Bonn Graduate School of Economics

The Bonn Graduate School of Economics, commonly referred to as BGSE, is the graduate school of the Department of Economics within the Faculty of Law and Economics of the University of Bonn. The BGSE is one of the leading research institutions in the field of economics in Germany.[1] The school offers a master program in economics (2 years) and a doctoral program with an integrated master's degree (2 years + 3 years). Students who want to pursue a doctoral degree can specialize in economic research within the master program and then continue with the dissertation phase. The BGSE is a founding member of the European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics. Students benefit from the collaborative research activities of the BGSE with the Institute on Behavior and Inequality, Institute for the Study of Labor, the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics

Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)
BGSE
TypeUniversity Research Institute
Established1998 (1998)
DirectorBenny Moldovanu
Location, ,
Websitewww.bgse.uni-bonn.de

The BGSE pursues research activities in the following five research areas:

Exchange programs

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The BGSE has collaborations with the following international partners:

Faculty

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The faculty comprises almost 40 professors and about 50 assistants. Many of them have received major awards, such as:

Director/Speaker of the BGSE is Benny Moldovanu.

Placements

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BGSE alumni have obtained prestigious positions at universities[2] in the U.S. (e.g., Harvard, Berkeley, Penn, UCLA, Michigan, Minnesota), in Europe (e.g., University College London, Pompeu Fabra, Tilburg, Carlos III, Stockholm, Zurich) and in Germany (e.g., Mannheim, Munich, Berlin, Cologne). In addition, many now work in the non-academic sector (e.g., European Central Bank, German Central Bank, Bank of England, U.S. Federal Reserve Board, McKinsey, Boston Consulting).

References

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  1. ^ "Top 25% Institutions and Economists in Germany, as of January 2017".
  2. ^ "Recent Placements".
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