Economist

As an economist (also an economist ) is usually referred to a person who has graduated in economics and / or university, public or private sector working as an economist.

The term refers not only to economists graduates with the academic degree of " Diplom-Ökonom/in or Dipl.-Ök. ( Dipl.- oec. ) ", But is also a name given to graduates of other economic studies, such as business administration or economics.

For professional image and concept of the economist

For job description of a university economist includes a high school career with the aim of a professor doing research in the field of economics and to teach. This includes the study of business administration and / or economics with at least a good exam. Usually followed by a job as a research assistant, formerly a research assistant, today as Lecturer followed by promotion. After further research and teaching activities in a habilitation thesis is submitted. After successful habilitation one has the right to teach as a lecturer. Outstanding scientists obtain after some time a reputation as a professor of business administration or economics, possibly even a call to a vacant chair.

Work outside the university sector economists both in government and international organizations such as central banks, finance ministries, the IMF or the World Bank, as well as in many private sector organizations such as economic research institutes, banks and other large companies that have a need for forecasts and analysis of the economic situation.

Based on the concept of " economist " and " economist " is the term " economist " sometimes colloquially used synonymously for " economist " and " Business Administration " because they have completed an economics degree. Direct application is the term " economist " in the designation " Chief Economist ", which is common especially in the banking sector, but also in industrial companies.

Professional association of German economists, the Federal Association of German people and economists.

Higher education

Teaching and study subjects

In economics courses, students are trained in the same weight micro-and macro economic fields. An economics university study implies the possibility of specialization in various specific industrial managements and special economic thought, sometimes in law and social science electives.

Accordingly, the chairs are designated as departments of business administration or economics and at least one specific area of ​​expertise.

In the area of ​​higher education, especially at a economics department, the term economists (abbreviated WiWi ) is mostly found as a synonym for a student in an economics course at university parlance, in lectures and in the literature.

Statements

At colleges and universities different economics courses are offered. In Germany there was this far with the diploma in business administration, economics graduate, Diploma in Business Administration, Diploma commercial teacher, but also an economics graduate. As a result of the Bologna process, the diploma courses have been converted at all major universities in bachelor and master programs.

Economists doctorate mostly for the " Dr. rer. oec. "or" Dr. rer. pol. ".

Universities with economics courses

The following universities offer economics courses:

Federal Republic of Germany

  • Scientific School of Management WHU, Otto Beisheim School of Management
  • Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
  • University of Koblenz
  • University of Economics and Law Berlin
  • Hochschule Osnabrück
  • University of Siegen
  • Technical University of Darmstadt
  • Technical University of Kaiserslautern
  • Otto -von- Guericke University of Magdeburg
  • Free University of Berlin
  • Technical University of Berlin
  • Humboldt -Universität zu Berlin
  • Rheinische Friedrich- Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
  • University of Bielefeld
  • Friedrich -Schiller- University Jena
  • University of Kassel
  • Otto -Friedrich- University of Bamberg
  • University of Greifswald
  • Hochschule Bonn -Rhein-Sieg
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Jade University of Applied Sciences - ( Wilhelmshaven )
  • College Emden / Leer - ( Emden )
  • School of Economics and the Environment Nürtingen ( HfWU )
  • Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
  • Christian -Albrechts -University of Kiel
  • Fachhochschule Lübeck
  • University of Hagen
  • Martin- Luther -University Halle -Wittenberg
  • University of Cologne
  • University of Wuppertal
  • Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
  • University of Osnabrück
  • EBS University of Business and Law
  • Landshut University
  • Heinrich -Heine- University Dusseldorf
  • Justus -Liebig- University Giessen
  • Ruhr- University Bochum
  • University of Bochum
  • RWTH Aachen
  • Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
  • University of Augsburg
  • Otto -Friedrich- University of Bamberg
  • University of Bayreuth
  • University of Bremen
  • Technical University of Dortmund
  • University of Duisburg -Essen
  • University of Hamburg
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • European University Viadrina
  • Technical University of Freiberg
  • University of Hohenheim
  • Ruprecht -Karls- University of Heidelberg
  • Technical University of Ilmenau
  • University of Lüneburg
  • University of Mannheim
  • Ludwig- Maximilians- University of Munich
  • University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich
  • Catholic University of Eichstätt -Ingolstadt
  • University of Stuttgart
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Friedrich- Alexander -University Erlangen -Nuremberg
  • University of Konstanz
  • University of Paderborn
  • University of Passau
  • University of Applied Sciences Deggendorf
  • University of Potsdam
  • University of Rostock
  • University of Regensburg
  • Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
  • University of Witten / Herdecke
  • Julius -Maximilians -Universität Würzburg
  • Georg -August- University of Göttingen
  • University of Ulm
  • University of Saarland
  • University of Hohenheim
  • Chemnitz University of Technology
  • University of Trier
  • Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen
  • Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln
  • University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern
  • Albert -Ludwigs- University of Freiburg
  • Technical University of Kaiserslautern
  • AKAD Hochschule Pinneberg
  • Philipps- University of Marburg
  • Justus -Liebig- University Giessen
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Fachhochschule Schmalkalden
  • University of Leipzig
  • Technical University Wildau

German Democratic Republic

Also in the GDR graduate economists were trained at various universities:

  • Graduate School of Management
  • Martin -Luther- University Halle- Wittenberg, Halle
  • Humboldt University, Berlin
  • University of Economics in Berlin " Bruno Leuschner "
  • Officer school of the land forces of the NVA, Zittau

Their training included institutional proceedings priorities, with the degree of Graduate in Economics ( Dipl.- Ökon. ) Was in principle, independent of the major field of study, be awarded.

Austria

  • Vienna University of Economics
  • University of Vienna
  • University of Linz
  • University of Graz
  • University of Klagenfurt
  • University of Innsbruck

Switzerland

  • University of Basel
  • Bern University of Applied Sciences
  • University of Bern
  • University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur
  • Université de Fribourg
  • Université de Genève
  • University of Lausanne (HEC Lausanne)
  • University of Lucerne
  • University of Lucerne ( Political Economy )
  • Université de Neuchâtel
  • University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen
  • University of St. Gallen
  • Università della Svizzera Italiana
  • ETH Zurich
  • University of Zurich
  • Zurich University of Applied Sciences
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