Management, Economics and Social Sciences - Driving Sustainable Change University of Cologne

Overview

The Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences (WiSo Faculty) at the University of Cologne offers wide range of top-ranked Bachelor’s programmes which combine innovative teaching and world-class research.

To support you gain a deep understanding of societal challenges, we provide you with state-of-the-art research findings in relevant fields from various disciplines, such as management, economics, sociology or social psychology. The programme also includes expertise from affiliated specialists, such as the “Institute of Energy Economics (EWI)” when discussing climate change.

You will learn advanced methodologies to rigorously analyse systems and to be able to draw evidence-based conclusions. In order to speed up your personal and academic development, you benefit from an innovative teaching and mentoring concept.

This Management, Economics and Social Sciences - Driving Sustainable Change at University of Cologne provides you with:

• Strong insights in societal challenges, such as climate change, inequality, and digital transformation

• Management skills with a focus on solving new challenges

• A truly global perspective as global challenges need global solutions

Career

Being part of this programme, will ensure you have the knowledge and skills necessary in order to shape the future, considering the planet and society instead of the maximisation of profits. You will focus on entrepreneurship and develop a system thinking that will help to turn your career plans into reality.

In general, you could work in most potential management or economic positions. More specifically, you will focus on sustainability with a start-up mind set, i.e. creating new organisations or driving innovation in existing organisations.

• (Social) Entrepreneur

• Managing new projects in a large corporation

• Management position in an NGO

• Position in (social) Start-Ups

• Management position in companies covering sustainable topics

• Consulting