- Degree
- Master of Science
- Course location
- Bremen
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- The programme is completely taught in English. Courses in German can be taken in modules that provide a choice at course level.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- Studies for first semester students begin in the winter semester. The standard duration of study is four semesters. The actual duration of studies depends on individual study behaviour.
The lecture period in the winter semester is usually from mid-October to mid-February, and the lecture period in the summer semester is usually from the beginning of April to the beginning of July.
The degree programme is designed as a face-to-face programme. Some modules include digital components, such as hybrid models.
- Application deadline
- Application period for the following winter semester:
1 April to 31 May
Only advanced students can also apply for the summer semester. The application period is 1 December to 15 January.
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- Who is addressed:
As a consecutive study programme, the Master's degree programme The Economics of Global Challenges follows a completed Bachelor's degree (or comparable first degree) in one of the following subjects:
• Economics
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Business Studies
• Law
• Business Informatics
• Industrial Engineering
• (or similar)
What to expect:
The study programme is interdisciplinary and internationally oriented. It is closely oriented towards current economic research, enables students to look at the most challenging economic problems and crises of global societies from different perspectives and to penetrate them analytically. The language of instruction is English.
What to achieve:
After the completion of the Master's programme, students can enter a profession directly or deepen their economics knowledge within a doctoral programme.
How to get there:
Economics graduates who wish to address the world’s most pressing challenges and who are able to analyse these challenges from different angles, need a wide range of economic and interdisciplinary skills. This extensive range of skills is taught in the course of dealing with specific areas of application – the “global challenges”. The United Nations described these global challenges in its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the goals for socially, ecologically and economically sustainable development and a just future. In order to gain a deeper understanding of these challenges, insights from other disciplines such as anthropology, psychology, sociology and evolutionary biology are also drawn upon.
- Current information
- As a public university, the University of Bremen works with very limited capacities. For this reason, it is not possible to offer pre-checks of application documents or detailed pre-application advice. We appreciate your understanding.
Applicants are required to check themselves if their achievements align with the requirements for admission. The FAQ list on the programme webpage contains answers to the most common requests.