This module helps the student to further broaden and intensify his knowledge and methodological skills needed for his dissertation. This module focuses on specific aspects of Banking, Finance or Taxation.

Lecture or seminar or self-study, possibly combined with preparation and presentation of a paper.

Based on lectures offered on the master's level, this module helps to enable the student

• to further intensify the existing knowledge and methodology needed for the dissertation project;
• to independently develop a research concept for specific research questions;
• to develop, analyze and synthesize new complex ideas;
• to develop the scientific and/or cultural progress for an academic or non-academic environment.

Students will be able to

• have an advanced and intensified overview on specific topics needed for the dissertation project;
• develop their own research project;
• apply the methodological structures of these specific topics for their dissertation project.

The students will be assessed in this module through:

• competitive selection process of the research seminar
• specific mechanisms of the research seminar

Module availability:
On application at internationally renowned organizers. In case ECTS offered is lower than 5 ECTS, the student could earn additional ECTS by presenting a well developed paper in the "Finance Research Seminar" (see module "Research Methods in International Financial Services").

>Spoken and written communicative competence in various every day situations.
>Cultural competence

Interactive teaching

>Spoken and written communicative competence in various everyday situations
>Cultural competence

Interactive teaching

>Building German language competence
>Developing basic communicative competence
>Cultural competence
>Grammar and Vocabulary
>Learning strategies

This module supports the development of basic communicative and cultural competence in Spanish.

Interaction, study skills

>understanding and passing on simple information
>taking part in simple everyday conversation
>reporting past events
>creating simple texts

80 % compulsory attendance

MASTER (please switch the language to German to see the description for Bachelor students):

-Architectural design with specific task related to the theme Landscape in the context of the relevant parameters for the implementation of the task.
-The Integration of topics are dealt with in the design task by being directly accompanied by specialist lecturers from the subject field.

• In-depth knowledge of interactions between people and their environment.
• In-depth knowledge of planning and urban design.

-Process-oriented approach in the analysis of the task and the development of innovative concepts.
-Examination of specific questions from the field.

Landscape means an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors. (European Convention (2000/2004): European Landscape Convention. Florence.)
Landscape is both, expression and imprint of culture.
Landscape is public good and resource, which we carefully use and design, in order to improve qualities of life.

design studio, design seminar, exercises, experiment, research, writing, visualising, modelling, presenting, case study

if taught in German, a German language certificate level C1 needs to be provided

midterm and final reviews, participation, integration, portfolio
minimum 75% mandatory presence; continuous assessment;

Aus der Praxis hat sich gezeigt, dass Architektinnen und Architekten in ihrem Schaffen selten alleine agieren. Gestützt auf diese Tatsache orientieren sich die Inhalte des Modules an Aufgaben wie dem Agieren im Team aber auch am adäquaten Umgang mit den Behörden oder externen Büros. Die Studierenden erhalten ein Gefühl dafür was es bedeutet eine erste Vision mit Fachplanerinnen und Fachplanern abzustimmen und wann welche Expertise benötigt wird.

In Form von Vortrag, Projektarbeiten, Übungen,
Recherche, Visualisierung, Peerfeedback, Diagrammen,
Grafiken, Skizzen, Zeichnungen und Plänen.

Modulnote = Lehrveranstaltungsnote, die ermittelt wird aus:
Fachprojekt, Übungen, Mitarbeit im Unterricht; 70% Anwesenheitspflicht, prüfungsimmanent

This module is a requisite cross-faculty course in the preparation phase of the doctoral programme Business Economics. It addresses fundamental aspects of research design and management with a focus on the specific disciplines, styles of inquiry, and learning cultures at the University of Liechtenstein.

Research design can be broadly conceived of as the high-level plan to conducting research projects in the service of answering research questions. A research design links the key parts of a research endeavour to form a coherent scheme, under consideration of ontological, epistemological, and methodological choices. Key elements include the problematization, research question, relevant theoretical lenses and conceptual frame-works, specific strategies of inquiry, and measures to ensure key criteria including validity and reliability.

Research management skills address the researcher's ability to manage projects, work autonomously, build an international research network, think analytically, and be creative, inquisitive, and original. Through our approach towards innovative doctoral education, we contribute to embracing some key aspirations of the League of European Research Universities (LERU).

• Detailed module description with schedule

Interactive, seminar style presentations and discussions

The course aims to develop key skills required for conducting scientific research in Business Economics. At this, we explicitly aim to expose PhD students to a broad range of methodological and theoretical approaches, always under consideration of the respective implications for research design. Grounded in the understanding that research designs should be in response to relevant research questions, we aim to equip our students with the skills that qualify them as competent researchers beyond the design and execution of their particular dissertations.

By developing skills in research design and research management, as well as by promoting an awareness of the variety of epistemological and methodological approaches, this module provides an understanding of the multiple logics and procedures involved in the discovery and formation of knowledge. Participants will learn to appreciate the structure and performance of successful research endeavours and will acquire conceptual and technical skills needed for designing their own research approaches in light of the particular styles and research cultures of their respective scientific communities and discourses.

After completing the module, students will be able to

• assess the nature and quality of a research design;
• develop research designs, including problematization, research questions, philosophical assumptions, general strategies of inquiry, and specific methods for collecting and analyzing data;
• manage research projects under consideration of time, resources, and quality management;
• converse reflectively with the academic research community of their respective fields;
• position their work in the context of their research community as well as with regards to specific discourses in that community;
• apply for research funding; and
• appreciate the range of research styles and cultures across the University of Liechtenstein and beyond.

In the seminar paper the students will be asked to outline and discuss a potential research design for their dissertation. That way, the seminar paper builds on knowledge acquired in the course, and it serves to transfer this knowledge to the students’ individual PhD project. Attendance of all mandatory and selected classes as well as the presentations is expected; 80% attendance is required for a positive grade.

The students will be assessed in this module through:
- Seminar Paper
- Presentation and defense of the seminar paper
- Participation in class

The research proposal is a research plan. The contents of the research proposal are governed by the curricula of the doctoral degree programmes. If a cumulative dissertation is intended, it is necessary to mention the publication journals and the number of publications planned. The formal aspects of the research proposal must comply with the "Guidelines for Writing Academic Papers at the University of Liechtenstein".

In the colloquium on the research proposal, the doctoral student shall present his/her dissertation project and provide reasons for his/her chosen approach.

The grade for the research proposal will be determined by taking the average of the grades given by the supervisor and the co-supervisor.

Trusts and Registered Trust Enterprises
Law of Foundations and Establishments
Mergers & Acquisitions
Anglo-American Trusts
IP-Law
European Law and European Public Companies (SE)
Trade Law
Securities Law
Constitutional and Administrative Law
Land Transfer Law
Case Studies on Incorporations
Case Studies on Constitutional Law and Administrative Organisation

Erwerb von vertiefter Fachkompetenz zur Treuhänderschaft, zum Stiftungs- & Anstaltsrecht, zum Europarecht und europäischen gesellschaftsrecht, zum Anglo-American Trust, zum Verfassungsrecht und Verwaltungsorganisation so-wie Markenrecht, Gewerberecht, Wertpapierrecht, Grundverkehrsgesetz sowie Case Studies zu Gründungen. Befä-higung zum Erkennen rechtlicher Fragestellungen und deren Umsetzung in die betriebliche Praxis. Einbezug aktueller Probleme des Betriebs von Treuhandunternehmen vor dem Hintergrund sich ändernder rechtlicher und wirtschaftli-cher Rahmenbedingungen. Ausblicke und Prognosen im Hinblick auf zukünftige Entwicklungen des Treuhandwesens.

• Treuhänderschaft, Mergers & Acquisition: 30 %
• Stiftungs- und Anstaltsrecht: 30 %
• Anglo-American Trusts: 15 %
• Europarecht und Europäisches Gesellschaftsrecht: 10 %
• Verfassungs- und Verwaltungsrecht: 15 %

Zum erfolgreichen Bestehen des Moduls ist eine Mindestnote von 4.0 erforderlich. Zusätzlich müssen 80% der zu absolvierenden Einzelprüfungen eines Moduls mindestens mit der Note 3.5 abgeschlossen werden.

MASTER (please switch the language to German to see the description for Bachelor students):

-Architectural design with specific task related to the theme Landscape in the context of the relevant parameters for the implementation of the task.
-The Integration of topics are dealt with in the design task by being directly accompanied by specialist lecturers from the subject field.

• In-depth knowledge of interactions between people and their environment.
• In-depth knowledge of planning and urban design.

-Process-oriented approach in the analysis of the task and the development of innovative concepts.
-Examination of specific questions from the field.

Landscape means an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors. (European Convention (2000/2004): European Landscape Convention. Florence.)
Landscape is both, expression and imprint of culture.
Landscape is public good and resource, which we carefully use and design, in order to improve qualities of life.

design studio, design seminar, exercises, experiment, research, writing, visualising, modelling, presenting, case study

if taught in German, a German language certificate level C1 needs to be provided

midterm and final reviews, participation, integration, portfolio
minimum 75% mandatory presence; continuous assessment;