On this page you find examination and study regulations, compact study details, module handbooks and information on seminars for the economics degree programs: - Bachelor in Economics - Minor in Economics - Master in Economics - Master in Quantitative Economics
Information provided in English is soley for convenience sake; the German version remains authoritative. No legal claim can be derived from the information provided.
The Examination and Study Regulations (PStO 2025) apply to students starting their studies in the winter semester 2025/26.
Examination and Study Regulations
Module Handbook
In the module handbook you find information on the content and qualification objectives of the compulsory and compulsory elective courses of the Bachelor's degree program in Economics (PStO 2025).
Annex to the Module Handbook
In the appendix to the module handbook you will find a compilation of information on specific compulsory elective courses. The list is not exhaustive, i.e. it is not currently possible to provide information on all courses here. However, the information is constantly being expanded.
Please also note that the outlines/syllabi listed here are not binding. A course that you are currently attending may have a different outline!
No legal claim can be derived from the information provided.
Here you find all relevant information for Bachelor in Economics (PStO 2013).
Examination and Study Regulations
Note: The statutes for the alteration of 14 August 2014 apply to students starting their studies in the winter semester 2014/2015 to the winter semester 2016/2017.
The examination and study regulations in the version of the third statute for the alteration apply to students commencing their studies from winter semester 2017/2018.
Brief Information
The "brief information" serves as a clear and compact presentation of the most important facts from the examination and study regulations for the Bachelor in Economics (PStO 2013).
The "brief information" does not replace the Examination and Study Regulations (PStO). Only the examination and study regulations are legally binding! Please check the ISC website regularly for updates or additional information.
Module Handbooks
In the module manual you will find information on the content and qualification objectives of the compulsory and compulsory elective courses of the Bachelor's degree programme in Economics (PStO 2013).
In the appendix to the module handbook you will find a compilation of information on specific compulsory elective courses in the abstract compulsory elective modules ‘Economic Theory I’, ‘Economic Theory II’, ‘Economic Development’, ‘Empirical Economic Research I’, ‘Empirical Economic Research II’, ‘Macroeconomics and International Economics’, ‘Economic Action of the State’ and ‘Quantitative Economics’. The list is not exhaustive, i.e. not all courses can currently be listed here. However, the information is constantly being expanded.
Please also note that the outlines/syllabi listed here are not compulsory. A course that you are currently attending may have a different outline!
A legal claim cannot be derived from the information provided.
Cycle of Compulsory Course Offerings and their Revisions (revisons are not applicable to PStO 2025)
For compulsory economics courses which take place annually, a revision tutorial and an reexamination are offered in the following semester.
The tutorial does substitute lecture attendance, but serves as review and practice. It is assumed that students are familiar with the relevant lecture material.
It is strongly recommended that students attend the yearly standard lecture with it’s corresponding tutorial and exam. However it is possible to take part on the re-examination as a first try („Erstversuch“).
Below an overview of the exams concerned:
The compulsory economics elective modules comprise 6 ECTS credits (6 or 12 ECTS credits in the Master's degree program) and are already completed when the module examination is passed.
In order to improve grades, the offering cycle of a module is always relevant. The offering cycle in the VWL elective module area is semester-based. Therefore, the originally passed examination can only be improved by a different concrete examination directly in the following semester. (not PStO 2025!)
It is also important to note that if you register for several examinations in one module, the regulations for grade improvement will apply and you will lose ECTS points, as only one examination is counted due to the grade improvement.
Therefore, please ensure that you normally only register for one examination per module!
The module assignment of specific VWL elective courses is carried out as part of the examination registration in LSF.
If, after registering for an exam in LSF, you want to check again which module you have assigned the respective exam to, you can check it again in the following way:
Here you find all relevant information for Economics as a Minor (Bachelor) (PStO 2013).
Examination and Study Regulations
Brief Information
In the brief information, the examination and study regulations for the Bachelor in Economics are presented in an easily understandable format.
However, you still have to be familiar with the examination and study regulations, which are legally binding! Please also keep up-to-date with information provided on the ISC website.
Module Handbook
In the module handbook you find information on the content and qualification objectives of the compulsory and compulsory elective courses of the Bachelor's degree program in Economics (PStO 2013).
Please also note that the outlines/syllabi listed here are not compulsory. A course that you are currently attending may have a different outline!
A legal claim cannot be derived from the information provided.
Two specialization modules are included in the Bachelor Minor in Economics - 60 ECTS credits:
In these two specialization modules, you can choose from the following courses:
The Examination and Study Regulations (PStO 2025) apply to students starting their studies in winter semester 2025/26.
Examination and study regulations
Module Handbook
In the module handbook you will find information on the content and qualification objectives of the compulsory and elective courses of the Master's degree program in Economics (PStO 2025).
Module Handbook MSc Economics (PStO 2025) Version: 26.02.2025 (PDF, 328 KB)
Appendix to the module handbook
In the annex to the module handbook you will find a compilation of information on specific compulsory elective courses. The list is not exhaustive, i.e. it is not currently possible to provide information on all courses here. However, the information is constantly being expanded.
Please also note that the outlines/syllabi listed here are not compulsory. A course that you are currently attending may have a different outline!
A legal claim cannot be derived from the information provided.
Annex Module Handbook Economics (PStO 2025) Version: 26.02.2025 (PDF, 356 KB)
Here you find all relevant information for Master in Economics (PStO 2013).
Exam and Study Regulations
Brief Information
The "brief information" serves as a clear and compact presentation of the most important facts from the examination and study regulations for the Master in Economics (PStO 2013).
The "brief information" does not replace the Examination and Study Regulations (PStO). Only the examination and study regulations are legally binding! Please check the ISC website regularly for up dates or additional information.
Module handbook
A complete course overview can be found on the information pages for the Master's degree program in Economics. Informationsseiten für den Masterstudiengang Economics.
General
No more than the required number of compulsory elective modules may be selected. A compulsory elective module is selected at the latest by taking the corresponding module examination.
6 ECTS - Compulsory Elective Modules
12 ECTS - Compulsory Elective Modules
A total of 60 ECTS must be acquired from the compulsory elective modules offered. At least one of the 12 ECTS modules must be selected.
A maximum of three of the 12 ECTS modules may be selected.
Please note that the examination and study regulations list abstract courses (= placeholders) that are not offered specifically under these abstract names.
The individual economics elective courses offered each semester can be found in the LSF course catalog. As a rule, any compulsory elective course can be allocated to any of the compulsory elective modules listed above. This module allocation is done when registering for the respective course exam in LSF via the module tree.
If several examinations are registered in one of these modules, the regulations for grade improvement will apply and ECTS points are lost, as only one examination (with the best grade) per module can be counted.
Therefore, please only register for one examination per module!
Here you find all relevant information for the elite study program Master in Quantitative Economics (PStO 2017).
Prüfungs- und Studienordnung
Kurzinformationen
Die Kurzinformation zur Prüfungs- und Studienordnung für den Elitestudiengang Master in Quantitative Economics (PStO 2017) soll Ihnen die wichtigsten Bestimmungen der Prüfungsordnung möglichst verständlich darstellen.
Diese Kurzinformation ersetzt nicht die Lektüre der Prüfungs- und Studienordnung (PStO). Rechtlich verbindlich ist ausschließlich die Prüfungs- und Studienordnung! Bitte informieren Sie sich regelmäßig auf der ISC-Website zu Änderungen oder Ergänzungen zu den Informationen aus dieser Kurzinformation.
Modulhandbuch
Allgemein
Insgesamt sind aus diesen vier Wahlpflichtmodulen zwei Wahlpflichtmodule zu wählen. Die im Rahmen des jeweiligen Wahlpflichtmoduls zu belegenden Lehrveranstaltungen werden mit der betreuenden Professorin bzw. dem betreuenden Professor im Rahmen einer Mentoring-Vereinbarung festgelegt.
Bachelor:
There are no formal prerequisites.
However, it is strongly recommended that you have successfully completed the following modules before registering for an advanced seminar.
Master:
There are no formal prerequisites.
You can find the range of seminars / courses viaLSF (menu item -> "Vorlesungsverzeichnis").
The examination board has ordered binding registration verbindliche Anmeldung (PDF, 109 KB)for the advanced seminars.
Registration for the advanced seminars is done via LSF (menu item -> “Register/deregister for courses”). When registering, priorities can be specified for the individual seminars (highest priority = 1). It is strongly recommended that you prioritize all seminars. If you only indicate priorities for one or a few seminars, you risk not getting a seminar place if the prioritized seminars are overbooked!
In LSF, you can register for one advanced seminar (Bachelor) or 12 ECTS course (Master) per semester. If you are planning more than one specialization seminar or more than one 12 ECTS course in a semester, please register for the additional courses via the clearing procedure.
Important: Within the registration period, the time of registration is not relevant for the allocation of places in a particular seminar!
Important: As registration for the advanced seminars is always done one semester in advance, please always register in LSF in the course catalog of the summer semester for the following winter semester or in the winter semester for the following summer semester.
Seminars in WiSe 2025/26
Seminars im SuSe 2026
If the registration deadline for the SPS has been missed or second seminar is desired, students can be placed on a waiting list for the allocation of places within the deadline for the clearing procedure (see below).
If seminar seats remain free after the regular registration/allocation period or if registered students have withdrawn from their seminar seat, these free spots will be raffled off, after the end of the grace period, among the students on the waiting list according to the same procedure for raffling off the seminar places of the regularly registered students.
Please note: There is no guarantee that students will be allocated a seat by way of the clearing procedure!
After the regular registration period has taken place and seats have been allocated, seminar spots can be swapped within the grace period (see below).
If you would like to swap your allocated seminar place and have a swap partner, please send an email to isc@econ.lmu.de with the names, matriculation numbers and campus email addresses of both swap partners, stating the desired swap preference. isc@econ.lmu.de.
It is not pssoble to swap seats without providing this information!
Please note it is necessary to register for the examination of the advanced seminars in LSF and thereby assign the registration either the module "Grundlagen wissenschaftlicher Profilbildung I" or "Grundlagen wissenschaftlicher Profilbildung II".
Exam registration for seminars is possible from the first day of the semester in which the seminar takes place (WS: from Oct.1st, SuSe: from April 1st) until the grades are entered by the chair.
Bachelor:
The advanced seminar includes a term paper (4 weeks, approx. 30,000 characters) and a presentation (approx. 15-20 minutes).
Master:
A seminar/12-ECTS course includes a term paper (4 weeks to complete, approx. 45,000 characters) and a presentation (approx. 30 minutes) or a written examination lasting 120 minutes.
Recommendations for the use of generative and other AI tools in the provision of examinations by students (PDF, 166 KB) Status 02/2024
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