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CHE University Ranking

Sports Sciences, Department

Fachbereich 02: Sozialwissenschaften, Medien und Sport

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Fachbereich 02: Sozialwissenschaften, Medien und Sport
Institut für Sportwissenschaft
Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 22
D-55099 Mainz
Telephone: +49 6131 392 3506
https://www.uni-mainz.de
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

840

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

290

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

12.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

13.0%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/14 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

18.3%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

20.0%

Research

Publications per professor

55.4

Third party funds per academic

23,900 €

Doctorates per professor

0.4

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Research orientation

Introduction to scientific work
Offers for career orientation
Practical orientation in teaching
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Sports facilities
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

91

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary courses; Regional and national guest speakers; Courses outside of the university; Inclusion in teaching; Career-focused projects; Research-based teaching and learning; Location-specific student exchange programmes (traditional Chinese medicine, China; Ottawa); International postgraduate master's degree (MESGO, the Executive Master in European Sport Governance); ERASMUS collaboration; International coaching school German Athletics Association, international case study competition, sports management symposium.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Partner universities as part of the Erasmus student mobility contract, many international partner universities, partner university Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine for additional training of students in the field of TCM and Qigong. PhD students from Ghana, Ethiopia and Senegal. ErasmusPLUS, joint Master's programme with Swansea University (UK), Leuven (BEL), Charles University Prague (CZE), Pompeo Fabra University Barcelona (ESP), University of Peloponnese (GRE).

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Universität Wien, Österreich; Universitat de Barcelona, Spanien; Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China; Norges Idrettshøgskole, Oslo, Norwegen; Universidad Católica de Valencia, Spanien; Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, Frankreich; Marmara Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Türkei; Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Praha, Tschechien; Universitée des Antilles et de la Guyane in Guadeloupe, Frankreich

Special features regarding the equipment

Indoor pool (25 m lane, diving to 3 meters), games hall, multi-use hall, fixed equipment gym, gymnastics hall for floor work, athletics hall, gymnastics hall with mirror wall, stadium, fencing hall, fitness room, weight room, beach fields, artificial turf court, tennis courts, climbing wall, large trampolines, molecular biological laboratory, laboratories (16 high-frequency video cameras, 2 stationary and 3 mobile force measuring plates, pressure measuring soles and plates, wireless EMG, EKG, EEG hyperscanning system and high-resolution thermal video camera, international database for biomechanical gait data, markerless tracking system, fNIRS).

Special features regarding research activities

Practice-related research with international umbrella organisations (WADA, IOC, ESA/DLR, UEFA, FIFA, FIBA); mega sporting event research; interdisciplinary doping/enhancement research; molecular stress physiology; alternative learning and training research; regeneration, sports games, evaluation research; research in children's and youth sports; neurobiological research approaches in endurance sports; neurobiological principles of learning; alternative teaching concepts; German Karate Association, Landesverband Tennis, industry projects; Research into ergonomics of office furniture, electrosmog, media sports.

Other special features

Sports history, sports sociology, sports pedagogy, sports psychology, sports economics, training/movement science; Wide range of individual/team sports; Other types of sports (fitness sports, windsurfing, skiing, mountain biking, Qi gong); Close linking of the multifaceted dimensions of modern sports science in teaching and research; University located on a campus with short distances between lecture halls, sports facilities, the cafeteria, the library and university sports; Biomechanics lab, gait analysis, molecular genetics lab (biosafety level 2), "Let's Move" dance competition for schools, Kidscamp = inclusive holiday programme.

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

https://sport.uni-mainz.de/eignungspruefung/

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Last Update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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