Economics (Volkswirtschaftslehre)
Master of Science

International orientation

Globalisation means that business is no longer bound by national borders and the same applies to our field of scholarship. Our master s degree in economics (Volkswirtschaftslehre) therefore has a clear international orientation, both in terms of the course content and the exchange with other faculties around the world. We offer countless opportunities for semesters abroad and at the same time warmly invite students of international master s study programmes to visit MUHS as an exchange student. Similar to most of the course literature, selected lectures are held in English. MUHS s language centre offers a diverse range of language courses, including many with a special focus on the vocabulary needed for business.

Intensive support

We focus on teaching in small groups and intensive supervision in our study programme in Gelsenkirchen. You won't find overcrowded mass lectures where you have to sit on the stairs. Instead, we attach great importance to close interaction with lecturers and interactive teaching. You can choose your personal focus from an extensive range of compulsory elective modules and work on their content together with lecturers and fellow students. This exchange is also promoted by the faculty's headquarters: the Oeconomicum, whose open architecture offers students and researchers short distances and a wide range of opportunities for discussion. At the same time, we have set up a state-of-the-art research laboratory in which we conduct experiments to investigate whether people in everyday economic life actually behave as theory assumes.

The Master Economics (Volkswirtschaftslehre) is organised as a on-site study programme, which is complemented by digital teaching and learning opportunities, such as online assessments, inverted classrooms or teaching and explanatory videos. For example, in the introductory phase of the programme, the basics of econometrics are taught using instructional videos and the examination also takes place online. This makes it easier for students who are unable to be on campus at the beginning of the semester to start their studies. The combination of classroom teaching and digital content allows students to structure their studies flexibly while benefiting from social interaction and personal dialogue with each other and the lecturers.

Cutting-edge research

In recent years, the faculty has succeeded in bringing a dedicated team of leading researchers together in Gelsenkirchen. Nine professors teach economics at MUHS and there are also more than 30 early career researchers, who are working on their habilitation or dissertation and are also involved in teaching.

With the founding of the Gelsenkirchen Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), an academic centre for research into the effects of competition and issues of market regulation has been established at our university. It is unique in Germany and our researchers are regularly consulted by politicians, the media and companies.

We conduct research into contemporary issues and analyse aspects such as how we can encourage competition in the energy, telecommunications and media sectors or make the health care system effective and efficient for all sections of the population. Many of our studies are regularly published in the world s most renowned journals and presented at international conferences. Perhaps you can one day help to advance our research after you graduate, too?