The University of Mannheim offers a beautiful campus in the wonderful southern city of Mannheim, Germany. Not only does Desautels Faculty of Management have a direct bilateral exchange with the University of Mannheim, but the University of Mannheim boasts the number one business school in Germany, offering “world-class management education”. With the University of Mannheim’s very complete business curriculum, I can fulfill several of my McGill Bachelor of Commerce management core courses as well take more specific business related and other elective courses. I should be able to take Operations Management, Macroeconomic Policy, and Strategic Management from the management core as a minimum during my studies in Mannheim. Additionally, as part of the major in International Management, this exchange to Germany fulfills the international exchange component. Furthermore, I plan to continue my high-level German language education, working towards my German minor, through literature or other interesting courses taught in German at the university. All of these courses will …show more content…
I am certain that by studying abroad at the University of Mannheim I will make many new life-long friendships and connect with another culture in an incredible way. It is also noteworthy that in alignment with my major in International Management, I plan to work for international companies in my future – one such as SAP which is a multinational company headquartered in Germany. Therefore, studying abroad in Germany creates a huge advantage for my future, which likely will involve large companies very probably based or branched in Germany, Canada, or the