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.

• cege – Centre for European, Governance, and Economic Development Research



• Courant Research Centre “Poverty, Equity, and Growth in Developing and Transition Countries: Statistical Methods, Empirical Analyses, and Policy Issues”



• Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research



• Institute for Small Business Economics [in German]

The newly designed English-language Master of Arts in Development Economics is jointly offered by the Department of Economics (Faculty of Economic Sciences) and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Faculty of Agricultural Sciences). Follow the link for a detailed programme description. more...