MSc Economics / Volkswirtschaftslehre at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Programme overview

The research-oriented master's program Economics / Volkswirtschaftslehre provides students with skills necessary to analyze independently complex economic issues using theoretical and empirical methods. The study program focuses on the analysis of economic policy measures in various policy areas (e.g. trade policy, labor markets, social policy and environmental policy). The study program applies and explains empirical procedures of evidence-based policy analysis, as well as behavioral economic methods, such as laboratory experiments.

Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Management | Duration: 4 semesters | Study mode: full-time; English-taught | Intake: Winter and summer semester | Location: Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

What you will study

Options and specialisations: In the specialization, courses from the areas of; Behavioral Economics; Finance; Policy Analysis; Quantitative Methods an Data Science; can be chosen.

Career pathways

The Economics / Volkswirtschaftslehre degree program qualifies graduates for management and specialist tasks in all areas of national and international public organizations, private companies, as well as in university and non-university scientific institutions.

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Application information

Entry requirements

1. Relevant bachelor's, diploma, or comparable degree with at least 140 ECTS (at the time of applying), and an average grade of 2.9 or better, determined from the examination results. - A study program is counted relevant, if the academic degree has been gained in the field of economics or at least 60 ECTS (EU degrees) or 12 modules (non-EU) have been acquired in business and economics courses, plus at least 15 ECTS (EU degrees) or 4 modules (non-EU) in courses of quantitative methods. 2. Proof of English language skills on C1 level with one of the recognized options. Overview of recognized English proof options 3. Proof of the relevant first academic degree with the mandatory standardized form “Relevance” of the faculty. Applicants who have obtained their bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Economics and Management of Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg do not have to prove the relevance of a completed undergraduate degree, as this information is already known to the faculty. Applicants, who apply for a higher semester find the additional necessary applications here . No admission restriction (no numerus clausus). Application deadlines: Aplicants with German Bachelor degree (apply directly to OVGU): winter semester: 15 September; Aplicants with German Bachelor degree (apply directly to OVGU): summer semester: 15 March; Applicants with international Bachelor degree (via uni-assist): winter semester: 15 July; Applicants with international Bachelor degree (via uni-assist): summer semester: 15 January.

Intake: Winter and summer semester

Duration: 4 semesters

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