Based on ?s research expertise, the??programme offered by?Utrecht University?gives you 360-degree picture of the importance of economic policy-making for business, government, and society.

In the Master in Economic Policy you focus on

• the role of government policies in complex societal issues such as health care and insurance, sustainable economic growth, and energy transition;

• applying modern economics to societal questions such as labour market reform, inequality, and the future of health care.

This MSc in Economic Policy provides you with:

• The sound theoretical knowledge and advanced analytical skills required to work in the complex, challenging and important field of economic and public policy;

• A small-scale, culturally diverse cohort that creates a lively, intense and highly international interaction in and out of class;

• A multidisciplinary approach that combines expertise in both economics and the social sciences;

• The ability to? contribute to societal development by designing and implementing new solutions to the complex and multifaceted issues facing governments organisations and society today;

• Broad perspectives from studying such core subjects as: Sustainable Growth, Econometric Methods in Empirical Economics, Public and Political Economics, Energy Transition and Behavioural Economics.?

Careers

Whether you wish to work in the private sector or in the public domain, you will find that there is always a need for well-trained graduates with the skills ? and the interest ? to look beyond the boundaries of economics.?

Thanks to its multidisciplinary, wide-ranging content, as well as its unique emphasis on the interplay between economics and social change, the MSc in Economic Policy offers the ideal preparation for a career in a wide range of companies and institutions.?

Positions obtained by our graduates include policy functions in various corporations (usually on an academic level). But graduates also find their way to various research organisations linked to government. In previous years, graduates from this programme have found positions with:

• government agencies;

• pension funds;

• insurance companies;

• economic consultancy firms;

• multinationals;

• research institutes.