We challenge you to look at economics differently and to discover that it is much more than money, markets and regulations. Economists also examine consumers’, businesses’ and governmental financial behaviour and decision-making. Within the Master's specialisation in Economics, you have a choice between seven Master's specialisations.
Possible specialisations:
- Accounting and Control: Gain the skills and knowledge required to become a professional in the domains of auditing, accountancy, controlling and financial management and consulting.
- Corporate Finance and Control: Focus on the financial management and governance of firms and learn how to deal with not just economic but also managerial, legal, and reporting aspects to strengthen and maximise enterprise value.
- Economics, Behaviour and Policy: Make smarter, more effective economic policy. In this track, you learn to analyse and design behaviour-proof economic policy for governments and public or private organisations.
- Financial Economics: Analyse and understand the working of (global) financial markets. Explore various aspects, such as financial risk management, asset pricing and monetary policy.
- International Business: Understand the global economic landscape that multinationals operate in. Learn how these firms shape and are shaped by this landscape. Gain the skills to develop successful business strategies and international (trade) policies.
- International Economics and Development: Analyse and compare the economic development of developing countries with a special focus on the low and middle income countries of the Global South.
- International Political Economy: Uncover the economic and political dimensions of global issues and power struggles behind policy choices. Learn to understand and explain the world from the perspectives of different stakeholders.