Study Abroad with the Bryan MBA Program in ! Germany—Fast Facts What’s included:  6 nights at hotel / double occupancy  Several meals:  Welcome dinner MBA 745 Experience  Farewell dinner , Germany  Lunches Business Abroad: Some of Germany’s top exports include:  Corporate presentations Mannheim 2014 Population: 80,399,300  Motor Vehicles  Electronic Products  Guided tour of Mannheim Area: 137,847 square miles  Machinery  Textiles  Guided tour of  Trip to Neustadt and Hambach Castle Capital: Berlin  Chemicals  Pharmaceuticals  Local transportation for all scheduled activities March 8-15, 2014 Government: Federal republic

Mannheim, Germany Chancellor: Angela Merkel Climate

Official Language: German Germany has relatively hot summers and mild winters. The country’s situation between oceanic Western Monetary Unit: Euro Europe and continental Eastern Europe, along with mountainous regions in the south, cause temperature variance throughout the country. Economy The mean temperatures for Mannheim are: Based on automobiles, iron, steel, coal, cement,  2°C (35°F) during winter months chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages, shipbuilding and  18°C (65°F) during summer months textiles.

Primary trade partners: France, Poland, UK, the Netherlands, USA, Italy, Austria, China, Russia, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic

Mannheim Corporate Visits Registration and Costs (Sample; actual sites may vary) Mannheim Coat of Arms Application: http://bryanmba.uncg.edu/studyabroad Mannheim is the 3rd-largest city in the -Württemberg BASF—The world’s largest chemical state of Germany. It is nicknamed “die Quadratestadt" (city Registration: Please visit the MBA Office, Bryan 301 company with more than 330 Wasserturm Jesuit Church of the squares) because of its grid layout, unusual among subsidiaries worldwide; Cost: $2700 (estimated)—Airfare not German cities. headquartered in . included (minimum 15 students) Pre-Departure Seminar Mannheim houses a number of factories and offices, A seminar on culture, history, economics and course including those for ABB, Alstom, BASF (Ludwigshafen), Deposit: Acceptance of applications will run from HeidelbergCement—The global market leader in expectations will be held on January 31st, 2014 Bilfinger Berger, Bombardier, Fuchs Petrolub AG, John October 16th to November 6th, 2013. from 5-8pm in Bryan 301N. Important travel Deere, Siemens, SCA and Südzucker. aggregates and a prominent player in the fields of cement, Upon acceptance into the program a regulations will also be covered— concrete and other downstream activities, making it one of $500 deposit will be due by 5pm on attendance is required! The is located in the 18th-century the world’s largest manufacturers of building materials. November 26th. A post-trip debriefing session is also Mannheim Palace. required. The time and date of this What’s included: Site tours Insurance meeting will be determined at the Activities Tuition and fees Some meals pre-departure seminar. John Deere—John Deere was founded in Accommodations Tour of Heidelberg—Regarded as 1837. Today, 47,400 employees are located Ground transportation Program is led by TBA. one of the most beautiful cities in Cultural excursions at 43 works in 17 countries. John Deere Useful Websites: Germany, Heidelberg is dominated by the mighty ruins of products are delivered to more than 160 Visa: Students may be required to obtain a http://www.lonelyplanet.com/germany/baden-wurttemberg/ the castle, which for five centuries was the glittering countries. Its Mannheim location is the “tourist visa,” the cost of which varies mannheim residence of the Palatine Prince Electors. largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery in with nationality. http://wikitravel.org/en/Mannheim Neustadt—The heart of the “Germany Germany. http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/ Wind Road” with a beautiful medieval en/05__Legal/02__Directory__Services/01__Visa/ center characterized by timbered __Tourist__Visa.html houses. European Central Bank—The central **All deposits are non-refundable. Once final payment Hambach Castle—Considered bank for the Euro, the ECB monitors and is made, there are no refunds. UNCG and The Bryan to be the cradle of German administrates over the monetary policies School of Business and Economics reserve the right to democracy movement due to Contact: The Bryan MBA Office for the 17 members of the Eurozone. cancel or alter the program format or to change costs the Hambacher Fest of 1832. in case of conditions beyond its control.** Bryan 301 Today the castle serves as a 336.334.5390 national museum and No online registration is accepted. Checks are made [email protected] convention center. payable to UNCG. Graduate Students only. http://bryanmba.uncg.edu/studyabroad