CDSEM

Zentrum für wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Doktorandenstudien Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics & Management

General Information

• The Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics & Management (CDSEM) of the University of Mannheim provides PhD programs in economics and finance.
• The teaching language is English.
• In the PhD program in economics there are compulsory courses in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Econometrics and a number of elective courses in different fields.
• In the PhD program in finance there are compulsory courses in Microeconomics, Econometrics, Capital Markets, Continuous Finance and a number of elective courses in different fields.
• Scholarships are available for each of the two programs. There is no tuition fee.
• Director of the program is Professor Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden.

The Department of Economics

Sixteen full-time senior faculty members and numerous junior faculty members are engaged in a variety of research projects at the frontiers of their fields, ranging from micro- and macroeconomics, econometrics, statistical methods, labor economics, industrial organization, financial economics, general equilibrium and game theory, policy analysis to economic history and international trade.

The Department has special expertise in microeconomic specializations and econometrics, both in theory and application. Its outstanding research program is aided by large institutional grants from the German National Science Foundation (DFG) and from European Union research and training grants; additional funds are obtained from other public and private institutions.

With their frequent publications in leading national and international journals, junior faculty members contribute to the outstanding scientific reputation of the Department of Economics. In the past years, junior faculty members were able to access leading academic positions in Germany as well as abroad.

The Department of Economics has established an exceptionally large number of international contacts, and maintains numerous institutional contacts to universities and research institutions throughout the world.

The Department of Business Administration

The majority of students at the University of Mannheim is enrolled in the Department of Business Administration, the University’s largest department with 21 fully ordained professors, more than 100 additional faculty members, and over 4000 students. This reflects the historical profile of the University as well as the department’s high national and international reputation.

Research and teaching at the department focuses on a unique variety of specializations, comprising, i. a., Finance and Banking, Accounting and Controlling, Marketing, Industrial Management, International Management, Public Sector Management, Organization and Human Resources, Operations Research, Logistics und Transportation Management, Insurance Management, and Business Informatics.

A consequent combination of renowned research, high quality teaching, and interdisciplinary as well as international cooperation has evolved as the key factor for the success of the Mannheim Management Concept. The Department of Business Administration has been the first German Business School to be accredized with AACSB International and Equis.

Research Centers

Various research centers are associated with the Departments:

• The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is one of the leading institutes in the field of user-related empirical economic research in Europe. The ZEW works in the field of user-related empirical economic research. In this context it particularly distinguished itself nationally and internationally by analyzing internationally comparative issues in the European context and by compiling scientifically important data bases.
• The Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) was founded to help evaluate, anticipate, and accompany the micro- and macroeconomic aspects of demographic change. The aim of MEA is to develop and administer empirical models that predict these developments. These models base on German, European, and global data. The work of MEA is addressed towards decision-makers in politics and business and shall provide information of public interest. MEA combines scientific research with scientific consulting. It is a member of various interdisciplinary and international research networks in order to contribute to the transfer of knowledge. Due to its international and in particular its European orientation, MEA has the resources to analyze demographic changes, their economic implications and their interactions with policy measures in comparative country studies.
• The Centre for Survey Research and Methodology (ZUMA) in Mannheim offers consultation services on the setting up, conducting, and analyzing of social science studies for those working in social research. The center conducts its own research, facilitates access to official data, and monitors social developments in specific areas using a system of social indicators. In addition, ZUMA carries out research with the aim of improving the methodological and technical basis of social science research.
• The Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 504 at the University of Mannheim is an internationally oriented National Research Center, supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the German National Science Foundation. Established in 1997, the SFB forms a research network that links the Departments of Business Administration, Economics, and Social Sciences. Title and research program of the Sonderforschungsbereich is “Rationality Concepts, Decision Making and Economic Modeling”. Research focuses on a broad spectrum of theoretical, empirical and experimental analyses of decision processes and their implications on financial, goods and labor markets. The SFB has its own PC laboratory to run experiments.
• The Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems was founded in 2004 and is supported from the National Science Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG). In the SFB/TR 15 is a network of researchers of 5 leading universities in Germany established. Research topic of the SFB/TR 15: In the last decade of the 20th century is determined through two phenomens: the revolution in information and communication technology and the internationalisation of markets, known as globalization. theoreticans and empiricans are researching in this fields, which are not only in the focus of the scientific community but also in politics and economy the interest of the research results is very high.

Infrastructure

The CDSEM is located in offices provided by the university. The IT-system is connected to MannhAttaN (Mannheim Attached Networks), thus you have the standard possibilities to communicate electronically, and you have access to the resources of many networks. Additionally the departments have installed generously equipped PC labs.

The library of the university has over 1.5 million books and approximately 5’000 journal at one’s disposal. In the field of economics and business administration the library is one of the best-equipped in Germany. The Economics Library holds a collection of more than 85,000 volumes in German as well as other languages (mostly English) and subscribes to 280 journals. In addition, there are two smaller libraries for Economic and Social History (14,000 volumes) and Statistics (11,000 volumes).

Since October 2001 the economics department is located at a recently constructed building next to the castle in L 7, 3-5. Together with the contiguous department of business administration it has established a center of outstanding expertise.

last modified: 22. 06. 2006