Specialisation: Managerial Economics and Strategy

You are eligible to apply to this Master’s programme if you are holding an academic Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Economics or Economics. If you have an academic Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with a strong quantitative orientation in another field, you are also welcome to apply.

You must have proven knowledge of all the following topics at an intermediate level:

• Microeconomics (including market structure (Industrial organization) and Game theory) 
• Mathematics and statistics 
• Econometrics or Quantitative research methods 

Specialisation: Neuroeconomics

You are eligible to apply to this Master’s programme if you are holding an academic Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Economics or Economics, or if you have an academic Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with a strong quantitative orientation in another field.

If you have no coursework in microeconomics or industrial organisation, but you have a strong quantitative background, you may apply to the track Neuroeconomics. In this case, you must have proven knowledge in at least one of the following topics:

• Behavioural economics 
• Psychology 
• Affective neuroscience 
• Cognitive neuroscience 
• Game theory 

Specialisation: Sustainability

You are eligible to apply to this Master’s programme if you are holding an academic Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Economics or Economics, or if you have an academic Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with a strong quantitative orientation in another field.

If you have no coursework in microeconomics or industrial organisation, but you have a strong quantitative background, you may apply to the track Sustainability. In this case, you must have proven knowledge in at least one of the following topics:

• Behavioral Economics 
• Earth sciences 
• Environment or Climate change 
• Biodiversity or Ecosystems 
• Renewable energy 
• Responsible business innovation

You have direct admission to our Master's in Business Economics for the specialisations Managerial Economics and Strategy, and Sustainability without any further conditions such as a minimum GPA or GMAT, if you have completed: 

• The Bachelor's Beta-Gamma with the major Economics  
• The Bachelor's PPLE with the major Economics and Business 
• The UvA Economics Transition Minor certificate
• the UvA Economics and Business pre-Master's Economics/Business Economics
• Master's Qualifying Programme (OnCampus) – Business Economics

For the specialisation, Neuroeconomics apply if you have followed: 

• The Bachelor's PPLE with the major Psychology
• the UvA Economics and Business pre-Master's Economics/Business Economics
• The UvA Economics Transition Minor certificate
• Master's Qualifying Programme (OnCampus) – Business Economics

Applicants who meet the entry requirements are required to have an overall GPA of at least 7.0 (rounded), with good grades on econometrics/quantitative research methods and micro economics, in order to be eligible.
If your GPA is lower than 7.0, we will still take your application into account, but you will need excellent grades on the above mentioned courses.

Your GPA should be calculated over:

• all Bachelor's degree results (year 1-3). Any additional Bachelor’s courses have to be included as well.
• your Bachelor’s or Master’s relevant to the entry requierements, if you have a Bachelor’s as well as a Master’s degree. You need a GPA of at least 7.0 in the Bachelor’s or the Master’s.

The motivation letter (max. one A4)  allows you to explain why you would be a good fit for the Master’s programme and which experiences have led you to this decision.