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 on the content of the courses, especially if it is not clear.

You can indicate credit-bearing courses from all study programmes in the
self-assignment forms that you have taken, including 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. R, STATA, SPSS

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
  • Operations Research
  • Macroeconomics, microeconomics and other economics courses
  • Logistics
  • Internships
  • Bachelor’s, Master’s or other final theses
  • All employment (with or without pay) at a higher education institution, public or private sector, including tutors, working students, etc.
  • Courses from non-governmental accredited higher education institutions, e.g. EdX, Coursera, Udacity and others.
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