Economics, Department
Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Universität Potsdam
Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Fachgruppe Volkswirtschaftslehre
August-Bebel-Straße 89
D-14482 Potsdam
Telephone: +49 331 977-3324
https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de
Uni Potsdam
Department on the internet
Fachgruppe Volkswirtschaftslehre
August-Bebel-Straße 89
D-14482 Potsdam
Telephone: +49 331 977-3324
https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de
Uni Potsdam
Department on the internet
Degree courses with details
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Basic information
- Total number of students at the department
670
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
50
Support during the study entry phase
- Total score for support in the study entry phase
13/16 points
International orientation
- Outgoing students
3.0%
Job market- and career-orientation
- Percentage of teaching by practitioners
no data
- Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's
no data
- Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment
no data
- Master theses in cooperation with work environment
no data
Research
- Publications per professor
Punkte im Bereich 0,5 bis 0,9
- Third party funds per professor
54,746 €
- Doctorates per professor
0.5
- Research reputation
no data
Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses
- Career and practical orientation
- Learning and working spaces
- Teacher support
- Support in studies
- Courses offered
- Study organisation
- Exam organisation
- Digital learning
- Support for stays abroad
- Rooms
- Library
- Overall study situation
- Return rate of the questionnaires
40
Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses
- Teacher support
- Support in studies
- Digital learning
- 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
no data
Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme
quantitative-economic policy orientation; interdisciplinary orientation in the BSc in Politics and Economics
Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes
quantitative-economic policy orientation; Internationalisation through an English-speaking curriculum
Special features regarding the international orientation
Double-degree/joint degree programme in the Master's area in cooperation with the University of Rennes, France, and the University of Cagliari, Italy (University of Cagliari from winter semester 26/27)
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Universitetet i Bergen, Bergen, Norwegen; Universität Luzern, Luzern, Schweiz; Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgien; Duke University, Durham, USA; Macquarie University, Sydney, Australien; Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warschau, Polen; Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spanien; University of Rennes, Rennes, Frankreich; Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, Frankreich; Universidad Nacional de San Martín,San Martín, Argentinien; Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italien; Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italien.
Special features regarding the equipment
numerous software packages, for example Stata, Matlab.
Special features regarding research activities
Evaluation of labour market programmes; Behavioural Economics; Cities and environmental policy (German Research Foundation (DFG) projects); Gender and Public Finance (DIW); Crime and Inequality (DIW); Economics of Climate Change (PIK)
Other special features
Sustainability as part of the Bachelor's module International Economics + Environment, Environmental Policy and Gender Economics in the Master's EPQM (Economic Policy and Quantitative Methods)
Further information on research activities
Information on access restrictions
Website of the Student Council
online-application
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Acronyms
(S) = Students' judgements
(F) = Facts
(P) = Professors' judgements
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Last Update 2026: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education