Master of Science in International Economics and Public Policy Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

• The Master's in International Economics and Public Policy (MIEPP) is a two-year Master’s programme.
• It focuses on how the global environment shapes decisions of individuals, firms, and policy institutions.
• It has an international outreach in terms of contents, structure, and student body.
• It fosters the application of economic know-how to questions emerging in economic policy and business.
• It encourages an interdisciplinary approach, reaching out to other social sciences.
• It conveys up-to-date economic theories as well as methods in statistics and data science.
• It encourages students to critically discuss modern academic literature.
• MIEPP students come from all over the world. This fosters students’ intercultural competence.
• The MIEPP faculty is actively and visibly engaged in academic and public discussions.
• The programme structure promotes a close interaction between faculty members and students.
• The campus at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz offers excellent research and teaching facilities as well as a diverse and lively study environment.

• The Master's in International Economics and Public Policy (MIEPP) has three components: mandatory core modules, elective modules, and the Master’s thesis, combined with a presentation (“research colloquium”).
• Students who enter the programme in the winter semester start by attending the core modules, which review and deepen basic concepts in international trade, development economics, public economics, and macroeconomics.
• In the second and third semesters, students choose elective modules from a wide range of subjects.
• Students who enter the programme in the summer semester start with elective modules in their first semester and attend the core modules in the second semester.
• The final semester is dedicated to the Master’s thesis and the research colloquium. In this phase, students demonstrate their ability to analyse a specific research question in depth and to communicate their results.

• Internships are not a mandatory part of the programme, but doing an internship is strongly encouraged.
• Private companies and public institutions in the vibrant Rhine-Main area regularly hire MIEPP students as interns and working students.

Academic admission requirements include a Bachelor's degree (or comparable) in economics, business, or a related discipline. For detailed information on how and where to apply, please consult the homepage of our programme. More details are available here.

The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz charges an administrative fee of approximately 350 EUR per semester. This fee includes the "Deutschland-Ticket" for public transport, enabling free use of regional trains, buses, trams, and the underground throughout Germany at any time. More details can be found here.

Costs for student housing vary between 350 EUR and 500 EUR (check here and here for more details on accommodation).

The price for a lunch on campus is around 3 to 6 EUR. The German Academic Exchange Service also offers information on the cost of living in Germany. Please check here for further information.

The Rhine-Main area offers a rich array of job opportunities both in the private sector and in public institutions. Particularly successful students may also qualify for part-time jobs as research assistants or tutors.

The career service centre at Johannes Gutenberg University supports students and graduates in choosing a career, planning their professional future, and acquiring interdisciplinary skills. The centre offers a variety of services, such as counselling, workshops, and recruiting events. More information is available here.

Numerous shared houses or apartments as well as rooms in student housing make life affordable and allow getting in touch with other students. More information is available here.

With approx. 30,000 students from more than 120 nations, the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ranks among Germany's largest universities and is the scientific and academic centre of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Its 4,400 academics, including 570 professors, teach and conduct research at more than 100 institutes and clinics.

Solid placements in rankings of higher education institutions, numerous awards and a large number of projects supported by outside funds testify to the outstanding research achievements of the university's scientists.

Students have a wide range of subject options, covering almost the entire spectrum of university specialities: from the study of law and economics to the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences and from medicine and dentistry to the integration of music, fine arts, and sports. The Department of Translation, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies trains translators and interpreters in numerous European and non-European languages. This multiplicity of fields enables and promotes interdisciplinary research and teaching at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz was originally founded in 1477, and it still strives to emulate the innovative spirit of its namesake, Johannes Gutenberg. The promotion and introduction of new ideas, the use of knowledge to improve people’s lives and encourage them to overcome the many boundaries they encounter daily – these are the underlying ambitions of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

In its everyday life, Mainz, as the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, proves that tradition and progress can mingle successfully. Looking back on a history spanning 2,000 years, Romans, electors, and personalities such as Barbarossa and Gutenberg have left their mark on the modern city of Mainz. Today, Mainz stands for cosmopolitanism and conviviality. Located on the River Rhine in one of Germany's most picturesque regions, the city of Mainz provides a pleasant background for student life, while the proximity of Frankfurt facilitates contacts with renowned public institutions and private firms.

Mainz always has an "open ear" for culture, and not only because the well-known Whitsun festival with theatre, music, and cabaret bears this name. State theatres, small stages, and other cultural centres provide a lively and varied array of offerings for all tastes. New and experimental forms of theatre are presented at the "studio theatre" (Kammerspiele), while the historic Moller building in the centre of the city presents opera, theatre, and ballet.

The state capital is furthermore a vital location for business, including many media companies such as the German Television ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen), which promotes the image of its home town across Europe on a daily basis. Extensive wine-growing areas on the edge of the city are enticing places for a relaxing walk in the vineyards. Other delightful surrounding areas offer a wealth of opportunities for day trips: the charming Rheingau region with its famous monasteries such as Eberbach situated in the hills, a romantic boat trip on the Rhine, or a short tour through the splendid landscapes of the Hunsrück, Odenwald, and Taunus ranges of hills.