MScEconomics, Behaviour and Policy

Study location	Netherlands, Nijmegen
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year (60 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	MSc

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Bachelor’s degree in a similar or related field from another research university with a fair number of courses in your preferred specialisation. Please provide a list of all courses you have taken, are taking and are planning to take including course content, the number of hours and literature used. See an example here. You may compile this list yourself or upload a course syllabus. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / German / Dutch. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. It is required that you send verified copies of the entry qualification documents directly to the university by postal mail. Important! Never send original documents by post! Radboud University Central Student Administration P.O. Box 9102 6500 HC Nijmegen

Language requirements	English - IELTS Academic: ≥ 6,5 overall. Subscores ≥ 6,0, writing subscore ≥ 6,5 - TOEFL iBT: ≥ 90 & subscores ≥ 22 - Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 proficiency: C or higher All certificates may not be older than two years.

Other requirements	A motivation letter must be added to your application. Please explain why you have chosen this specific Master’s programme and how it fits your previous education. Resume Please upload an overview of education/experience that contains, in chronological order, information about your education and knowledge/experience acquired during an internship, training, or work.

More information	ru.nl/..ers/economics-behaviour-and-policy

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

This one-year programme has a course load of 60 EC*. Each module is worth 6 EC and the Master’s Thesis is worth 18 EC. The structure is presented here.

Career opportunities

In this programme you will learn to make smarter, more effective policy, based on behavioural economics and psychology. The recent rise of Behavioural Insights Teams across Europe and the world has resulted in a demand for the skills offered in this programme. You will be provided with a toolbox filled with the skills and knowledge needed to tackle a whole array of economic problems, ranging from the role of consumers in a complex economy, through policy impacting on the decisions of firms, to analysis of the government’s role in economic policy.

The graduates of this programme devise behaviour-informed policies and learn to analyse critically which solutions are most likely to work in a specific economic and social context. They regularly find employment in government as well as business. Your career prospects are broad. The graduates are active as policymakers for government and semi-government organisations, in ministries, national banks, NGOs, think tanks, the UN and the EU, as well as national and international labour organisations, or work as consultants in the industry.