Since 2012, CGS offers a new track already for excellent students who are about to finish their Bachelor degree. It is open to outstanding Bachelor students in Economics and Business Administration (or a related field) who are interested in entering a structured Master program with subsequent access to the PhD stage. You will complete all necessary course work during a tuition-free two-year MSc-program and, after a successful completion, enter directly the PhD stage. When entering this stage, you become eligible for funding. During this final stage, no more courses need to be taken; you will completely focus on writing your papers, finishing your dissertation and attending international conferences. The program language is English.

Currently, there are two options:

• CGS Track Economics

  The track in Economics offers an internationally competitive PhD program in Economics. Compulsory and comprehensive courses in advanced microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, and mathematics provide students with a rigorous methodological foundation and a broad training to pursue research in any area of economics. Field specializations subsequently allow students to focus their research interests and benefit from the Faculty's particular areas of expertise.
  

• CGS Track Economic Design and Behavior

  The track Economic Design and Behavior offers an interdisciplinary PhD program at the boundary between economics and business administration targeted at a key research area of our Faculty and building the infrastructure of the  Research Group Design and Behavior. Key topic in this area is the engineering of real world mechanisms in firms and markets based on sound behavioral research.

What we offer

• Close supervision by and frequent feedback from faculty members
• Mentoring by a senior graduate student (second year)
• Participation in the faculty’s research seminars
• Potential cooperation with one of the Faculty’s research groups 
• Office Space within the CGS
• Preferential consideration for financial support during the PhD stage after successful completion of the Master
• Preferential consideration for optional financial support through a Student Assistant Position during MSc phase

Course Program:

• CGS  Track Economics
• CGS Track Economic Design and Behavior

Requirements

• A Bachelor degree (at the time of your application you must have completed at least 80% of the required 180 points)
• Excellent results in GRE, a GMAT or a TM-WISO

Application

Please submit a letter of intent and a cv directly to the CGS at weiler(at)wiso.uni-koeln.de. Two  recommendations should be sent directly to CGS. In addition, you must apply for a regular Master program with the university. For the doctoral track Economics it is the MSc in Economics. For the doctoral track Economic Design and Behavior you can decide between the MSc program in Economics or the MSc program in Business Administration, and depending on your interest in Business Administration you can choose between a Major in Corporate Development or Supply Chain Management. For further information on the regular application for the Master's program please click  here. Application deadline is May 31, 2013. Note: Please note that all formal notifications of approval (Zulassungsbescheide) will be mailed in August. But of course we will inform you about the results of your application shortly after the application deadline. For any questions concerning the doctoral track, please contact Dr. Dagmar Weiler at weiler(at)wiso.uni-koeln.de.