Bonn Graduate School of Economics

Name

Bonn Graduate School of Economics

Legal name

Bonn Graduate School of Economics

Website

https://econ.uni-bonn.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Bonn Graduate School of Economics is the publicly funded English-language doctoral and MSc Economic Research program of the University of Bonn's Department of Economics. It serves international graduate students through research training at one of Europe's top-ranked economics departments, with no tuition fees.

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Keywords

• Doctoral economics education
• Graduate economic research
• Phd economics program
• Economic research training
• Microeconomic and econometric research

Headquarters

HQ city

Bonn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

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B2C

Offering type

Services

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Revenue model

1. Public Higher Education Funding: As part of the University of Bonn, BGSE operates as a publicly funded academic institution with no tuition fees for domestic or international students. The program is funded through German government educational funding and third-party research grants from organizations such as DFG (German Research Foundation) and ERC (European Research Council)
2. Research Grants and Third-Party Funding: Significant funding from excellence clusters (ECONtribute, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics), Collaborative Research Centers (SFB TR 224), and individual ERC projects supporting faculty research activities

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Core offering

The Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE) delivers an English-language Doctoral Program (PhD) with an integrated Master of Science in Economic Research for international students at the University of Bonn. It also coordinates Bachelor's programs in Economics and Economics and Computer Science, organizing workshops, seminars, and research mentorship for doctoral students from their second year onwards. The school trains all doctoral students of the Department of Economics according to unified standards and facilitates exchange with international partner institutions.

Product overview

The Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE) is an academic doctoral program unit within the Department of Economics at the University of Bonn. It offers an English-language Doctoral Program (PhD) with an integrated Master of Science in Economic Research. The program prepares students for independent academic research and serves as a gateway to doctoral studies in economics. BGSE organizes workshops and seminars for doctoral students from their second year onwards, and facilitates exchange programs with prestigious international universities. The institution collaborates closely with research clusters including ECONtribute and the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics.

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Products and services

• PhD Program with Integrated MSc Economic Research
• BSc Economics (Bachelor Program)

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ECONtribute: Markets & Public PolicycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExcellence cluster jointly run by Universities of Bonn and Cologne. Conducts research on markets at intersection of business, politics, and society. Develops new paradigms for analyzing markets beyond narrow efficiency measures. Funded by German Research Foundation (DFG).
• Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExcellence cluster focusing on mathematics research including game theory, mechanism design, and information economics. Economics researchers at the Department participate in HCM activities.
• SFB TR 224 (Collaborative Research Center)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch center dealing with equality of opportunity, market regulation, and financial stability as societal challenges. Also known as EPoS (Economic Perspectives on Societal Challenges). Funded by DFG.
• MPI for Research on Collective GoodsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMax Planck Institute conducting research on motivation and causes of economic behavior and influence of institutions. Collaboration on behavioral economics research.
• BonnEconLabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaboratory for Experimental Economics supporting innovative research in experimental economics. Helps researchers and students plan, design, and conduct experiments.
• CENs (Center for Economics and Neuroscience)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinks neuroscience, behavioral genetics, psychology, and empirical economic research to better understand human behavior in economically relevant contexts.
• CEPR (Center for Economic Policy Research)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network of researchers in economics. Institute for Macroeconomics and Econometrics collaborates with CEPR.

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Direct peers

• Stockholm School of Economics: Leading Nordic business and economics school offering MSc and PhD programs with strong research output in economics and finance. Comparable as a Northern European research-intensive economics graduate institution competing for international PhD applicants.
• London School of Economics — Department of Economics: One of the world's leading economics departments offering MSc and PhD programs with strong research focus across microeconomics, econometrics, and behavioral economics. Directly comparable as a top European economics graduate school competing for the same international PhD applicant pool.
• Barcelona School of Economics (BSE): European graduate school of economics offering MSc and PhD programs with strong research focus and international recruitment. Direct competitor in the European elite economics PhD market.
• Paris School of Economics (PSE): Major European economics research and graduate training institution offering PhD and MSc programs with broad coverage of economics subfields. Direct competitor for top international PhD applicants and research talent in continental Europe.
• Toulouse School of Economics (TSE): Leading French economics graduate school offering MSc and PhD programs with strengths in game theory, experimental economics, and econometrics. Comparable in scale, research intensity, and international PhD recruitment model.
• CEMFI (Center for Monetary and Financial Studies): Madrid-based graduate economics institution offering MSc and PhD programs with strong focus on monetary economics, finance, and econometrics. Comparable in mission as a focused economics research and graduate training center.
• University of Oxford — Department of Economics: Elite UK economics department offering DPhil program and MSc in Economics for Research with strengths across microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. Direct competitor for top international PhD applicants and faculty.
• Bocconi University — Department of Economics: Top Italian economics department offering MSc and PhD programs with strong applied microeconomics and econometrics research. Comparable in scale, international character, and focus on graduate research training.
• University of Zurich — Department of Economics: Leading Swiss economics department with International PhD Program in Economics and research strengths in microeconomics and econometrics. Comparable as a continental European research-focused economics graduate school.
• University of Cambridge — Faculty of Economics: Top-tier European economics faculty offering MPhil and PhD programs with strong theoretical and empirical economics research. Directly comparable in mission, scale, and applicant profile.

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