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Practical and theoretically sound, international and future-oriented - studying at Mainz University of Applied Sciences prepare students for their careers and their future in the best sense of the word. We are known for the interdependence of teaching, research, and practice. The cooperation between the university and industry is incredibly close here: the on-the-job degree programs alone cultivate 450 cooperative partnerships, mainly in the Rhine-Main region's business sector. It is a win-win situation: The business community benefits from innovative ideas from the university, and vice versa; the students benefit from the concrete objectives of the companies. This can be seen, among other things, in the introduction of international and future-oriented degree programs such as media design, international business, and media, IT & management. Despite demanding topics, studying here remains manageable in terms of time. The focus is always on the students: They benefit from the familiar atmosphere, small groups, and project-oriented learning. In applied research and development, we do internationally recognized top-class work in many areas. Numerous third-party-funded projects and patent developments demonstrate this. With new focal points of our work, we continue to set innovative accents in research and development - which we then implement with cooperation partners from business, science, culture, and industry. Seven institutes with their focal points of work have emerged from the schools at our university. To this day, the pioneers among them have been working independently and successfully for more than ten years. To promote exchange with external partners from public institutions and the business sector, the university's central transfer office supports all partners involved in research and development projects. The mission statement of Mainz University of Applied Sciences is a roadmap for continuous quality improvement as part of a university audit and is therefore subject to dynamic development. It consists of twelve guiding principles on higher education policy's relevant core issues such as study, teaching, and research. The university administration decides in an annual cycle which of the listed objectives is to be developed further with desired results. This means that the objectives set out in the mission statement are subject to continuous review, have to prove themselves explicitly in the "acid test" of practical application, and have immutable university policy consequences (employment policy, for example). Thus, the university can carry out a permanent strength/weakness analysis, successively set new goals, create new structures for their implementation, and document the solutions. We aim to provide our students with high-quality academic education through teaching and further education, research, and transfer. This includes the development and promotion of an independent, creative, and responsible identity for our students. We, i. e. all members of our university, align our activities with this goal. Mainz University of Applied Sciences is a young university. It has been independent since 1996 and has been identified in its logo as a "University of Applied Sciences" since 1999. But the origins go back to 1757, the year in which the elector of Mainz decided to found an academy of painting and sculpture. Much has changed since then: On 1 September 1996, the "Fachhochschule Rheinland-Pfalz," consisting of eight departments, was dissolved. A merger of the former departments Mainz I and Mainz II resulted in the Mainz University of Applied Sciences. Our German name was changed from "Fachhochschule Mainz" to "Hochschule Mainz" in September 2014, and around 5000 students are currently enrolled at the university. In 2009, the university moved into an attractive new building on the campus near Johannes Gutenberg University. In our globalized world, education and research at a university must be internationally oriented to prepare graduates adequately for the job market. Internationalization as an instrument to raise the profile of Mainz University of Applied Sciences and to maintain its competitiveness - regionally, nationally, and internationally - is one of the challenges of our time. Mainz University of Applied Sciences would like to develop further an international culture of study, teaching, and research supported by individual persons and practiced by all university members. This objective is already formulated as part of the university development plan and in the university's mission statement. To establish girls and women in the still existing male domain of technical professions and increasingly in management positions, it is not sufficient to take selective individual measures. However, instead, it requires a comprehensive and long-term strategy. A key role is played by universities, which have the task of providing education for society as a whole, and also act as the link between school careers and professional careers. With the projects described in this chapter, Mainz University of Applied Sciences is trying to establish a framework and accompany and support female junior scientists from an early age to future management positions. All projects described here are based on the social consensus of achieving genuine equality between women and men. View full university

With around 32,000 students from over 120 nations, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is one of Germany's largest and most diverse universities. JGU unites almost all academic disciplines under one roof with its University Medical Center, its Academy of Arts and School of Music, and the Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies in Germersheim. In over 150 institutes and clinics, 4,400 academics, 560 of whom are professors, teach and carry out research. JGU offers 75 subjects and numerous combinations, meaning students can obtain degrees in more than 260 disciplines. As the only German university of its size, nearly all of the institutions of JGU are located on one single campus near the city center, which is also home to four partner institutes involved in top-level non-university research: the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPI-C), the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P), the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) and the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB). The campus of the University Medical Center is only about a kilometer away, and both Mainz Leibniz Association institutions – the Institute of European History (IEG) and the Roman-Germanic Central Museum (RGZM) – are located slightly further away in the inner city. In addition to this, many local businesses also carry out research, making Mainz a uniquely dynamic research hub. JGU enjoys global eminence as a research-driven university. Its central core research areas are particle and hadron physics, the materials sciences, and translational medicine. Its most outstanding research achievements in the humanities have been attained in American studies and historical, cultural studies. Successes in the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments have confirmed JGU's academic status. In 2012, the research network Precision Physics, Fundamental Interactions, and Structure of Matter (PRISMA) were recognized as a cluster of excellence, and the financing of the Materials Science in Mainz (MAINZ) Graduate School of Excellence was extended. Moreover, excellent placings in national and international rankings and numerous other honors and awards demonstrate how successful Mainz-based researchers and academics are. Another attribute of JGU is its research-oriented teaching – which incorporates research-based topics in the curricula early on. A similar emphasis is placed on promoting and mentoring young research talents. JGU also considers the exchange of knowledge with society as one of its essential duties. As an open university, JGU offers the populace a unique portfolio of information dissemination concepts that extend far beyond the scope of standard popular academic formats. Through its university governance system, JGU makes sure that its members participate in the strategic planning and that outstanding academics get involved. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz was initially founded in 1477 and today still strives to emulate its namesake's innovational spirit. The promotion and introduction of new ideas, the use of knowledge to improve people's lives and encourage them to overcome the many boundaries they encounter daily are the underlying ambitions of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Making people fit for the future" this motto defines what Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has in mind for its students. Ensuring they have the necessary qualifications to be generally employable and able to compete in the international marketplace while also making sure they develop personally – these are the aspects on which JGU places its emphasis. Among other things, this is achieved by focusing as much as possible on research-oriented courses that give students the chance to participate in research. The aspect of research-oriented teaching is one of the unique selling points of JGU. In line with these principles, JGU has created a differentiated course structure that targets academic and non-academic careers' various demands. In all three phases – Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral studies – the university makes sure its students become familiar with working on a wide range of research topics of differing sizes and difficulty levels. JGU also places significant emphasis on teaching what exactly constitutes good academic practice. Global networking is vital for Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and is one of the primary requirements for competitiveness. As an international research and teaching hub, the university feels obliged to remove barriers between nations and cultures in its mission statement and strategic concept. JGU sees internationalization as a task for all university sections – including all the academic and administrative institutions – and views it as something that needs to be promoted at all levels. The university's researchers and academics' international work is backed by some 150 partnership agreements with other universities on all continents. There are nearly 700 cooperation projects with European universities within the ERASMUS program that organize students, teaching staff, and other employees. For many years, JGU has played a leading role in this program. Collaborative research and student exchange projects in Europe mainly occur in France and Poland. Outside Europe, the USA, South Korea, and China are the most important. Every degree program at JGU gives students the chance to spend one or two semesters abroad. JGU also has special degree programs and modules that are on offer in collaboration with foreign universities. With over 650 courses taught in languages other than German and numerous foreign language learning courses, JGU prepares students for the international job market. The Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies is a unique feature of JGU due to its international character. Not only is it one of the leading European educational institutions for interpreters and translators, but it also focuses more broadly on interculturality as a general subject for research. This is also the case at the Center for Intercultural Studies – an interdisciplinary research platform of JGU that provides an academic framework for the intercultural dialog on campus. View full university

Around 1,300 men and women are studying at our university, on courses in Social Work and Social Sciences, Practical Theology and Healthcare and Nursing. You will find detailed information on the individual courses under the menu item Studies and Tuition. The Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz is a university of a manageable size offering numerous advantages. Anonymity in vast lecture halls does not exist here. Small teaching groups and a compact layout facilitate useful contacts and lively dialogue between all university members. A broad scientific foundation characterizes the CUAS Mainz courses, a high degree of practical orientation, and numerous complimentary activities (e.g., media, music, and theology). You will naturally also find a range of university pastoral care services and - in difficult situations - a psychological counseling office. The UCAS Mainz is closely linked with two institutes. The Institute of Applied Research and International Relations (if) is your point of contact for research and advisory projects in the fields of applied health, social, and welfare research, as well as in ecclesiastical, social research. International university cooperation and advice on internships and study stays abroad are further focused on the institute's work. The Institute of Further Education (if) offers a diverse range of further education and development measures to specialist and management personnel from the social, health, and education sectors. The Institute of Applied Research and International Relations (ifb) of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz (CUAS Mainz) is the central service and coordination point for activities in research and international relations at the CUAS Mainz. The institute's ongoing focuses include impact research in health and social settings, child and youth welfare, case management, health and nursing research, ecclesiastical, social research, and the international exchange of specialists and students. The specific Catholic university profile results in the educational remit and an obligation to ensure the research's application orientation and transfer the research results into practice. For UCAS Mainz, this effectively means tackling current social challenges and problems. For over 25 years, the ifw has been offering qualified training programs for specialist and executive personnel. We can reflect on interesting years with impressive social work changes, the healthcare sector, and the respective organizations. We are always asking ourselves the questions: How can we contribute to successful professional and personal development through training? What concepts support structures within organizations, which enable respectful and task-oriented cooperation? How can we bring practice, science, and value-orientation together in productive interplay, and in doing so, contribute to targeted development processes of the individuals and the organizations? The high demand and excellent overall evaluation of our training seminars motivate us to continue asking ourselves these and further questions and continue developing innovative concepts tailored to the demands of vocational practice and incorporate the latest scientific findings. We would be delighted if you were to keep in contact with us in the future, and we warmly invite you to peruse our program (in German only). We always welcome your feedback and suggestions. View full university