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CHE University Ranking

Economic Sciences, Department

Fachbereich 03 Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Fachbereich 03 Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Abteilung Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Jakob-Welder-Weg 9
D-55099 Mainz
Telephone: +49 6131 392-2225
https://www.uni-mainz.de
Uni Mainz
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,810

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

20

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

6.1%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

17.6%

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

2.9%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

6.3%

Research

Publications per professor in Business Administration

no data

Publications per professor in Economics

no data

Third party funds per academic

13,400 €

Doctorates per professor

0.7

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
Practical orientation in teaching
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

271

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support

Not specified
Support in studies

Not specified
Digital teaching elements

Not specified
Practical orientation in teaching

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Courses offered

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Study organisation

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Transition to Master's studies

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Research orientation

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Support for stays abroad

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Overall study situation

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Return rate of the questionnaires

no data

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Campus concept encourages interdisciplinary exchange; Internationality (student exchange, double degree programmes with Paris, Warsaw, Colorado, Wisconsin); Courses in Management/Accounting & Finance taught in English in the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees; Master in International Economics and Public Policy entirely in English; Quantitative-empirical focus (empirical applications, abundant data resources); High degree of practical relevance (joint courses with practitioners, guest lectures by executives); Promotion of core competencies; Innovative teaching concepts; Use of live voting systems.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Double degree programme with the SGH Warsaw, Université Paris Nanterre, Clermont Auvergne, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Great variety of Erasmus exchange universities (130 places); Further university or faculty partnerships (student and lecturer exchange) within/outside Europe (e.g. China, South Korea, Australia, USA, South Africa); Master's degree courses taught in English in “International Economics and Public Policy” and “Quantitative Decision-Making in Economics and Management”; Extensive range of courses taught in English in the Bachelor’s and Master’s 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; Beykent University, Istanbul, Türkei; SGH Warschau, Polen; Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italien; Agder University College, Kristiansand, Norwegen; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spanien; Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Kolumbien.

Special features regarding the equipment

Excellently equipped departmental library with numerous workspaces and modern learning centres; Moodle learning management system; Online written examinations; Campus-wide access to the most important economics databases and journals; Large number of PC clusters; Remote desktop (access to university server also from off-campus); Comprehensive network licences for Stata and SPSS; Expert support from the Centre for Data Processing; MOGON (world's top 100 high-performance computer); Access to cloud software (e.g. Office 365) and other general and subject-specific software

Special features regarding research activities

Interdisciplinary research focus area "Interdisciplinary Public Policy"; various interdisciplinary projects funded by third-party funds between Economics, Business Administration, Computer Science, Medicine, Political Science, Psychology & Business Education; International research collaborations with universities and businesses; Utilisation of research results in teaching optimisation; Active involvement of students in research projects through final theses and various research assistant roles; Research projects in cooperation with schools; interdisciplinary Federal Ministry of Education and Research project (Business Information Systems, Economics) on e-learning.

Support for founders

Start-up Night: Regular networking event in which business founders share their start-up experiences with students; Workshops and lecture series on start-ups; Hochschulgruppe Berater e.V. itself is a young company that advises other business founders and prepares business plans for them; Alumni network offers the opportunity for networking with business founders; Start-up Centre organises events on start-up topics and advises individuals and teams interested in starting a business; Courses on digital entrepreneurship

Other special features

Professional advice for students. Module for the training of emotional and social skills. Practice-related university groups for Business Consulting, Marketing, Stock Exchange and Plural Economics. Psychotherapeutic advice centre. Promotion of diversity (diversity audit) and women (equal opportunities officer). Central service point for barrier-free studying and representation for the severely disabled. Course of study for professionally qualified students without a secondary school certificate. German courses for foreign students. Central family service office: Childcare. Enactus & AISEC (international volunteering / social projects)

Further information on research activities

Information on access restrictions

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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