Erasmus School of Economics - Erasmus University Rotterdam
MSc Economics and Business - Specialisation in Financial Economics
Rotterdam, Netherlands
MSc
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EEA students: 1 May, non-EEA students: 1 April
Key Summary
About: The MSc Economics and Business Specialisation in Financial Economics at Erasmus School of Economics trains students in corporate finance, investments, and financial innovation. You’ll analyze companies, markets, and economies, carry out a research project, and present findings. The programme uses small-group teaching and practice-based courses, and offers guest lectures. It builds quantitative skills, financial modeling, risk analysis, and critical independent research.
Career Outcomes: The specialisation opens roles in banking, asset management, private equity, corporate finance, insurance, consultancy, and government. Alumni find work within three months; employers include ING and central banks. Graduates enter investment banking, risk management, and consulting.
Do you aim for a career in private equity, corporate finance, banking, or asset management? The Financial Economics specialisation covers it all.
In one of the three tracks - Corporate Finance, Investments, or Financial Innovation - you will acquire a deep and systematic knowledge of the driving forces behind companies, markets, and economies. You learn to analyse and explain complex financial and business problems, including setting up and executing a scientifically sound research project based on a financial problem of your own choice. In the process, you learn how to effectively communicate and how to be critical, self-directed, and original in your approach.
Why study Financial Economics in Rotterdam?
This programme is both challenging and rewarding. The programme is in high demand; nevertheless, the largest part of it is taught in small groups providing high-quality education and practical experience in a small-scale setting. We also offer you a large variety of topics in financial economics. The Financial Economics programme attracts students from around the world for a great number of reasons. Which one triggers you the most? Is it our renowned experience-based teaching methods? Our close connections to the international business world? The excellent job perspectives and alumni in top financial positions? Or maybe the fascinating guest lectures, company visits, and inspiring study trips?
Study this programme for:
- Excellent national and international job prospects
- Deep understanding and solid knowledge of financial economics
- Ability to specialize due to a great variety of courses
- The skills to take on real-life financial and economic challenges
- An integrative and personal approach in practice-based courses
- A vast, active, and relevant network.
Attain your MSc in Economics and Business with a specialized emphasis in Financial Economics, encompassing a comprehensive curriculum of 60 ECTS credits.
Depending on one’s personal preferences, the program’s courses and electives present an excellent way to get acquainted with a variety of topics that are essential for Financial Economics. The Master’s specialization consists of core courses, electives, seminars, and a Master’s thesis distributed over five blocks of eight weeks.
Core courses and electives help you to get acquainted with a wide range of topics that are essential for financial economics, and provide you with a solid background for attending the seminars. Seminars are the most important component of the Master’s specialization. For these intensive courses, active participation and commitment is a prerequisite. You are expected to present excerpts of literature or case applications, ask questions, express doubts, and share your ideas in class discussions.
The specialization allows you to select from seminars in corporate finance, financial innovation, and investments. The last block of the specialization is devoted to the Master’s thesis. The thesis is written individually under close supervision by one of our academic staff members.
The curriculum consists of three tracks:
- 33% Corporate Finance
- 33% Investment
- 33% Financial Innovation
Course Overview
- Take-Off Master
- Electives
- Seminars
- Master's Thesis Financial Economics
Where do you want your knowledge and skills to take you? Be it in the Netherlands or internationally, the excellent reputation of the Financial Economics specialization will open many doors for you. Most of our alumni find their first job within three months after graduation. They work for instance at:
- Banks: ING, Rabobank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, NWB Bank
- Asset management institutions: IBS Capital Allies, Lazard
- Digital consultancy: H-FARM, SparkOptimus
- Communication services: KPN, Zetacom
- Multinationals
- Private equity houses
- Insurance companies
- Government institutions, such as central banks or treasury departments
Is this the right choice for you?
Students that fit in well in this Master's program
- Are ambitious to learn the state of the art of modern finance
- Are comfortable with quantitative approaches, want to apply new techniques, and are eager to solve real-life financial problems
- Are assertive and interested in discussing business cases and getting acquainted with practice.
