled by the time of the mid-nineties counting more than 10 000 students.
With its history as an economics college, the emphasis at the University of Mannheim has always remained on business and economics, although teaching was broadened to further disciplines. Recently, a policy referred to as "profile sharpening" has been introduced to clearify UM's perception as Germany's leading business school and to lift this reputation to a European level. The closing of geography (2002) and philosophy (2004) as study programs, which is due to this development back to the roots has led to frequent complaints from the student council.
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