The programme “Master Européen en Sciences du Travail” (MEST) (also referred to as : European Master in Labour Studies – EMLS) encourages students of different majors (Business Administration, Economics, Sociology) to embrace economic, sociological, and political knowledge.
Students will qualify for a professional career in multinational companies, international and European organisations and as well as for political consulting.
The study programmes of economic and social sciences in Trier are characterized by their interdisciplinary and European orientation.
Our MEST-curriculum reflects this tradition, too. Its focus lies on subjects relevant for Business Administration, Economics and Economic Sociology.
In particular, topics like comparisons of employment systems (labour law and collective labour relations), employment policies and training systems as well as social security in Europe and employment and social policies in the European Union are covered.
For that reason, MEST students in Trier benefit from a variety of master courses (e.g., “International HRM and Comparative Industrial Relations”, “Political Economics”).
Normally, the winter term begins in mid-October and the summer term in mid-April. In general, we recommend to arrive a couple of weeks early in Trier to find a room, familiarize yourself with the campus, participate in orientation activities offered by the international office, and so on, but this is not obligatory. Updated information can be retrieved from the following link.
Primarily, you have to arrange the choice of courses with your home university. Experience shows that many incoming MEST-students attend four to six courses (depending on the ECTS).
Course programme in Trier
| Title | Teacher(s) | Language | Credits |
| Ökonomik des Wohlfahrtsstaates | Professor Lorenz | German | 10 Credits |
| Institutionen der Wirtschaft | Professor Maurer | German | 10 Credits |
| Wohlfahrtskapitalismus – regulierte Ungleichheit (two seminars which can either be followed both or individually) | Professor Dallinger | German, literature partly in English | 5 or 10 Credits possible |
Theory/Research Seminar : International HRM and Comparative Industrial Relations AND
Case Study Seminar : International HRM and Comparative Industrial Relations (two seminars which can either be followed both or individually) | Professor Muehlfeld | English | 5 or 10 Credits possible |
European Labour Studies I : Topics in Personnel Economics AND
European Labour Studies II : Research seminar Personnel Economics (two seminars which can either be followed both or individually) | Professor Goerke | English | 5 or 10 Credits possible |
| Economics of European Integration : European and World Trade | Professor Matschke | English | 10 Credits |
Case Study Seminar : Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management AND
Research Seminar : Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (two seminars which can either be followed both or individually) | Professor Block | English | 5 or 10 Credits possible |