Economics: Sustainable Development
Winter intake start date
2025-02-01
Winter intake deadline
2024-11-25
Biodiversity loss and climate change are changing the face of the planet. Analyze the causes of environmental disasters and search for and empirically test interventions to turn the tide. Upon graduation, you will have skills to evaluate and write policies and strategies for sustainable economic development and sustainable resource use. Sustainable Development is a track of the MSc Economics.
The Master’s program in Economics is an excellent choice if you want to acquire the skills to address today’s societal challenges. The program is taught by internationally renowned economics professors from Tilburg University. With many international fellow students, there is a great diversity of nationalities in your classroom.
Program and courses
Evaluate people’s willingness to pay for environmental improvements, measure the effectiveness of structural reform policies, and write policy proposals regarding inequality and growth, educational policies, and innovation strategies.
Gain an understanding of how markets function, when they fail and how various markets are interrelated, which is essential in companies' strategic decision process as well as in solving social economic and development problems.
Great diversity in nationalities, with about 60% international fellow students.
Typical courses are:
Growth and Regional Development
Environmental and Resource Economics
Innovation and Networks
A Bachelor’s degree in Economics or in a similar program (e.g., in Econometrics) from a university that is recognized by the program management
A solid academic background in economics, especially:
- Macroeconomics (minimum 12 ECTS)
- Microeconomics (minimum 12 ECTS)
- Game Theory (minimum 6 ECTS)
- Mathematics (minimum 12 ECTS)
- Econometrics / Statistics (minimum 12 ECTS)And at least 2 applied Economics courses (in total minimum 12 ECTS), for instance (but not exclusively!):
- Environmental Economics (minimum 6 ECTS)
- Public Economics (minimum 6 ECTS)
- Development Economics (minimum 6 ECTS)
- Industrial Organization (minimum 6 ECTS)
Our Admissions Board may give you the opportunity to rectify deficiencies (max. 30 ECTS) during a Pre-Master's program.
It is compulsory for this program to submit your GRE General Test
Our incoming students usually score above the 75% percentile.
The GRE institution code for Tilburg University is 0730.
Exemptions from the GRE requirement
Students with a relevant degree from one of the official partner universities of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management are exempted from the GRE requirement.
Career prospects
With a specialization in sustainability and growth you are trained to evaluate and write policies and firm strategies towards development and sustainable resource use. These skills are tailored for a career in international organizations, national governments, non-governmental organizations, or internationally oriented consultancy firms.
Graduates work or started for example as:
Consultant at The World Bank
Credit Risk Analyst at FMO
Financial-Economic Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
Alumni facts
Average number of months until first paid job: 2
Finds a job within 6 months after graduation: 94%
Gross monthly income one year after graduation: €2,542
Source: National Alumni Survey, 2016 | n=16
