Since 2011, HdWM has trained leaders inside real companies in the heart of Mannheim. Taught in English and German, state-approved, and open to the world. Get to know who we are, what we stand for, and the people who run the place.
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Everything about the university, from what drives us to how you reach us. Pick a topic to go deeper.
What we believe about applied management education, and the principles behind every programme.
Meet the faculty, staff and departments that make up the HdWM community.
Open academic and administrative positions. Join the team behind Leaders Made in Mannheim.
The companies and institutions that support HdWM — from endowed professorships to scholarships.
Associations, chambers and cooperation partners — the network behind the practice-oriented management degrees.
Who we are
HdWM, the Hochschule der Wirtschaft für Management, was founded by regional companies who wanted graduates ready to work, not just ready to graduate. That founding idea still runs through everything: management is learned by doing it, inside the companies that practise it.
Today we are a compact, international university in Mannheim, one of Germany's most dynamic economic regions, offering the full management toolkit through both English-taught and German-taught programmes.
“We don't teach management in theory. Our students practise it with the Leaders who run real companies.”
HdWM founding principle
Governance
HdWM is subsidised by its supporting organisation, the University of Applied Management Studies gGmbH.
Chairmen of the Shareholders' Meeting:
