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CHE University Ranking

Economics, Department

Fachbereich IV - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Mathematik und Informatikwissenschaften

Universität Trier

Fachbereich IV - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Mathematik und Informatikwissenschaften
Volkswirtschaftslehre
Universitätsring 15
D-54286 Trier
Telephone: +49 651 201-2640
https://www.uni-trier.de
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

310

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

130

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

5.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

3.0%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/16 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

no data

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

0.8%

Research

Publications per professor

between 0.2 and 0.8 points

Third party funds per academic

52,700 €

Doctorates per professor

0.4

Research reputation

no data

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Introduction to scientific work
Offers for career orientation

Not specified
Practical orientation in teaching
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

22

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Digital teaching elements
Practical orientation in teaching
Courses offered
Study organisation
Transition to Master's studies
Research orientation
Support for stays abroad
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

30

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Focus on practice and research; Research project (Master) study project (Bachelor); Work in small groups; social skills and soft skills are taught; English-speaking lecturers; Mentoring programme; Tutor programmes; Practitioners workshop; Teaching prize of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate 2020; Master's can be studied entirely in English; Wide choice of electives; inter-disciplinary approach (with Business Administration, Sociology, Politics); Partnerships with universities in Berlin, Luxembourg, Bamberg, Saarland,, Bergamo, Warsaw.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Erasmus Officer for the recognition of credits earned abroad; Advice for students from abroad (coming and going); Internationalisation Officer in Economics; Foreign language training; English for economists; UniGroßregion collaboration; Luxembourg; Support from DAAD and Integration Officer ; Introductory events; DAAD award for international students; Work placements abroad; Support through grants and Erasmus+.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

1.     Universita degli studi die Bergamo, Italien 2.     Hogskolan Dalarna, Schweden 3.     Trinity College Dublin, Irland 4.     University of Maribor, Slowenien 5.     BI Norwegian Business School, Norwegen 6.     Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Portugal 7.     Warsaw School of Economics, Polen 8.     Universidad de Alcala, Spanien 9.     Istanbul Kültür Universitest, Türkei 10.  Ikonomiko Panepistimio Athinon, Griechenland

Special features regarding the equipment

PC clusters for Economics; Numerous PC workstations; Teaching room for online transmission; Use of specific databases for Economics; Licences for statistics software Stata, but also SPSS.

Special features regarding research activities

Highly practice related; Collaboration with the financial market in Luxembourg; Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union; Interdisciplinary research groups "Quantitative Finance and Risk Analysis" and "Trier Institute for Money Laundering and Corruption Criminal Law"; Collaboration with statistics agencies (Eurostat, etc.) and the Federal Office for Social Security; Regional reference, Statec Luxembourg, Trier Centre for Sustainable Systems; Research networks with other faculties at the university and in cooperation with other universities at national and international level.

Support for founders

Start-up office: Advice from the initial idea to the foundation; Elective courses "Entrepreneurial Thinking and Action" and "Creating a Business Plan" in the Economics core subject, Economics & Finance, Economics Plus and Economics can be credited

Other special features

"Environment, Climate and Sustainability" as one of 6 focal points in the MSc Economics; Commitment to "Scientists For Future" by some of the teaching staff

Further information on research activities

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Last Update 2023: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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