Fachbereich 03 Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften at the Uni Mainz

Abteilung Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Uni Mainz

Jakob-Welder-Weg 9
55128 Mainz

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General remarks

On bachelor level the department offers Economic Sciences. On master level the department also offers Business Administration.

Basic information

Number of master degree students	230
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	21.9 %

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, master's

60.0 %

International orientation

Outgoing students

2.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Master theses in cooperation with work environment	10.6 %
Share of professors with work experience	4.2 %

Research

Publications per professor	Points per professor within the range 0,6 to 1,0
Third party funds per academic
Doctorates per professor	0.3
Research reputation	< 1%

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support	no survey
Support in studies	no survey
Courses offered	no survey
Study organisation	no survey
Transition to Master's studies	no survey
Research orientation	no survey
Support for stays abroad	no survey
Overall study situation	no survey

Degree courses with details

International Economics and Public Policy (M.Sc.)

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Campus concept promotes interdisciplinary exchange; internationality (student exchange, double degree programmes with Paris, Warsaw, Colorado, Wisconsin); English-language courses in Bachelor's and Master's in Management / Accounting & Finance; completely English-language Master in International Economics and Public Policy; Quantitative-empirical specialisation (empirical applications, rich data supply); practical relevance (joint courses with practitioners, guest lectures by managers); promotion of core competencies; innovative teaching concepts; use of live voting systems.
Special features regarding the international orientation
Double degree programmes with SGH Warsaw, Université Paris Nanterre, Colorado State University-Pueblo and University of Wisconsin River Falls; wide range of ERASMUS exchange universities (110 places); further university or faculty partnerships (student and lecturer exchange) within / outside Europe (e.g. China, South Korea, Australia, South Africa); English-language Master's degree in International Economics and Public Policy with approx. 50% foreign students; extensive range of English-language courses in the Bachelor and Master of Management as well as Accounting and Finance.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Tongji University Shanghai, China; Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Südkorea; Université Paris Nanterre, Frankreich; Colorado State University-Pueblo, USA; University of Wisconsin River Falls, USA; SGH Warschau, Polen; Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italien; Karlstad University, Schweden; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spanien; Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Kolumbien.
Special features regarding the equipment
Excellently equipped departmental library with numerous workplaces and modern learning centres; campus-wide access to a wide range of economic databases (including Business Source Premier; Wiso Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Volltext; EconLit) and economic journals; campus-wide WiFi; large number of computer pools; remote desktop (access to university drive from outside); nationwide network licenses from Stata and SPSS; expert support from the Centre for Data Processing; MOGON (world's top 100 high-performance computer).
Support for founders
As part of the project "PROF | Professional Advice for Students", the guidance office organises regular workshops and lectures on entrepreneurship, for example. The advisory student university group "Berater" itself is a young company that advises other entrepreneurs and prepares business plans for them. The alumni network offers the opportunity for networking. The Start-UP Night is a regular networking event on start-up topics, in which founders discuss their experiences with start-up companies.