The Faculty of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science wants to enable interested school pupils of various age groups to get to know scientific practice better while they are still at school. Our institutes offer various programs and events throughout the year, such as guided tours on specific research topics and student competitions. On our taster days, participants can get a taste of university life for a day: they attend lectures, learn about study opportunities, and students talk about their program of study. Pupils who are already certain that they want to pursue a program of study can register for a pre-university program at JGU and start studying while they are still in school. The faculty also has an exclusive offer for teachers who want to continue educating themselves in specific subject-related or interdisciplinary areas.
The Institute of Physics at JGU offers an extensive range of programs for school pupils: guided tours through the “Mainz Microtron” (MAMI) particle accelerator, guided one-day physics projects in the student labs, events in the lecture hall such as “Physics on Saturdays,” and workshops providing introductions to scientific practice like the “Particle Physics Academy” or the “KLIMAkademie.”
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The junior campus mainz (jcm) aims to inspire school pupils of all ages and from all school types to pursue a scientific or artistic program of study. Individual talents and interests are also to be fostered. In the “Natural Sciences and Technology” activity area, you will find projects from physics, mathematics, and computer science.
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The Ada Lovelace Project offers a program specifically intended for girls in grades 5 to 13 to get to know natural sciences degree programs through school visits, project days, holiday programs, school clubs, and career profile presentations.
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DenkSport is a holiday program for pupils in grades 5 and 6. DenkSport combines logical thinking and movement to playfully foster cognitive abilities and increase learning motivation.
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On the annual Girls’ Day, female students in grades 5 to 13 have the opportunity explore scientific, technical, or trade-related fields at JGU for a day. The Faculty of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science also participates and opens its doors for interested female students.
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MONOID is a student magazine published four times a year by the Institute of Mathematics. The focus is on tasks of varying difficulty that convey lively mathematics at a student level. In the annual MONOID competition, readers also compete for the coveted “Golden M.”
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The NaT-Lab offers a diverse range of natural sciences projects for school pupils of all ages, including experimentation days, holiday academies, and researcher weekends.
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The Mainz Math Academy is a four-day workshop for school pupils aged 15 and older. The workshop is led by professors and academic staff from the Institute of Mathematics at JGU.
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The taster days are aimed at prospective students who have already identified one or more potential programs of study during their orientation process. The taster days are intended to help them get to know a specific program of study well enough to make a decision for or against it.
You can find the dates and further information for the individual subjects in JGU’s overall offerings:
A pre-university program allows school pupils to attend university courses before they officially complete their higher education entrance qualification. It is open to all motivated upper secondary school pupils and offers many advantages, including early orientation, as it lets you better assess whether the chosen degree program truly matches your interests and strengths even before finishing school and, if academic achievements are acquired during the pre-university program, these can be credited towards a later regular program of study, thereby shortening your study period. Also, the pre-university program is free of charge.
Advancements and methodology in the natural sciences subjects have now gained a significance that extends far beyond the individual scientific fields. With the insights gained in the natural sciences, humanity has learned to assess its environment objectively and understand it better. The program of study in these subjects offers the opportunity to study the foundations of such ideas in detail and to participate in their further development.
Furthermore, a program of study, especially in the natural sciences subjects, not only provides specialized knowledge but also equips you with skills that are valued later in professional life. This includes, for example, the fundamental ability to quickly and independently familiarize yourself with new problem areas using the methods learned during the program of study.
For these reasons, graduates of natural science degree programs also have extensive and good career prospects. The spectrum ranges from the electrotechnical and chemical industries to the information and communication industry, banks, management consultancies, schools and universities, weather services, and insurance companies, all the way to research and development in economic sectors such as electrical engineering, banking, and credit and insurance agencies.
- Study without pressure
- Find the degree program that’s right for you
- Get to know how university works
- No costs for the pre-university program
- Transfer the credits you earn now to a future degree program
- Finish your degree faster
- Missed class material generally has to be independently caught up on by pupils in the pre-university program.
- The content and time required for course/class work is generally not reduced
- No recognition of university credits at school
- Generally, one day of school per week is missed
- Intensive studies at the university
- Studying for university exams
Contact Person
Dr. Markus Blumenstock
Institute for Computer Science | Room 03-223
Staudingerweg 9 | 55128 Mainz
Phone: +49 6131 39-24624
E-Mail
The pre-university program offers you the opportunity to attend various lectures, seminars, etc., and take exams even before you start a regular program of study in mathematics. The credits you earn can then be counted as required academic achievements in a later regular program of study at Johannes Gutenberg University and possibly other universities.
In the pre-university program, you will participate in approximately
- one four-hour lecture course (two lectures per week, each lasting 90 minutes) and a two-hour practice class (one practice session per week lasting 90 minutes)
- or one two-hour seminar, one two-hour programming course, or the like
per semester.
Before you are admitted to a pre-university program at Johannes Gutenberg University, we would like to conduct a personal interview.
A pre-university program involves a significant time commitment. As a rule, the credits you earn here cannot be transferred to your school, and you will have to independently catch up on the classes you will miss at your school. Therefore, consent from your school is absolutely necessary for admission to a pre-university program. In the personal interview, these and other aspects will be discussed and agreed upon in detail.
In the pre-university program at our Institute of Mathematics, you will mainly attend introductory lectures from the Bachelor of Science degree program, for example
- Analysis I
- Linear Algebra and Geometry I
- Geometry, Algebra and Number Theory
- Computer-Aided Mathematics
In addition to attending such a lecture, participation in an associated practice class is usually required. For successful completion of a lecture + practice class, usually
- the completion of weekly exercise sheets, and
- passing a final written exam
is required.
Here are the courses for the current and upcoming semesters. Detailed information (examination regulations, module handbook, study plan) on the individual mathematics courses can be found on this page. (This is what your future studies at our university could look like!)
All further information and documents for applying to the pre-university program can be found on JGU’s central web pages for the pre-university program.
If you are interested in a pre-university program, please feel free to contact us at any time!
Contact Person
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Steffen Fröhlich
Institute of Mathematics | Room 04-517
Staudingerweg 9 | 55128 Mainz
Phone: +49 6131 39 23330
Fax: +49 6131 39-20658
Email
Information on the pre-university program in the subject of Physics / Meteorology can be found on this website:
https://physik.uni-mainz.de/en/12468-2/studies-2/fruhstudium/
