Reasons for studying at our faculty

The business administration and economics professors in the faculty of business studies and economics , our staff and several external lecturers offer an extensive, broad selection of courses in compulsory, elective and minor subjects. You can design your own curriculum from this wide range of courses and additional courses from other faculties at JLU and thus set individual focuses according to your own interests.

With our orientation events and pre-university courses , you will have an easy start to your studies. In addition to that, the facilities of the JLU and the Studentenwerk will help you with questions about your studies .

The Faculty of Business Studies and Economics supports your personal development through courses taught in English, language courses and exchange programs with partner universities worldwide. For example, you have the opportunity to complete some coursework during a semester abroad.

At our faculty, the responsible treatment of people and the environment is at the heart of our teaching and research. This is also reflected in our events and sustainability measures .

By the way: JLU's Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), Prof. Dr. Peter Winker , is also a professor at the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics.

On the campus of Law and Economics in Licher Straße, you will find modern seminar buildings with well-equipped lecture halls, a library and a café next to historic villas and plenty of green spaces to take a walk between lectures. It's convenient that almost all of the department's facilities are within walking distance and that there are plenty of nice places to linger in the breaks between lectures.

We are certain that we have one of the most beautiful and personal campuses in the whole of Hessia!

Gießen is the city with the highest density of students in Germany . For this reason, there are many young people in Gießen and there are many good offers especially for students.

On its website, the city of Gießen shows why it is worth studying in Gießen and what there is to experience in Gießen .

Hardly any other course offers as many different career paths as a degree in the field of economics and business administration:

• Thanks to our broad education in business administration and economics with the opportunity to choose individual majors during your studies, you can work in many different sectors (industry and services, banking and insurance, retail, logistics, energy, healthcare, ...) after graduation.

• With the majors from our degree programs, you can specialize in many different fields of activity and take on management positions in the areas of controlling, IT, sales, marketing, purchasing, consulting, communication or human resources.

• Our degree program prepares you for work in small, medium-sized and large international companies . Of course, self-employment is also conceivable later on: In our degree courses, you can learn the most important facts about setting up and managing companies. The path to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or public institutions is another possibility. For example, some of our graduates have ended up as “economic experts” in the German Council of Economic Experts or in leading economic research institutes. And those who would like to continue with teaching and/or research after their Master's degree can take up doctoral studies at our department and embark on an academic career .

Experience shows that our graduates usually find an attractive job straight after graduation. Our job portal helps to find internships and jobs. Company representatives are also frequent guests at the faculty for presentations. They are valuable contacts for students looking to start a job.