Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Uni Passau

Innstraße 27
94032 Passau

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General remarks

This department is also featured in the U-Multirank world university rankings.

Basic information

Total number of students	70
Number of master degree students	61
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	5.0 %

Support during the study entry phase

Score for offers before studies - Score	2/8 points
Score for offers at start of studies	5/14 points
Score for offers in the first year of studies	3/11 points
Total score for support in the study entry phase

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	no bachelor degree courses (im Bachelor Studiengang Wirtschaftswissenschaften)
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	70.6 % *

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's
International orientation, master's	5/11 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's
Contact with work environment, master's	2/10 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	34.1 %
Share of professors with work experience

Research

Publications per year	The number of weighted publications per year is in the range between 2,4 and 0,8
Third party funds per academic	1.4 T€
Doctorates per professor	0.4
Research reputation	< 1%

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	no survey
Support in studies	no survey
Courses offered	no survey
Study organisation	no survey
Exams	no survey
Research orientation	no survey
Job market preparation	no survey
Support for stays abroad	no survey
Rooms	no survey
Library	no survey
IT-infrastructure	no survey
Overall study situation	no survey

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support	1.5
Support in studies	1.5
Courses offered	1.5
Study organisation	1.3
Exams	2.2
Transition to Master's studies	1.6
Research orientation	1.6
Job market preparation	2.0
Support for stays abroad	2.2
Rooms	1.4
Library	1.5
IT-infrastructure	1.7
Overall study situation	1.3

Degree courses with details

International Economics and Business (M.A.)

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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About the subject

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Economics in Passau is particularly strong in research. Publications in A+ and A- journals and frequency of citation are of a particularly high level. This sound research level is integrated into the Master's courses. As a result, an especially large number of Master IEB graduates move on to doctoral studies. The link to practice is influential thanks to the empirical approach of research and teaching.
Special features regarding the international orientation
Economics in Passau is international renowned and well-networked where research is concerned. This opens Master IEB students doors to work placements and semesters abroad. International professors regularly visit for seminar presentations that Master IEB students attend.
Common partner universities for exchange
Lunds Universitet, Sweden; Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto/Lisboa, Portugal; Università degli Studi di Firenze; Università degli Studi di Torino; University of Oulu, Finland; Université des Sciences Sociales, Toulouse, France; University of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic; Türk-Alman Üniversitesi; Ege University, Izmir, Turkey; Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary
Special features regarding the equipment
Access to experimental research laboratory. Special software "classEx" allows for the realisation of lab-in-the-field experiments and integrates interactive modules into teaching. Contact with German economic research institutes allows access to multiple databases.
Special features regarding research activities
In development economics, education economics, family economics, corruption research and globalisation, there is diverse integration into current national and international research projects.
Research topics reflected in teaching
Measuring Corruption by Help of Experiment; United Nations Convention Against Corruption; Exports and FDI with Heterogeneous Firms; Experimental Ethics; Market Size, Trade, and Productivity; Global Sourcing; The Euro Crisis; Brexit; Original Sin; Child care, fertility and employment of mothers; Strikes in public transport; Air pollution/health of cities; Education, risk aversion and culture in migration decisions; Insurance and Development; Solar Electricity in Rural Rwanda; Employability in Tunisia.
Website with further information on research activities
www.wiwi.uni-passau.de/forschung/
Support for founders
Founders' Café: Goal: Potential founders, investors and start-up experts meet regularly; Forum for questions related to one's own start-up; Start-up promotion of the transfer centre; Events for students and young scientists (5-Euro-Business competition, Founders' Week Germany, Founders' Workshop); Start-up leave: Students who want to establish their own business while studying can take a leave of absence for two semesters if supervised by the transfer centre.
Characteristics of assistance to differently abled persons
Individual counselling sessions; Possibly longer exam time; Possibly oral exam.
Characteristics of diversity advancement
Compliance with the university-wide standards on equality (scientific and non-scientific staff) and implementation of appropriate targets at the faculty (annual reporting).