About the Faculty
The Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences is one of the larger of the University of Hamburg’s 8 faculties and one of the largest of its kind in Germany.
Since its foundation, the faculty has undergone several changes. Since 2014, it has been separated into 3 departments: Socioeconomics, Social Sciences, and Economics.
Based on the experiences gained during its foundation and the introduction of a new organizational structure, the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences offers an innovative range of degree programs and works on topical research areas topical research areas.
Research areas
The researchers of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences participate in core research areas and emerging fields. In addition, some of them are currently working in six profile initiatives. Profile initiatives distinguish themselves by cross-faculty research on subjects, which could become emerging fields through the attraction of third-party funded projects in the coming years.
Important research areas in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences are e.g.:
- social and economic climate research
- aspects of sustainability (social, economic, and reflexive dimensions), e.g. Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies "Futures of Sustainability"
- Health economics (in the inter-faculty Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE)
Additional participation
Research in these areas is also conducted by our scientists in the
- Cluster of Excellence CLICCS,
- Sustainability Office (German only)
- Knowledge Exchange Agency
- DFG Graduate Program "Collective Decision Making"
- DFG Graduate Program Managerial and economic dimensions of health care quality
- Knowledge Exchange Agency
Degree Programs at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
The Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences conducts teaching in three departments in the subjects
- Business Administration
- Criminological Social Research
- Economics
- Economics at the department of Socioeconomics
- Journalism and Communication Studies
- Law Section at the department of Socioeconomics
- Political Science
- Sociology at the department of Social Sciences
- Sociologie at the department of Socioeconomics
Our work is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach to socially relevant current affairs.
Interdisciplinary, research oriented master’s degree programs
These interdisciplinary, research oriented master’s degree programs ensure a link between research and teaching:
- Politics, Economics and Philosophy (MSc),
- Health Economics and Health Care Management (MSc) (in German only),
- International Business and Sustainability (MA),
- Interdisciplinary Public and Nonprofit Studies (MSc) (in German only)
See the departments’ websites for further research research areas.
The Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences combines high-profile research with an open approach to new educational pathways: With its BA in Socioeconomics, the Department of Socioeconomics offers an interdisciplinary program in economics and social sciences that provides students that have a professional qualification but no German secondary school leaving certificate (Abitur) or hold a university of applied sciences entrance qualification, with the opportunity to obtain a university qualification.
The Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences is divided into three departments:
Approximately 80 professorships are assigned across the departments.
Central institutions:
The faculty library offers a wide range of scientific information for researchers, teachers and students.
The Graduate School provides support for early career researchers in the Faculty. By coordinating the process for doctoral candidates within the Faculty’s established structured doctoral degree programs, it provides doctoral students not only with a systematic education, but also creates close links between the Faculty disciplines and interdisciplinary research. The Graduate School thus provides optimal support for early career researchers.
The Faculty also has a number of services to assist Faculty members in their studies, teaching, and research.
Researchers and students involved in basic research have access to the Research Laboratory, which is fitted with modern equipment for conducting a range of experiments and surveys.
The Faculty has 3 academic offices and an International Office to provide students with comprehensive service.
The Office for Digitalization in Teaching provides information, advice, and support for teachers in the Faculties of Business, Economics and Social Sciences and Business Administration on integrating digital media into their teaching.
The ROSI (Research Office for Social Innovation) is the central institution for transfer-related research and teaching within the WiSo faculty. As an interface between science and society, the Research Office facilitates and mediates cooperation projects in which actors from Hamburg's (civil) society, administration and politics work together with researchers and students to tackle (civil) societal challenges.
Our Faculty also works with the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) via joint appointments and close collaboration in research and early career researcher support. GIGA is an independent research institute based in Hamburg and a member of the Leibniz Association. Its members study the politics, economies, and societies of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as global issues.
Contact
Find out more about us:
- New students can get more information at the annual open days or individual advice at our academic offices.
- For interested members of the public, our researchers offer a glimpse into their research, for example, as part of the General Lecture Series.
If you would like to meet us in person, drop into the Faculty building at the center of the University of Hamburg campus. We have additional buildings in Welckerstrasse, Max-Brauer-Allee, Rentzelstrasse, the Esplanade, and Sedanstrasse.