Business Administration

Business administration (BWL) comprises, describes and analyzes tasks and structures of the companies and their functional areas, cross-functional relationships of companies and their design depending on internal and external decisions as well as interdependencies between the system of the company and other systems. As with the related course in economics, business administration at the Free University of Berlin implements high academic standards in theory and methodology, without neglecting the practical relevance. Mathematics and statistics are considered auxiliary sciences. During the course, students learn the basics of economics, law, mathematics and statistics.

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The main areas of business research and teaching at the Department of Economics at the Free University of Berlin include the areas: Management and Marketing, Finance, Accounting, Taxation & Supplements (FACTS) and Business Information Technology.