The Location

"The study of political economics in Mainz can look back on a long and distinguished tradition.
Its representatives have time and again provided important input into research,
teaching and economic policy counsel.
Our continuing obligation and challenge is to build upon this and to help find answers to the
questions and issues of the future."

_{PROFESSOR DR. BEATRICE WEDER DI MAURO, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and one of the five members of the
German Council of Economic Experts}

Population of the City of Mainz: 198,500

Employed in scientific fields: 4,000

Students: 40,000

Industry Structure: Health, Media, Information Technology, Research and Development

Selection of companies located in Mainz: Boehringer Ingelheim, IBM, Nestlé Waters Deutschland, Novo Nordisk Pharma, SCHOTT Glas, SWR/3SAT, Verlagsgruppe Rhein-Main, ZDF

Tourism 2007: approx. 760,000 overnight stays, approx. 36 per cent of guests are from abroad

Life-long learning: www.bildungsatlas-mainz.de is comprised of 160 institutes of further education in the Mainz-Bingen region offering approx. 4,000 courses; Page views in 2008: 650,000

Infrastructure: Congress Centrum Mainz with 3,500 events, exhibitions and conventions each year, including the German Medical Assembly; easy access to Frankfurt Airport, the freight facilities at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, and the federal highway system; ICE (high speed train) connection; container port for inland waterways (Germany's second largest hub after Duisburg)