The University of Greifswald Faculty of Business and Law is one of five faculties of the university that is situated in Greifswald

Greifswald

Greifswald , officially, the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald is a town in northeastern Germany. It is situated in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at an equal distance of about from Germany's two largest cities, Berlin and Hamburg. The town borders the Baltic Sea, and is crossed...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Its roots go back to the founding of the university in the year 1456.

Business Administration

In various rankings, the management programmes at the University of Greifswald get nation-wide top places in Germany.

Business management degrees offered include the traditional German 4-year diploma as well as B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

, and M.A.

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...

.

Law

As a consequence of education reforms, jurisprudence

Jurisprudence

Jurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal theorists , hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions...

 will, in the future, be concentrated at the University of Greifswald and the Faculty of Law at the University of Rostock

University of Rostock

The University of Rostock is the university of the city Rostock, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.Founded in 1419, it is the oldest and largest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Sea area...

 will be closed.

At the Faculty of Law and Economics, courses are offered in jurisprudence leading to the German State Examination as well as LL.B. and LL.M. degrees.

Associated People

Former staff members include Rudolf Agricola, Carl Schmitt

Carl Schmitt

Carl Schmitt was a German jurist, philosopher, political theorist, and professor of law.Schmitt published several essays, influential in the 20th century and beyond, on the mentalities that surround the effective wielding of political power...

, Friedrich Spielhagen, and Bernhard Windscheid

Bernhard Windscheid

Bernhard Windscheid was a German jurist and a member of the pandectistic school of law thought...

. Alumni are for instance Georg Beseler

Georg Beseler

Carl Georg Christoph Beseler was a Prussian jurist and politician....

, Bernhard von Bülow

Bernhard von Bülow

Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bülow , named in 1905 Prince von Bülow, was a German statesman who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for three years and then as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909.Bülow was described as possessing every quality except greatness...

, Erich Mix

Erich Mix

Erich Mix was a German politician, member of the Nazi Party, later a member of the FDP and Flying ace during World War II....

, and Walter Serner

Walter Serner

Walter Serner was a German-language writer and essayist. His manifesto Letzte Lockerung was an important text of Dadaism....

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External links

• University of Greifswald, Faculty of Business and Law
• University of Greifswald