Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
City | Country |
Mainz | Germany |
Services
Housing services
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz offers multiple dormitories include:
- Hechtsheim
- Inter II
- Kisselberg
- Münchfeld
- Oberstadt
- Binger Schlag
- Wallstraße
- Weisenau
Library services
The Library’s management, central services for students and several specialized sections are located at the Central Library.There are also nine Departmental Libraries and about 20 Faculty Libraries. These function as decentralized reference libraries for students and staff within their faculties and departments.
Medical services
Resilience Health Care Center offers:
- Diagnostic assessment and classification of the present symptoms.
- Education about early warning signs of stress-related and mental disorders.
- Implementation of preventive measures for the promotion of health.
- Counseling to develop individual therapy recommendations and to coordinate the therapy plan in order to prevent work disabilities.
Student Life
Campus life
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.
Student clubs
Student organization include:
- AIESEC
- Arbeitskreis Börse
- berater e. V.
- Biotechnologische Studenteninitiative e. V., Gruppe Mainz
- communicate! e. V.
- Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg e.V.
- ELSA-Mainz e. V.
- Jungchemikerforum Mainz/Wiesbaden
Accreditation
The positive system accreditation certifies that JGU's quality assurance system in the area of study and teaching is appropriate for achieving the qualification targets and guaranteeing the quality standards of its own degree courses. Being awarded the seal of accreditation does not just mean that all of the degree courses already set up in Mainz are now accredited;