Offered every summer term (6 ECTS)

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Understand and evaluate competition policy decisions

• Analyse corporate strategies to restrict competition
• Familiarize yourself with the essential norms of the German and European competition law
• Apply your knowledge in concrete case studies and evaluate measures introduced by the competition authorities

Offered every winter term (6 ECTS)

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Mastering Health Economics: Incentives, Costs, and Policies

• Understand market mechanisms in healthcare markets, e.g., prevention, organ donation and provider payment
• Identify market failures and develop suitable policies to improve market efficiency
• Evaluate empirical evidence and discuss contemporary research in teams

Choosing your minor allows you to individualize your studies and thus prepare yourself for your professional career in a targeted manner. The minor "General Management & Economics" offers free choice out of the remaining Economics modules and all other master modules from the?Faculty of Business Administration and Economics.

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Choose for example from these Business modules:

• Advanced Value Based Marketing (6 ECTS, Prof. Paul, summer term)
• Advanced Optimization: Approaches for Real-World Applications (6 ECTS, Prof. Ostermeier, winter term)
• Behavioural Controlling (6 ECTS, Prof. Kunz, summer term)
• Business Ethics II (6 ECTS, Prof. Schwartz, summer term)
• Commodity Risk Management (6 ECTS, Prof. Rathgeber, winter term)
• Computational Logistics with Python (6 ECTS, Prof. Klein, winter and summer term)
• Global E-Business and Electronic Markets (6 ECTS, Prof. Veit, summer term)
• Health Care Operations Management (6 ECTS, Prof. Schiffels, summer term)
• Industrial Ecology (6 ECTS, Prof. Tuma, summer term)
• International Business Taxation (6 ECTS, Prof. Ullmann, winter term)
• Machine Learning (6 ECTS, Prof. Okhrin, winter term)

Master's thesis (30 ECTS): Choose your topic and supervisor based on your interests – just ask your favorite professor!

The admissions committee evaluates the performance in the bachelor's program on a scale from 0 to 100 points. The following two evaluation criteria are used:

1. Final grade:?Applicants can be awarded up to 50 points based on their final grade. The scoring starts at 0 points for a grade of 3.5, with 2 points awarded for each 0.1 additional increment, reaching the maximum of 50 points for a grade of 1.0.
2. Subject qualification:?This criterion evaluates the applicant's prior knowledge in areas relevant to the course of study. Applicants can be awarded a maximum of 50 points. The evaluation focuses on two subject groups:
   • Subject Group 1: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Finance, Economic Policy, Decision Theory, Game Theory, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics
   • Subject Group 2: Fundamentals of Business and Economics, particularly Economics, Mathematical-analytical Methods, and Social Science Methods

• Applicants with 60 or more overall points, and at least 25 points for the subject qualification (criterion 2), will be admitted to the programme.
• Applicants scoring less than 50 overall points will not be admitted.
• Applicants with 50 to 59 overall points, or more than 60 overall points but less than 25 for the subject qualification, will be invited to the second stage.

For the vast majority of applicants, an admission decision is made during the first stage of the evaluation process. The second stage is typically reserved for cases where it remains uncertain whether the applicant’s background in economics is sufficient to succeed in our master’s program.

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Applicants who score at least 50 but less than 60 points overall, or less than 25 points for subject qualification in the first stage, will be invited to an interview (second stage). The interview is conducted online, lasts between 20 and 30 minutes and is conducted individually.

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The purpose of the interview is to engage in a constructive and friendly conversation about the applicant’s prior academic background and knowledge of economics. The aim is to assess whether the applicant can pursue the goals of the Economics and Public Policy master’s program independently and responsibly. Subject-specific expertise covered within the program itself is not the focus; rather, the interview evaluates the applicant’s overall suitability for the program.

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The interview is conducted by two members of the economics department, including at least one professor. Each member scores the interview on a scale from 0 to 50, and the final score of the second stage is the sum of both evaluations.

The following documents must be attached to your application (copies do not have to be certified):

1. Fully completed and signed?Online Application;
2. CV;
3. Proof of English language skills (B2 level or higher);
4. If the university entrance qualification or the first professional degree was not obtained at a German-speaking institution, proof of German language skills (C1 level) is also required;
5. Certificate of completed courses
   (Students of Augsburg University should request this certificate early via email to ssc(at)zv.uni-augsburg.de at the Student Information Office. You will be notified via your student email address as soon as the certificate is available for retrieval.);
6. Proof of Bachelor's degree
   • If available: Copy of Bachelor's certificate;
   • If not available: Certification of the current average grade

     (Students of Augsburg University please apply for the certificate early by email? ssc(at)zv.uni-augsburg.de at the Student Information Office. You will be notified via your student email address as soon as the certificate can be retrieved);

7. If applicable, evidence of further achievements that are relevant for the aptitude test

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Submit the application in the??Application portal (vibs)?as follows:

• Register in the application portal (vibs) and "Start application"

• "Add application", completely fill in the form and upload the application documents (one PDF document each, if possible) at the required point

• "Submit application" in the application portal

• Certified copies must be submitted at the latest upon enrollment.

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Optionally, you can send the online application and your documents to the following address:

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Universit?t Augsburg
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakult?t
-Dekanat-
Universit?tsstr. 16
86159 Augsburg

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1. Sending in the application documents on time.
2. After the first stage of the admission procedure, you will be informed about the outcome.? If you cannot be admitted via the first stage route but qualify for the second stage route, you will be invited to an interview. The interviews are expected to take place in January and July.
3. Admission or rejection letters will be sent in July or January. An acceptance for a place on our program is valid for the following semester (Winter Term or Summer Term, as applicable) and the two subsequent enrollment dates.
4. Enrollment: Enrollment is only possible with the Bachelor's degree certificate or a confirmation from the examination office that you have passed the Bachelor's degree. Please note the?deadlines for enrollment.