Emphasis in Teaching

The Institute’s teaching activities concentrate primarily on international macroeconomics, international economics and development, and international trade.

The Institute is responsible for coordinating the courses of study in international macroeconomics both for the Bachelor's program and for the expiring academic programs. For more information, including course materials and exam information, please visit the e-learning platform (Bachelor's program, expiring program).

The Institute for International Economics and Development holds the electives International Trade, and International Economics and Development Economics for the Business Administration, International Business Administration and Business Education degree programs, as well as the specializations International Economics and International Trade and the Interdisciplinary Advanced Subject International Economics and Development for economics students. For details on available electives, please see here (in German).

Institute faculty members also teach courses in basic economics, political economics, the history of economic thought and heterodox economics. Please refer to the online course catalog for more details.

If you are interested in writing your Master’s thesis at our Institute, certain prerequisites apply. Professors Kubin and Becker are qualified to act as thesis supervisors. For more information, please see the information on Master's theses (in German).