MSc Economics at University of Münster

The English-taught, research-oriented Master of Science in Economics combines theoretical knowledge with current global challenges. Students deepen microeconomics, macroeconomics, industrial organisation and empirical methods and build an individual study profile with electives; all courses are taught exclusively in English.

Faculty: Faculty 04 Economic Sciences (Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät)  |  Department: Faculty of Economic Sciences  |  Duration: 2 years (4 semesters, 120 ECTS)  |  Intake: Every semester (winter and summer)  |  Study mode: full-time; English-taught  |  Location: Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Five mandatory modules of 6 ECTS (30 ECTS) on advanced economic and methodological foundations, eleven elective modules of 6 ECTS (66 ECTS) in areas such as environmental economics, transport, econometrics and statistics, public economics, quantitative economic history, behavioural economics and digital economics, plus seminars and project studies and a 24 ECTS master thesis. The third semester can be used as a mobility window for a semester abroad at one of more than 125 partner universities.

Career pathways

Graduates work in leadership positions in public administration, central banks and international organisations, in research and academia, in companies, or found their own businesses.

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