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Welcome to the Faculty of Economics and Management!
Dear students,
In order to enable a successful start of your studies and thus to facilitate the beginning of your new phase of life, the introduction days for the summer semester 2026 will take place at the FEM on April 1st and April 2nd, 2026. All dates for these introduction days, as well as important information about orientation at OVGU, can be found on the following website). There are also other interesting event offerings during the first week of lectures!
It starts on Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 at 10.00 a.m. in building 22 lecture hall 2 with the central opening event of the FEM and the welcome by the dean of study affairs, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Eichfelder. The event will take place in presence.
More information about the organization of the summer semester 2026 can be found here.
If you have any questions and/or concerns, please contact us (studiendekan-fww@ovgu.de)!
Your FEM’s Dean's Office of Study Affairs
Prof. Andreas Knabe at the Finance Expert Discussion of the Court of Auditors
On 26 November 2025, Prof. Andreas Knabe was invited as a guest speaker to the Finance Expert Discussion hosted by the Court of Auditors of Saxony-Anhalt. Following his introductory lecture on “The Debt Brake and Special Funds: How Can Sustainable Fiscal Policy Succeed?”, a lively professional discussion on the topic ensued.
Since 2017, the Court of Auditors has been organising this expert event series. Previous guest speakers have included, among others, Prof. Thomas Lenk, Prof. Martin Werding, Prof. Eckhard Janeba, as well as the President of the European Court of Auditors, Klaus-Heiner Lehne. This year’s discussion was attended not only by representatives of the Court of Auditors but also by members of the State Parliament’s Finance Committee and financial experts from the associations representing local authorities. (picture: Prof. Knabe with Court of Auditors President Kay Barthel)
1st Magdeburg-Braunschweig Economics Workshop
On Friday, November 28, 2025, economists from the Center of Evidence-based Policy Analysis (CEPA) at OVGU Magdeburg and from the Institute of Economics at Technische Universität Braunschweig met for a joint academic workshop. In addition to getting to know each other and exchanging ideas, the programme focused on presentations and discussions of current research projects from both institutions. The range of topics was broad, spanning from health economics laboratory experiments and analyses of the relationship between money and happiness to the importance of female role models in primary school for women’s later labor market participation.
Omar Martin Fieles-Ahmad and Mohamad Alhussein Saoud received the Best Presentation Awards. The workshop was a great success and is planned to continue next year in Braunschweig.
WiSe 2025/26 Info Session „My ERASMUS Internship“
The ERASMUS Office of Saxony-Anhalt is offering the following information sessions for the
WiSe 25/26 about an EU Internship for students:
Information session in German: November 18, 2025, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Information session in English: January 20, 2026, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Among general information on internships, preparation steps, and ERASMUS funding supports, former internship holder will also share their experiences with you.
Englisch: Erasmus+ Traineeships in Europe
Participants must register in advance (on the aforementioned websites) and will receive a confirmation email with the link to the Zoom event.
Welcome to the Faculty of Economics and Management!
Dear Newbies,
In order to start smoothly at our faculty (school), and thus to facilitate the beginning of the new phase of student's life, we offer the Academic ON-Boarding Week 25/26 WiSe. The detailed schedule including all introduction events can be found on this website.
The mandatory Academic ON-Boarding Week (06/10 - 10/10) is exclusively in English, and starts on Monday, October 06th, after the OVGU’s Enrollment Celebration in the Opera House, at 14:00 in building 22 lecture hall H2. The Faculty's Dean of Research Affairs and the Study Program Director for IBE, Prof. Dr. Andreas Knabe will welcome all new faculty students on campus and in-person.
If students have any further questions or concerns, they may contact the Office of International Affairs and ISP at the Faculty of Economics and Management: isp@ovgu.de or the Dean’s Office of Study Affairs: studiendekan-fww@ovgu.de
With kind regards,
FEM Dean's Office of Study Affairs & FEM ISP Office