Economics

Economics plays a crucial role in analyzing and addressing societal problems by understanding how individuals, businesses, and governments make choices in the face of limited resources, like time or money. While united in the methodological approach, the questions economics seeks to answer are diverse:

Study economics in Groningen and learn to use groundbreaking theoretical knowledge and evidence-based policy to help solve tomorrow's national and international economic problems.

• Why are some countries rich and some poor?
• What drives inflation, and how can policymakers keep it low?
• What is the best way to reduce CO2 emissions?
• How to organize healthcare to make it more accessible and affordable?
• Why do women earn less than men?

As an economist, you have an analytical mindset and you use data to study and assess economic policies: in short, you keep a cool head when it comes to making decisions for burning social problems.

Our MSc Economics combines rigorous thinking, state-of-the-art economic tools, data analysis, empirical evidence, and practical applications. Upon finishing your degree, you can apply economic insights from theory and methods to socially relevant topics and real-life policy questions in various fields of economics, business, and policy.