Department IV – Business Administration, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Informatics

Fachbereich IV - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Mathematik und Informatikwissenschaften

Department IV provides the following courses of study: Business Administration, Economics, Sociology / Social Anthropology, Mathematics, Computer Science and Business Informatics. Teaching at Bachelor and Master level alike, focuses on the core subjects Business Administration, Economics and Sociology as well as on Mathematics, Computer Science and Business Informatics.

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Facts about the faculty

University	Trier University
Programmes	5 programmes · 2 bachelor's, 3 master's
Language of programmes	German C1 — 2 programmes; English — 3 programmes
Application	bachelor's until 31.05; master's until 31.05
City	Trier
Website	https://www.uni-trier.de/index.php?id=3474

What the faculty's programmes require

The university-wide requirements are complemented by the faculty's own — they are missed most often, because the university page does not list them.

German C1 before applying

For 2 German-taught programmes: DSH, TestDaF or telc C1 Hochschule — before you apply, not after.

English B2

For 3 English-taught programmes; the accepted tests (IELTS, TOEFL) are on the programme page.

About the faculty

The department offers the core subjects Business Administration, Social Sciences, Economics, Applied Mathematics, Business Mathematics, Computer Science and Business Informatics as well as Sociology, as a major subject, at Bachelor level. In addition, the following Master courses are available: Service Management (Business Administration), Economics, Economic Analysis & Measurement and Survey Statistics (Economics), Business Sociology, Sociology of Media & Culture, Applied Mathematics, Business Mathematics, Computer Science and Business Informatics. Furthermore courses in Economics and Sociology are being offered as minors. As far as degrees in teaching are concerned, the University offers a Bachelor / Master of Education in Informatics and Mathematics, which allows teaching at “Gymnasien” and “Realschulen+”.

The interdepartmental demand for modules of department IV as well as the “import” of teaching from modules of other departments stress the interdisciplinary of the structure of studies.

The Interdisciplinary Graduate Centre of Excellence “The Design of Efficient Labour Market Institutions in Europe" is highly successful. Moreover the subjects participate in the University’s Graduate Centre in the field of Economic and Social Studies as well as Mathematics and Informatics.

The department also comprises the activities of the “Ada-Lovelace-Project”, which supports the increase of the proportion of employed women in natural science courses.

Programmes of the faculty

Questions about admission to the faculty

In which language are the programmes taught?

German C1 — 2 programmes; English — 3 programmes.

When do I need to apply?

Bachelor's until 31.05; master's until 31.05. Deadlines differ between programmes — check the programme page.

Do I apply to the faculty or to a programme?

To a programme: requirements, language and deadline are set per programme, and the faculty's admission committee assesses the application.

Will you get in with your grades at this faculty?

We will convert your certificate to the German scale and compare it with the committee's requirements, including subject requirements.

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