Münster School of Business Administration and Economics

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The Münster School of Business Administration and Economics (German: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät) is the business school at the University of Münster (WWU). it has 6,000 students.

History

In 1902 the Department of Law and Political Economics was founded. This department has its roots in the Faculty of Law which was founded in 1780. Today it is known as Department of Political Economics, which is now part of the Münster School of Business Administration and Economics. After that the Department of Business Administration and Management was established. In 1990 the Department of Information Systems was founded, because of the growing need for interdisciplinary research in Computer Science and Business Administration. In 2000 the Department of Economic Education was established due the growing need for economic education from students from other fields of study.

The school conducts interdisciplinary research with other schools of the University of Münster (for example: Law, Computer Science, Communication Science, Psychology, Medicine (Neuroeconomics, Management), Chemistry and Pharmacy), which have led to new courses and field of studies. It houses the European Research Center for Information Systems, which is a leading research network.

Alumni

Some important people

Jörg Baetge, Accounting professor
Manfred Bruhn, student, Marketing and Management professor at Universität Basel
Andreas Raymond Dombret, student, Vice-Chairman Europe Bank of America, Director Germany, Austria, Swiss
Hans-Jürgen Ewers, student, President of the TU Berlin
Erich Gutenberg, student, Inventor
Manfred Krafft, Marketing professor
Frank Mattern, student, Director Germany McKinsey
Heribert Meffert, professor of Marketing
Thomas Middelhoff, student, Board of Directors Bertelsmann
Georg Milbradt, student, Prime Minister of Saxony
Alfred Müller-Armack, professor, Inventor of the Social Market Economy
Hans Tietmeyer, student, President of Deutsche Bundesbank, Adviser for the German Reunification
Hans-Werner Sinn, student, President of the leading Institution for Economic Research (Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung, IFO).
Klaus Zumwinkel, student, Board of Directors Deutsche Post World Net

Associated Research Centers

European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS)
Marketing Center Münster (MCM)
Münster Center for Accounting (MCA)
Finance Center Münster (FCM)
Center for Management (CfM)
Center for Hospital Management (CKM)
Center for Applied Economic Research Münster (CAWM) (Centrum für angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung Münster)
Muenster Institute for Computational Economics (MICE)
Coordination Failure Diagnostics (CFD) Web Center

Grading

The Münster School of Business Administration and Economics is well-known for its hard grading. Most of the graduates get a GPA of C or D in their degree. 10 to 18 % receive a B and only 0.5-1% of the graduates get an A- to A. The best GPA (A or A + = 1,0) has never been achieved, yet. More than 50% fail the degree.^{[citation needed]}

Fields of study

The Münster School of Business Administration and Economics offers some courses in English and the following Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, Habilitation research programmes

Business Administration (Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Doctorate, Habilitation) - In German: Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Economics (Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Doctorate, Habilitation) - In German: Volkswirtschaftslehre
Information systems (Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Doctorate, Habilitation) - In German: Wirtschaftsinformatik
Economics and Law (Bachelor of Science)
Political- and Economic Science (Bachelor of Arts) - In German: Politik und Wirtschaft
Management in Chemistry (Master of Science, Doctorate, Habilitation) - In German: Wirtschaftschemie
Management in the Energy Industry (Master of Science) - In German: Energiewirtschaft. Double-Degree together with the RWTH Aachen and the Haus der Technik (HDT University).

And the following MBA (Master of Business Administration) programmes

Executive MBA in Accounting and Controlling
Executive MBA in Information Management
Executive MBA in International Health Care and Hospital Management
Executive MBA in Marketing
Executive MBA in Mergers and Acquisitions

Before the Bologna process the University awarded the Diplom (Univ.) (Diplom-Kaufmann, Diplom-Kauffrau, Diplom-Volkswirt, Diplom-Volkswirtin, Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker) which is equivalent to a Master's degree.

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