Welcome at the Johannes Gutenberg-University MAINZ!

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Welcome at the Johannes Gutenberg-University
MAINZ!

• Information of the Sociology Department for our
  International Students

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Overview

• Studying in the Capital of Rheinland-PfalzMainz
  Living in the Capital
• The Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
• Presentation of the Campus
• Sourrounding and Excursions
• Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz and Hessen

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Studying in the Capital of Rheinland-Pfalz
Mainz Living in the Capital
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Mainz Living in the Capital!

• Welcome to MAINZ
• Capital of Rheinland-Pfalz
• 200.000 Inhabitants
• 35.000 Students

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Mainz Living in the Capital!

• A City with Tradition

above Castle, below Cathedral
above View of Mainz, below Fastnachtsbrunnen
Mainz looks back on over 2000 years full of
history. Roman background of the City can be
found everywhere.
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Mainz Living in the Capital!

• Enjoy the Atmosphere

In the Summertime you can enjoy the evening at
the beach of the River Rhine (left hand) or you
can have an ice cream at the square of the
cathedral (right hand).
The brewery Eisgrubbräu (left hand)
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Mainz Living in the Capital!

• Art and Culture in Mainz

In Mainz you can visit a lot of museums From
Fossils, animals and natural history up to the
museum of ancient Shipbuilding
In the state theatre you can enjoy concerts,
ballet, opera or readings
Gutenberg-Museum Middle Age manuscripts and
live demonstrations of printing the way it was
done 500 years ago
Some windows of the St. Stephens Church are
designed by the artist Marc Chagall
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Mainz Living in the Capital!

• Celebrate in Mainz!

February Rhenish carnival with a parade on
Rose Monday May Gutenberg-Marathon June
Johannisfest with fireworks July Asta Summer
festival at the University Rheinland-Pfalz
Open-Air Concert August Wine festival in the
Volkspark December Christmas market
Carnival
Christmas market
Rheinland-Pfalz Open-Air Concert
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Mainz Living in the Capital!

• In the centre of Rhine-Main

• Mainz is located in the centre of the region
  Rhine-main and it is very easy to reach
• 20 min Airport Frankfurt
• 30 min Frankfurt city centre
• 40 min Ryanair Airport Frankfurt/Hahn
• The use of public transport within the region
  Rhine-Main is with the student ticket
  (Semesterticket) for students of the University
  of Mainz for free!

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The Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Presentation of the Campus
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Johannes Gutenberg-University
Interdisciplinary University
Department of Maths

• 35.000 Students
• 11 Faculties
• 90 different subjects
• Languages Slavonic Studies, English and
  American Studies, German language and literature
  studies
• Natural sciences Chemistry, Physics, Biology,
  Maths
• Sports, Medicine, Economics, Law, Art, etc.

Department of Chemistry
Department of Social Sciences
Administration
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Johannes Gutenberg-University

• The Campus
• Mainz is one of the biggest Campus-Universities
  of Germany.

Housing Inter I and Inter II
A 5 minute walk to the city centre of Mainz
SBII Faculty of Social Sciences and Media
Cafeteria
Sports facilities
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Johannes Gutenberg-University

• An international University with tradition

• Foundation of a University in Mainz
• 1946 Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

5.000 international students per year 250
ERASMUS students per year
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Johannes Gutenberg-University

• Computers/ Wireless LAN

• The University of Mainz offers
• Free web-account and e-mail-address
• Access to printer, copier and scanner
• Wireless LAN at the whole campus, in all lecture
  rooms and in all libraries
• Free web-access in all students halls of
  residence owned by the University
• Free computer courses (Excel, Access,...)

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Johannes Gutenberg-University

• Students halls of residence

• The University of Mainz guarantees every
  international student a place in a students hall
  of residence.
• The students halls of residence are located
• at the Campus
• in the city of Mainz

• Learn German
• Free German courses at medium and higher level
• Cheap courses for beginners

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Johannes Gutenberg-University

• Sports
• The University of Mainz offers a broad and free
  sports program for students.

Sports Aerobics, athletic sports, badminton,
ballet, basketball, beachvolleyball,
cheerleading, dancing, fencing, gymnastics,
handball, hockey, judo, karate, kendo, ping-pong,
rock climbing, rugby, soccer, swimming, tennis,
trampoline, volleyball, yoga, etc.
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Faculty 02 Social Sciences, Media and Sports

• Motion picture sciences
• Educational science
• Politics
• Psychology
• Media and Communication
• Journalism
• Sociology
• Sports science

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Department of Sociology
International Department

• Cooperations with the following countries
  Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
  Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain,
  Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Spain,
  South Africa, Turkey,
• Lectures are mostly held in German

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Sourrounding and ExcursionsGermany,
Rheinland-Pfalz and Hessen
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Sourrounding and Excursions
Germany An overview
Hamburg 520km
Berlin 570km
Hannover 370km
Hamburg
Berlin
Dresden 480km
Cologne 180km
MAINZ
Cologne
Dresden
Stuttgart 200km
Munich 420km
Munich
Stuttgart
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Sourrounding and Excursions
The Federal State Rheinland Pfalz

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Sourrounding and Excursions
The Metropolis Frankfurt am Main

• 650.000 Inhabitants
• City of Banks
• Its often called Mainhattan
• European Financial Centre
• Historical Old Town

Town Hall
Old Opera
Römerberg
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Sourrounding and Excursions
Very close to Mainz The Mittelrheintal
UNESCO World Heritage
Mäuseturm und Ruine Ehrenfels
Schönburg
Stolzenfels
Burg Sooneck
Pfalzgrafenstein
Burg Stahleck
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Welcome to Mainz!

• We are looking forward to many students from all
  over the world!

In the year 2005 the University of Mainz got
among 5 other German Universites the European
Certificate for the care for ERASMUS students in
the year 2004.
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More Information

• Important web addresses
• Homepage of the University of Mainz
• http//www.uni-mainz.de
• International Office
• http//www.uni-mainz.de/incoming
• Homepage of the Department of Sociology
• http//www.soziologie.uni-mainz.de
• Homepage Erasmus-Coordination
• http//www.int.soziologie.uni-mainz.de
• Contact int_at_soziologie.uni-mainz.de