BA Business and Economics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

The bachelor’s degree program in Business and Economics offers a broad and in-depth education in the fields of economics and management. As a prospective economist, you will learn to understand and analyze economic relationships in order to develop successful strategies for business management, marketing, financing or even trade and investment policy.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; part-time option  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Erlangen, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Business and Economics can only be studied in combination with another subject in the Bachelor’s degree program. This means it can be studied in this degree program either as the first subject with 70 ECTS credits plus the Bachelor thesis with 10 ECTS credits or as the second subject with 70 ECTS credits and the Bachelor thesis in the other subject. In the one-year orientation phase you will acquire fundamental knowledge about the contents and methods of economics.

Career pathways

Combining this with a second subject from the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology opens up special career prospects for graduates. On the one hand, you learn the foundations of economics, and on the other, you also gain knowledge in you other subject, such as methods in sociology or a foreign language.

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