European University Viadrina in the Heart of Europe interdisciplinary – intercultural – international WHERE? Central European Location with International Focus Berlin ~ 1h by train Warsaw ~5h by train Frankfurt (Oder) Berlin__ __Warsaw __Prague Prague ~6h by train WHY? Studying at Viadrina • Unique location at the German-Polish border • Small, international and modern campus • Good infrastructure and modern technical facilities • Excellent interdisciplinary teaching and research • Courses offered in German, English, Polish, French and Spanish • Diverse foreign language courses • Low cost of living BRIEF HISTORY of Viadrina • 1506 – 1811: First public university of the principality of Brandenburg (Alma Mater Viadrina) • 1945: Potsdam Treaty declared post-war border, dividing Frankfurt/Oder into Polish Słubice and Frankfurt/Oder (then part of communist GDR) • 1991: Foundation of the European-University Viadrina • 1998: Inauguration of the Collegium Polonicum in Słubice • 2007: Poland became part of Schengen – no border control between FF/O and Słubice • 2016: 25th anniversary of the European University Viadrina EDUCATION at Viadrina • Full-time University • Bachelor – Master – Doctorate • 3 Faculties: 1. Law 2. Business Administration and Economics (English BBA & IBA MA) 3. Social and Cultural Sciences Political Science, Linguistics, Literature, History and Culture (of CEE), Anthropology, Communication Studies, European Studies EXCHANGE, INTERNATIONALIZATION & RANKINGS • Over 270 partner universities worldwide (e.g Berkeley, Austin, Sorbonne Pantheón, SGH Warsaw) • 20 Double & Joint Degrees in all three faculties (in Business 5 DD BA & 9 DD MA) • About 480 int. exchange students hosted by the Viadrina each year • About 500 Viadrina students going abroad each year • No. 2-5 German Rectors Conference HRK-Ranking in different categories for internationalization No. 6 Business School in Germany latest CHE-Ranking Top 10 in DAAD rankings of different categories • No. 1 most popular university among students in Germany 2018 • No. 5 Erasmus+ Ranking Germany & Erasmus Quality Seal since 2008 with excellent evaluation • DAAD Award for best practice in recognition of study achievements from abroad MULTICULTURAL AND – LINGUAL CAMPUS • About 25% international students from more than 100 countries • Students live and study on both sides of the river: in Germany and in Poland • Foreign language courses as a part of all study programs (English, French, Turkish, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Finnish, Italian) • For exchange/double degree students German course for FREE! We also offer a fee-paying German Intensive Course before one month before semester starts COURSES OFFERED IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES Wide range of courses offered in English! Use this link: http://www.europa-uni.de/en/internationales/aktuell/englische-seminare/index.html Tracks within the IBA-Master of Science Programm M & M FACT FINE IOM General Master Double degree requirements: 60 ECTS = 6 Track-Modules (6 ECTS) + Thesis (24 ECTS) Track-Modules for Marketing & Management (M & M) All courses in blue are in English: • Angewandte Marktforschung (R-Modul) • Marktbeziehungen internationaler Unternehmen • Ausgewählte Themen in Marketing & Management • Marktforschung • Business, Ethics and Responsibility (R-Module) • Mobile Business - App-Konzeption und -Design (R- • Consumer Behavior Modul) • Controlling und Management (R-Modul) • Narrating the entrepreneurial self: images, stories and identity (R-Module) • Cross-Cultural Management Research - A Practical Course (R-Module) • New Perspectives in Management Theory (R-Module): Entrepreneurship as X • Culture, Leadership and Diversity • Qualitative Forschungsmethoden • Current Topics of Research in HRM and Organization Studies (R-Module) • Quantitative Methods • Das internationale Unternehmen • Quantitative Methods (R-Module) • Der Managementprozess: Fallstudien zur • Replication in Marketing Research (R-Module) Unternehmensführung • Seminar Internationales Management (R-Modul) • Die institutionelle Umwelt internationaler Unternehmen • Seminar Marketing (R-Module) • Google Online Marketing Challenge (R-Modul) • Strategische Organisation • Leadership und Wandel (R-Modul) • Work, Organizations & Change • Marketing Communication Track-Modules for Finance, Accounting, Controlling & Taxation (FACT) All courses in blue are in English: • Accounting in Europe (R-Module) • Group Accounting and Group Auditing • Aktuelle Entwicklungen im internationalen Steuerrecht • IFRS Reporting and Capital Markets (R-Modul) • International Business Taxation • Analyse von Finanzmarktdaten mit R • Internationale Steuerlastgestaltungen • Asset Pricing • Market Microstructure Theory • Banking • Microeconomics of Financial Markets • Behavioral Finance • Nachfolgeplanung und Steuern • Besteuerung der Unternehmen • Portfoliomanagement I • Besteuerung von Mergers & Acquisitions • Seminar: Quantitative Risk Management (T-Module) • Bilanzrechtsprechung • Seminar in Financial Reporting (R-Module) • Computational Optimization in Finance (R-Module) • Statistical Quality Control (R-Module) • Computer-based Portfolio Optimization (R-Module) • Steuerwettbewerb und Europäische Steuerpolitik • Controlling und Management (R-Modul) • Stochastic Optimization in Finance (R-Module) • Deutsche Abkommenspolitik (R-Modul) • Strategisches Controlling • Econometrics of Financial Markets (T-Module) • Wirtschaftsprüfung • Einführung in das deutsche Außensteuergesetz (R- Modul) • Financial Statement Analysis Track-Modules for Finance & International Economics (FINE) All courses in blue are in English: • Analyse von Finanzmarktdaten mit R • International Finance • Applied Research in International Economics (R-Module) • Macroeconomics (R-Module) • Asset Pricing • Market Microstructure Theory • Banking • Microeconomics of Financial Markets • Behavioral Finance • Monetary Theory & Monetary Policy • Behavioural Game Theory • New Macroeconomic Thinking • Case Studies related to the Law and Economics of • Portfoliomanagement I European Competition Policy • Seminar: Quantitative Risk Management (T-Module) • Computational Optimization in Finance (R-Module) • Seminar Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (R- • Computer-based Portfolio Optimization (R-Module) Modul) • Econometrics of Financial Markets (T-Module) • Statistical Methods of Environmental Science (T-Module) • Economics of Climate Change • Statistical Quality Control (R-Module) • Empirical International Economics • Steuerwettbewerb und Europäische Steuerpolitik • European Economic Integration • Stochastic Optimization in Finance (R-Module) • Industrieökonomie • Strategische Außenhandelspolitik • Internationale Aspekte der Umweltökonomie • The Law and Economics of European Competition Policy • Internationale Umweltverträge • Theorie und Politik der Migration Track-Modules for Information & Operations Management (IOM) All courses in blue are in English: • Advanced Business Analytics • New Service Design Workshop (R-Module) • Computational Optimization in Finance (R-Module) • Operations Research • Computer-based Portfolio Optimization (R-Module) • Optimization with Metaheuristics • Data Analysis and Visualization with Python (R-Module) • Production & Operations Management • Decision Support under Uncertainty • Programming & Software Technology • ERP & SCM Systems • Seminar: Recent Advances in Business Analytics • Information Management • Recent Advances in Decision Support Systems (R- • Information Systems Development Module) • Information Use by Managers Exercise (R-Module) • Seminar Production Planning (R-Module) • IOM for Transportation Systems • Seminar Simulation as Decision Support • IOM Project Seminar (R-Module) • Service Operations Management • Management Information Systems • Statistical Quality Control (R-Module) • Management Science • Stochastic Optimization in Finance (R-Module) • Methods of Information and Operations Management • Supply Chain Management & Logistics • Sustainable Operations (R-Module) LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR SGH DD STUDENTS • English B2 (or higher) for General or IOM Track • German B2 (or higher) and English B1 (or higher) for all Tracks except General and IOM It is very likely that gaining a specialization in all Viadrina Tracks is possible only studying in English. However, it depends on acknowledgeable Master courses gained at SGH or possible academic leaves of professors at Viadrina. SUPPORT AND SERVICE Not too big, not too small • About 6800 Students • good student – teacher ratio • Department of International Affairs supports students before and during their studies at Viadrina • Tutoring System – the student association „Interstudis“ (ESN) will provide you with a tutor (including e.g. pick-up service, administrative issues, any university matters) Big enough to offer a full Small enough to give range of university services personal guidance COST AND FEES • Viadrina has no tuition fees • Administration Costs: approx. 250 EUR per Semester – Semester ticket for public transport in Brandenburg and Berlin included! – Valid for 6 months (trains, trams and busses) • Student Housing (per month) – 160-290 EUR student dormitory in Frankfurt/O – 350 PLN student dormitory in Słubice (Poland) – 300-500 EUR shared apartment in Berlin • Low Cost of Living in FFO (approx. 600 EUR/ month) DEADLINES & ACADEMIC CALENDER Winter semester (fall) Summer semester (spring) Duration semester 01.10. – 31.03. 01.04. – 30.09. Orientation week Two weeks before One weeks before beginning of lectures beginning of lectures Lecture