The University of Göttingen is one of the most traditional higher education institutions in Germany. Since it was founded in the year 1737, it has been taught and researched in the area of Economics at the Georgia-Augusta. The economists of Göttingen are teaching and researching at two faculties and at two institutes as well as two interdisciplinary centres and include overall 20 professorships.
Furthermore, the economists in Göttingen comprise the chairs of Economic and Social History, and Statistics and Econometrics at the Faculty of Economic Sciences. Professorships which are economically orientated can also be found at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies Studies as well as at the newly created Courant Centre "Poverty, Equity, and Growth in Developing and Transition Countries".
Beside the economic orientated professorships, the Faculty of Economic Sciences includes 14 professorships of Business Administration, Business Information Systems and Business and Human Resource Education.
From the 20th to 31st August 2012 the Summer School "Relations between the EU and the emerging global players" will take place in Göttingen. Students and teachers from eleven European Universities will discuss the economic, commercial and political relations between the EU and important emerging global players. In addition, participants will get in touch with companies, politicans and social initiatives in the host region. The detailed programme is available on the website of the programme (please click on "more"). more...
