School of Business and Economics

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Research semesters

"For certain research and development projects [...], professors may be released from their other duties in whole or in part (studio semester, repertoire semester, research semester or practical semester), leaving their salaries as they are. The proper representation of the subject in teaching as well as the carrying out of examinations must be guaranteed. As a rule, leave of absence can only be granted for one semester and at the earliest four years after the end of the last period of absence."

§ 49 State University Act Baden-Württemberg, Paragraph 6

The following research semesters are planned:

Students should check with the relevant professors at an early stage to find out what effects the research semesters have on medium-term teaching planning. This is often announced on the pages of the research units.

Retirements and farewells or professors

  • Prof. Dr. Manfred Stadler will retire at the end of the winter semester 2025/26. All the best! His professorhip has been filled early by Prof. Dr. Ralph Lütticke.
  • Prof. Dr. Werner Neus has retired at the end of the winter semester 2024/25. All the best! His professorship has been filled early by  Prof. Dr. Monika Gehde-Trapp.
  • Juniorprof. Dr. Theresa Veer has accepted a professorship for Technology and Innovation Management at the University of Regensburg. Her position in Tübingen was temporary.
  • Juniorprof. Dr. Jan Riepe has accepted a professorship for Finance and Accounting at the University of Paderborn as of October 1, 2024. His position in Tübingen was temporary.
  • Juniorprof. Dr. Philip Yang has accepted a professorship for Sustainable Human Resource Management and Leadership at Paderborn University with effect from 1 October 2023. His position in Tübingen was temporary.
  • Junior Professor Dr. Wiebke Keller will be filling a one-year professorship in marketing at Leuphana University Lüneburg starting in October 2025. She is currently on leave from Tübingen. 

Bachelor

B3X1-B3X5 Banking and Finance I-V

In the area of advanced undergraduate studies Banking & Finance container modules are offered. Students can fill each of these container modules with a course. 

In the summer semester 2026 there will be the following offer (B3x1-B3x5):

  • B301 Corporate Finance (6 ECTS credits)
  • B361 Bank and Risk Management (6 ECTS credits)
  • S321 Applied Econometrics (6 ECTS credits)
  • E334 Topics in Crypto (6 ECTS credits)

In the winter semester 2025/26, there will be the following offering:

  • B300 Capital Market Products (6 ECTS credits)
  • B314 Accounting for Financial Instruments I (6 ECTS credits)
  • B360 Bank and Risk Management (6 ECTS credits)

B3X6-B3X7 Banking and Finance VI-VII

In the area of advanced undergraduate studies Banking and Finance container modules are offered. Students can fill each of the above mentioned container modules with a course.

For B3x6-B3x7 there will be the following offer in the summer semester 2026:

  • B303 Sustainable Finance 1 (6 ECTS credits)
  • B414 CFA Level I-II (6 ECTS credits)
  • S310 Applied Quantitative Methods in Economics and Finance (6 ECTS credits)

In the winter semester 2025/26, there will be the following offering:

  • B300 Capital Market Groups (6 ECTS credits)
  • B314 Accounting for Financial Instruments I (6 ECTS credits)
  • B360 Bank- and Risk Management (6 ECTS credits)

B321-B323 Aspects of Marketing Management 1-3

Please note that you can only complete the three modules B321-B323 Aspects of Marketing Management, so you can only choose a maximum of three courses from this offer.

In the summer semester 2026, you can choose the following courses as part of these modules:

  • B321B Brand Management, Prof. Schnittka   
  • B321J Consumer Behavior, Prof. Mayer

In the winter semester 2025/26 you can choose the following courses as part of these modules:

  • B321K International Marketing, Dr. Klein
  • B3x1 Entrepreneurship, Dr. Murad

B331 Specific Topics in Managerial Accounting & Organisation

In the summer semester 2025 and in the summer semester 2026 students can choose B340A Organistation I-IV: Decision-making, information and organizational problems (6 ECTS credits) within this module.In addition, B370 Corporate Sustainability can be selected here. 

There will be no courses in this container module in the winter semester 2025/26.

B340 Organization

Contrary to the information in the module handbook, B340 Organization will not be offered in the winter semester 2025/26. Instead, B340A Organization I-IV - Fundamentals: Decision, Information and Organization Problems with 6 ECTS credits is being offered in the summer semester 2025. In the summer semester of 2026, the module will be offered with the option of 6 or 9 ECTS credits.

B354 Fundamentals of Business Taxation

In addition to the information in the module handbook, a course on Fundamentals of Business Taxation (6 ECTS credits) will be offered in the summer semester 2025 and in the summer semester 2026. 

B370 Corporate Sustainability

Additionnally to the module handbook B370 Corporate Sustainability will be offered for 6 ECTS credits in the summer semester 2026. The module will be selectable within the Focus areas International Business, Managerial Accounting and Organisation, Firms & Markets,  Elective Studies and the Elective area minor subject Business Administration. 

B383 Current Topics in Financial Accounting and Financial Analysis

In the container module B383 Current Topics in Financial Accounting and Financial Analysis, the following offering will be available for selection in the winter semester 2025/26:

  • B314 Accounting for Financial Instruments I

In the summer semester of 2026, B383 Current Topics in Financial Accounting and Financial Analysis will be offered in addition to the announcement in the module handbook. 

E384 Economics of Renewable Energy

The new module by Dr. Ritter will be creditable towards Focus Area Managerial Accounting & Organisation (within module E325 Topics in Firms & Markets I), Focus Area Data Science (within module S311 Topics in Applied Econometrics and Statistics), Focus Area Elective Studies, Focus Area Firms & Markets (within module E325 Topics in Firms & Markets I).

B391 Intercultural Management and Ethics

As part of the B391 Intercultural Management and Ethics module, students can choose from the WEIT offerings. Please select Bachelor courses! It is also possible to combine the business simulation "Mastering Global Expansions" seminar (3 CP) with another WEIT seminar (3 CP). Please note that you can only fill the module with one event. This means that in the International Business focus area, only one WEIT event (1x 6 ECTS credits or 2x 3 ECTS credits) can be added. In the Elective Studies focus area and the Key Qualification module, you can add as many WEIT courses as you like.

B394-B395 Innovative Topics in International Business I+II

As part of the modules B394-395 Innovative Topics in International Business I+II students can select B361 International Financial Management in the summer semester 2025.

In the winter semester 2025/26 you can choose out of the following offers:

  • B321K International Marketing
  • B3x1 Entrepreneurship
  • B314 Accounting for Financial Instruments I

The following courses are expected to be offered in the summer semester of 2026: 

  • B395 Leadership and Business Negotiation across cultures
  • B370 Corporate Sustainability 

BA300, BA301, BA302 Bachelor Thesis in International Economics, International Business Administration and Economics and Business Administration

In the winter semester 2025/26 and in the summer semester 2026 the school will again offer numerous bachelor thesis seminars. Further information on the allocation procedure and the offers can be found here.

DS321 Data Science in Practice

As part of the focus area Data Science, the module DS321 Data Science in Practice is offered. Here, various offerings can be recognized to the extent of 6 ECTS credits. Gradually, a "white list" has been created. Courses could include offerings from the ZDV, the Dr. Eberle Center for Digital Literacy, and the Department of Computer Science (subject to availability). Please contact us via studienfachberatungspam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de if you have identified an additional offer, we will then clarify if it can be credited here and give you feedback. The module will not be graded.

E311 Corporate Tax Policy in an International Setting

Contrary to the information in the module handbook, E311 Corporate Tax Policy in an International Setting unfortunately cannot take place in the winter semester 2025/26.

E313-E315 Topics in Economic Policy I-III

In the focus area Economic Policy there will be offered container modules. Students can fill each of the container modules E313-E315 Topics in Economic Policy I-III with one course. 

The following courses will be offered in the summer semester 2026:

  • E310 The Theory and Empirics of Taxation (6 ECTS credits)
  • E334 Topics in Crypto (6 ECTS credits)
  • E380D Be ready for your thesis in Empirical Economics (6 ECTS credits)
  • DS320 Introduction to Data Science (6 ECTS credits)
  • E381 Macroeconomics III (6 ECTS credits)

The following courses will be offered in these container modules in the 2025/26 winter semester:

  • E323 Firms in the Global Economy (can be chosen here as an exception in the 2025/26 winter semester)
  • E330 International Money and Finance (can be chosen here as an exception in the 2025/26 winter semester)
  • History of Economic Thought

E323 Firms in the Global Economy

Contrary to the information in the module handbook, the module will be offered in the summer semester 2026.

As the module took place in the winter semester 2024/25, it will not take place in the summer semester 2025.

E325 Topics in Firms and Markets I

In the focus area Firms & Markets in the future. Students can fill each of these container modules with a course. 

In the summer semester 2026, the following course is offered in module E325 Topics in Firms and Markets I:

  • E325B Agricultural Economics (6 ECTS credits)
  • DS320 Introduction to Data Science (6 ECTS credits)
  • B340A Organization I-IV - Basics: Decision-making, information and organizational problems (6 ECTS credits)
  • E321 European Economic Integration (6 ECTS credits) will possibly be offered as well (tba)
  • B370 Corporate Sustainability (6 ECTS credits)

In the winter semester 2025/26, the module E325 Topics in Firms and Markets I offers the following:

  • E350 Innovation and Technological Change (6 ECTS credits).
  • E384 Economics of Renewable Energy (6 ECTS credits)

E326 Topics in Firms and Markets II

In the summer semester 2026, E351 Industrial Organization will be offered within this container module.

In the winter semester 2025/26, Innovation and Technological Change will be offered as a 9 ECTS credits option.

E330 International Money and Finance

Contrary to what is stated in the module handbook, E330 International Money and Finance is offered with 9 ECTS credits instead of 6. In future, the module will always take place in the winter semester and will therefore not be offered in the summer semester 2026.

E333 Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

E333 Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies will be offered in the winter semester from the winter term 2026/27 on and will therefore not be offered in the summer semester 2026. 

E365 Topics in International Economic History

Contrary to what is stated in the module handbook, E365 Topics in International Economic History will not take place in the summer semester 2026.

E366 Aspects of Economic History and Development Economics

In the course of the changeover to the new examination regulations, a container module will be offered in the focus area Economic History & Development Economics. Students can fill the container module with one course.

In the summer semester 2026, there is the following offering in the module E366 Aspects of Economic History and Development Economics:

  • DS320 Introduction to Data Science (6 ECTS credits)
  • E380E Sustainability Politics in Brazil (6 ECTS credits)

In the winter semester 2025/26, there will be no offering in the module E366 Aspects of Economic History and Development Economics.

E370, E374-E375 Topics in International Economics I-III

Container modules are offered in E370, E374, and E375 Topics in International Economics I-III. Students can fill the container modules with one course each.

The following courses will be offered in the 2026 summer semester:

  • B303 Sustainable Finance I (6 ECTS credits)
  • E321 European Economic Integration (6 ECTS credits) might be offered
  • E331 Imperfect Labor Markets (6 ECTS credits)
  • E340 Globalization and Economic Development (6 ECTS credits)
  • DS320 Introduction to Data Science (6 ECTS credits)

In the winter semester 2025/26, there are the following offerings in the modules E370, E374-E375 Topics in International Economics I-III:

  • E320 Firms in the Global Economy (6 ECTS credits).

E371 Theory and Policy of International Trade

In the summer semester 2025, only variant A (6 ECTS credits) is offered.

E376 A toolkit for writing your Bachelor thesis

The following courses will be offered as part of this module in the summer semester 2026

  • E376 A toolkit for writing your Bachelor Thesis in Microeconomics
  • E383 A toolkit for writing your Bachelor Thesis in Macroeconomics

The following courses will be offered as part of this module in the winter semester 2025/26:

  • E376 A toolkit for writing your Bachelor Thesis in Microeconomics
  • E383 A toolkit for writing your Bachelor Thesis in Macroeconomics

Please note that you can only complete the module once with one course.

E380 Current Topics in Economics and Business Administration

As part of the E380 Selected Aspects of Economics module, students can choose the following courses in the 2026 summer semester:

  • E380D Be ready for your thesis in Empirical Economics
  • E380: Impact Evaluation
  • E3325B: Agricultural Economics
  • E380E Sustainability Politics in Brazil

Within the module E380 Selected Aspects of Economics and Business Administration the following courses will be offered in the winter semester 2025/26:

  • E384 Economics of Renewable Energy
  • E385 Sustainability 101: Sustainable Development for Beginners

Please note that you can only complete module E380 once and may therefore only take one of these courses.

E381 Practical Aspects of Economics and Business Administration

In the examination regulations 2023 there is a new module E381 Practical Aspects of Economics and Business Administration.

§4 (6) Examination Regulations EcoBA/ §4 (5) IBA/ § 4(5) IEco normal/ § 5 (6) IEco DD/ § 6(6) IEco TD: "As part of the degree program, students shall complete a practical activity (internship) in the area of Elective Studies that serves the qualification objectives of the degree program, amounting to 6 CP outside university teaching formats; the CP are acquired in the module E381 Practical Aspects of Economics and Business Administration. Instead of the module E381, other modules can be from the Elective Studies area may be chosen."

The internship must comprise at least six weeks, be done in an area relevant to economics/Business administration. The module is ungraded; course credit is an internship report.

Content: [...] The goal of the internship is to get to know the changing requirements of the profession by working in a company or an organization/institution and to gain a deeper
and to gain a deeper insight into the professional world and internal company processes. [..]

Qualification goals: transfer economic and social science knowledge to business practice, explain and apply basic economic methods and ways of thinking, assess specialized scientific knowledge against the background of practical experience, develop solutions to practically relevant problems and critically examine the experience.

To have an internship recognized, please contact the academic advisory service. Please send your transcript and an internship report (max. 2 pages about the contents of your internship as well as the role of the company in the economy).

S310 Financial Market Microstructure

As part of the module, S310 Appliec Quantitative Methods in Economics and Finance will be offered in the summer semester 2026.

S311 Topics in Applied Econometrics and Statistics

As part of the module S311 Topics in Applied Econometrics and Statistics, you'll be able to choose E384 Economics of Renewable Energy in the winter term 2025/26.

Im Rahmen des Moduls S311 Topics in Applied Econometrics and Statistics, you'll be able to choose E325 Agricultural Economics in the summer term 2026.

S316 Policy Analysis and Evaluation

S316 Policy Analysis and Evaluation cannot be offered in the winter semester 2025/26.

S317 Topics in Data Science

In the course of the changeover to the new examination regulations, a container module will be offered in the new focus area Data Science in the future. Students can fill the container module with a course.

In the summer semester 2025 there is the following offer:

  • S317 Machine Learning for Economists (6 ECTS credits)

Unfortunately, this module is not being offered in the winter semester 2025/26 and in the summer semester 2026.

Please note that you can only complete the Topics in Data Science container module once with one course.

S324 Computational Econometrics Using Stata

S324 Computational Econometrics Using Stata will unfortunately not be offered in the winter semester 2025/26.

S326 Empirical Analysis of Panel Data

Contrary to the information in the module handbook, S326 Empirical Analysis of Panel Data will not take place in the summer semester 2025.

Master

New module handbook for study year 2025/26

The module handbook for the academic year 2025/26 has been published and can be downloaded here.

Specialization Banking turns into Specialization Financial Intermediation - New Core Module

The well-deserved retirement of Prof. Dr. Neus is also accompanied by an important change in the Master's degree programs General Management, European Management and International Business. The former Banking specialization will be renamed to Financial Intermediation. From winter semester 2025/26, the module B466 Financial Intermediation - Theory and Empirics by Prof. Dr. Gehde-Trapp will be creditable as a new core module.

Additional module options in the European Economics - AMU - Doubledegree (Track Economics)

As opposed to the list on p. 32 of the Module handbook, there are new - much broader - module options for students of the Track Economics in the double degree M.Sc. European Economics with Aix-Marseille University, depending on the course of studies you intend to pursue at AMU. Please contact the Academic Advisory Service for more information.

Credit for Chinese language courses

In addition to the options stated on P.29 of the Module Handbook for external courses, the courses "Chinesisch Elementar I, II and III" from the program "Chinese language courses for non-Chinese-Studies-students" at the Department of Chinese Studies may also be credited in the Free Elective Studies in our Master programs.

B404/B405 Modern Issues in Finance I/II

Within the modules B404 Modern Issues in Finance I and B405 Modern Issues in Finance II Computational Finance in Python will be offered in the Summer semester 2026. In the winter semester 2025/26 Foundation of Asset Management and Mergers & Acquisitions will be offered. 

B425-B426 Data Science and Marketing 1-2

As part of the modules B425-B426 Data Science and Marketing 1-2, there will be no offer in the summer semester 2026.

B425 Advanced Market Research

Unfortunately, the course B425 Advanced Market Research has to be cancelled in the winter semester 2025/26.

B430A/B Managerial Accounting and Cost Analysis

The module B430A/B Managerial Accounting and Cost Analysis will not be offered in the winter semester 2025/26. Students can take the module in winter semester 2026/27. Alternatively, the module B481B Sustainable Governance B with Prof. Dr. Jörg-Markus Hitz can be credited as a core module in Managerial Accounting as an exception in summer semester 2026.

B434 Managerial Accounting: Control Systems, Top Executives and Ethics

B434 Managerial Accounting: Control Systems, Top Executives and Ethics will unfortunately not take place in the winter semester 2025/26.

B440 Personnel Economics

B440 Personnel Economics will not be offered in the winter semester 2025/26. Students can take the module in winter semester 2026/27. Alternatively, the module B432B Organizational Economics can be credited as a core module in HRM and Organization as an exception in summer semester 2026.

New module B470 Corporate Strategy: M&A and Divestitures

Prof. Dr. Timo Sohl, the new professor for Strategy, is offering his module B470 Corporate Strategy: M&A and Divestitures for the first time in the Winter semester 2025/26.

B463 Strategy & Innovation

B463 Strategy & Innovation is unfortunately canceled in the winter semester 2025/26.

B463B Business Plans for Startups

B463B Business Plans for Startups will unfortunately not be offered anymore starting in the summer semester 2025.

B465 Specialization in Economic Research

B465 Specialization in Economic Research will unfortunately not take place anymore.

B470 Corporate Strategy: M&A and Divestitures

Additionally to what is stated in the module hand book, B470 Corporate Strategy: M&A and Divestitures will be offered in the winter semester 2025/26 with 6 ECTS credits. Details tba.

B471 Competetive Strategy

In addition to the information provided in the module handbook, B471 Competitive Strategy will be offered in the summer semester 2026. The module comprises 6 ECTS credits and will be available for selection as follows:

  • Specialization Studies Focus Business and Economics in the M.Sc. Data Science in Business and Economics
  • Specialization Strategy and Industrial Organization in the M.Sc. General Management/European Management/International Business
  • Specialization Studies in the M.Sc. Management and Economics
  • Elective Studies in all M.Sc. programs in the School.

B482 Current Topics in Financial Accounting & Financial Analysis

Contrary to the information in the module handbook, B482 Current Topics in Financial Accounting & Financial Analysis unfortunately cannot take place in the winter semester 2025/26. 

B483 Empirical Accounting Research

Unfortunately, the module will not take place in the winter semester 2025/26 and the summer semester 2026.

B493A Doing Business in Selected Countries and World Regions

In the summer semester 2025 students will be able to choose the following online-courses within the container module B493 Doing Business in Selected Countries and World Regions:

  • Doing Business in China
  • Doing Business in Korea
  • Doing Business in South America

In order to complete the module with 6 ECTS credits, students take two of the courses.

B495-B497 Current Issues in International Business I-III

As part of the modules B495-B497 Current Issues in International Business I-III,

  • B403 Topics in International Financial Reporting and Risk Management
  • B495B Digital Transformation

will be offered in the summer semester 2026.

B495A Chinese Business Management will be offered in the winter semester 2025/26.

CM5_0X Advanced Topics in...

Within the moduls CM5_0X Advanced Topics in... you will find the following seminars scheduled for the summer semester 2026:

  • B500 Advanced Topics in Finance, Prof. Dr. Christian Koziol
  • B520 Master Seminar in Marketing and Data Science, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Mayer
  • B540 Master Seminar on Personnel Economics, Prof. Dr. Kerstin Pull, Dr. Jasmin Joecks
  • B570 Advanced Topics in Strategy, Prof. Dr. Timo Sohl
  • B580 Master Seminar on Financial Accounting, Prof. Dr. Joerg-Markus Hitz
  • B590 Masterseminar in International Business, Dr. Margarita Mejía-Likosova, Prof. Dr. Markus Pudelko
  • E580 Topics in International Economic History I:  Integration and Growth in the World Economy, Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten
  • E581 Topics in International Economic History II: Development Economics and Economic History, Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten
  • S510/S520 Master Seminar on Econometrics, Prof. Dr. Joachim Grammig
  • S530 Master Seminar on Agricultural Economics, Dr. Matthias Ritter

DS401-DS408 Data Science Techniques 1-8

Within the modules DS401-DS408 Data Science Techniques 1-8, the following courses will be available in the winter semester 2025/26:

  •  Machine Learning Applications in Business and Economics, Aseem Behl, PhD
  • Practical Deep Learning, Aseem Behl, PhD
  • Causal Machine Learning, Prof. Dr. Michael Knaus

In the summer semester 2026 there will be the following program:

  • DS404 Big Data Computing
  • DS405B Practical Deep Learning

The courses can be credited in the modules DS401-DS408 Data Science Techniques 1-8 in the specialization area Data Science Techniques as well as in the elective areas of the other M.Sc. programs. Please note that you can fill each module only once with a course.

E412-E414 Topics in Public Policy I-III

As part of the modules E412-E414 Topics in Public Policy I-III, E412 Be ready for your master thesis in empirical Economics will be offered in the winter semester 2024/25.

In the summer semester 2026 cou can select E412 Topics in Public Policy and E413 Be ready for your master thesis in empirical Economics.

E421-E422 International Trade I-II

As part of the modules E421-E422 International Trade I-II, E421 Advanced International Trade will be offered in the summer semester 2026.

E421 Global Production and Sourcing will be offered in the winter semester 2024/25.

E434K Macro Brown Bag

In addition to the courses offered in the module handbook, E434K Macro Brown Bag with 3 ECTS credits will be offered in the winter semester 2025/26 and the summer semester 2026. The credits are listed in the  course description on alma.

E435 European Economic Integration

In the summer semester 2026 E435 European Economic Integration will not take place. 

E457 Principles of Game Theory

In the winter semester 2025/26 a course E457 Principles of Game Theory will be offered with 3 ECTS credits. Please check the course description on alma for the details elegibility.

E471 Empirical Topics in International Trade

Contrary to the information in the module handbook, E471 Empirical Topics in International Trade cannot be offered in the winter semester 2025/26.

E475 Macro-Finance

E475 Macro-Finance will not be offered anymore. 

E550 Topics in Applied Economic Theory

Starting from the summer semester 2026, E550 Topics in Applied Economic Theory will not be offered anymore.

S417 Financial Econometrics

In the summer semester 2026 S417 Financial Econometrics will be offered with 9 ECTS credits. Please consult alma for further information. It can be selected within S416 Topics in Financial Econom(etr)ics.

S420 Statistics of Financial Markets

S420 Statistics of Financial Markets will not be offered in the winter semester 2025/26.