What kind of courses count towards the 30 ECTS required to apply for “Special Knowledge 1” (“Spezielle Kenntnisse 1”) and the further ECTS for “Selection Criterion 2” (“Auswahlkriterium 2”)?

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What kind of courses count towards the 30 ECTS required to apply for “Special Knowledge 1” (“Spezielle Kenntnisse 1”) and the further ECTS for “Selection Criterion 2” (“Auswahlkriterium 2”)?

The admissions Committee has the final decision on whether a course is recognised as quantitative or not. Please provide a description of the content of the courses, especially if it is not clear.

You can indicate credit-bearing courses from all study programmes in the
self-assesment forms that you have taken, including those from Master’s
programmes.

Courses that are usually recognised as quantitative:

  • All mathematics, statistics, and econometrics courses
  • All courses that focus predominantly on mathematics, statistics or econometrics
  • Computer courses in statistical software, e.g. Python, R, STATA, SPSS
  • Data science courses with a focus on statistics or mathematics

Courses that are partly recognised as quantitative:

  • Computer science courses
  • Logic courses

Courses that are not recognised as quantitative:

  • Courses without an examination or without an existing examination result
  • All courses that are not predominantly focused on mathematics, statistics or econometrics.
  • Game Theory
  • Physics courses
  • Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Capital Market Theory, Financial Analysis, Management Science, Corporate Finance, International Economics, and other courses primarily related to Economics, Finance, or Business Management
  • Logistics
  • Internships
  • Bachelor’s, Master’s or other final theses
  • Employment (with or without pay) at a higher education institution, public or private sector, including tutors, working students, etc.
  • Courses from non-government accredited higher education institutions, e.g. EdX, Coursera, Udacity and others.

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