Business Economics
This 1-year academic Master’s programme teaches you to conduct research in business economics subjects. Choose from 2 top-level tracks: Managerial Economics and Strategy or Neuroeconomics.
Discover the MSc Business Economics programme and tracks
The MSc in Business Economics gives you the opportunity to specialise in your field of interest. You can choose 1 of 2 tracks.
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Managerial Economics and Strategy
Unravel the secrets of succesful organisations. Learn how to make analytically motivated organisational decisions to improve economic performance. The track Managerial Economics and Strategy provides deep insights into the drivers of corporate performance.
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Neuroeconomics
In the track Neuroeconomics you gain insight into recent scientific advances in the field of neuroeconomics and identify current societal challenges that can benefit from them. Receive interdisciplinary training in brain and cognitive sciences and economics. All with a strong focus on behavioural economics and neuroeconomics.
Top-5 reasons to study Business Economics at Amsterdam School of Economics
- Choose from 2 specialisation tracks
Giving you the chance to make a mark on your CV. - Profit from great career prospects
Our graduates are in high demand for their independent minds and strong interpersonal and transversal skills. - Learn from business cases and real-life data
Putting theory into practice with guest lectures from field experts. - Hybrid learning, combining different types of learning into 1 approach
You will experience an inspiring combination of both offline and online education. - UvA's excellent reputation in the field of economics (top-70)
Putting your Master’s degree on a worldwide map with interested employers.
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Understanding the functioning of corporations and other organisations
As a business economist you analyse a situation, weigh up the evidence and draw various conclusions for policy action. Studying Business Economics gives you an understanding of the functioning of corporations and other organisations: both internally and in the market context in which they operate. You can create a study programme that perfectly fits your interest. Beside general courses and track courses, you have the option to do an internship, or study abroad. You will finish this Master's programme with a thesis.
Watch Antonio's review of the MSc in Business Economics.
Career prospects
After graduation you are ready for a successful career as a researcher or an expert in organisations such as:
- multinational corporations;
- financial institutions;
- consultants and think tanks;
- governmental agencies;
- NGOs and non-profit organisations.
3 months
€3,000
Is Business Economics for you?
If you have a natural interest in how organisations and (global) markets work and interact, you have a head start. A critical, inquisitive and analytical mind is crucial, as is having a way with numbers and an affinity for math.
Going full speed from the beginning, you follow well-designed courses, strongly related to one another. This lets you see the bigger picture of the programme right from the start. Even though the programme is quite demanding and challenging, you develop a useful skillset. This makes it well worth the effort.Thierry Wetzel Read about Thierry's experiences with this Master's
| Degree programme | MSc Business Economics |
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| Type | Regular study programme |
| Mode | Full-time |
| Credits | 60 ECTS, 12 months |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Starts in | September |
| CROHO code | 60901 |