The Master's Programme enables the students:

• to analyse transformation processes in the background of economic-, politic-, law-,agricultural as well as environmental relevance and to understand the correlation between these subsystems in the process of social change
• to develop decision making abilities in the interdisciplinary context and to solve practical problems by using integrative management approaches with pronounced leadership skills
• to design, implement, evaluate and interpret complex interdisciplinary research projects and to give application-oriented policy recommendations
• to plan, develop and implement transformation-relevant projects and programmes and to analyse the problem situations with regard to different aspects and consequences
• to develop, negotiate and communicate solution strategies and procedures with stakeholders of different professional and cultural backgrounds

Qualification aims and educational objectives

• Advanced knowledge in transformation-, development- and agricultural economics and the management of transformation processes on micro- and macro level, including business administration.
• Knowledge of fundamental methods and concepts in political and law sciences. Ability of systematical analysis of transformation processes, organization and institutions in the international, national and regional context.
• Methodological knowledge in quantitative and qualitative research, statistical and mathematical methods and their fields of applications on relevant areas.
• The ability, to transfer subject-specific questions in models and to formulate those models properly, as well as dealing with different positions on a science-based fundament
• Specialisation by the choice of master thesis, internship and profile modules along agricultural-, environmental- and nutritional sciences
  Practice-oriented knowledge in initiation of projects, definition of goals and results, management, modification, validation and evaluation of projects.
• Key qualifications like organisation-, communication-, negotiation- and leadership skills, intercultural competences and teamwork ability.
  

• Core Modules

  Qualification Obcjectives Economic development and World Agricultural Markets Transition and Integrtaion Economicas Law in Transition Empirical Research Methods   Transition in Practice Power and Democracy World Food Economy Economics, Organization and Management in Agriculture and Food Industries Problem Solving (classify, identify, formulate)                 Interdisciplinary Thinking                 Well-founded Scientific Aspects                 Competence in methodology, Flexibility, Transferable  Knowledge               Training of analytical, conceptual und logical Thinking                 Acquisition of Learning Strategies for Lifelong Learning                 Well-founded Knowledge of Institutional Transformation Processes                 Communication Skills, Capacity for Teamwork, Knowledge of Foreign Languages

 Occupational fields

• Organisations  involved in transition and development cooperation  (private, public, national, supranational, international)

• Regional and international organisations of different branches
  

• Private enterprises (Industry, agricultural- and nutritional sector, trade, banks, financial services)

• Universities and non-university research institutions
• Institutions for consulting of political decision-makers

• National administrations, ministries, EU Institutions
• Non-governmental organisations in the non-profit sector, Think-Tanks, interest groups.