Overview

The world’s economic system has been volatile in recent years. From the challenge of the financial crisis to income inequality, the pressures of immigration, changing technologies and geographic shifts in production, to name a few. Governments are struggling with the impact these developments have on their economy.

Why choose the Public Policy track?

Beside the 3 general courses of the MSc Economics in your curriculum, you will have 3 courses with focus on the struggles of government with the impact of financial challenges on the economy.

You will be lectured by professors and experts working in a wide range of economic organisations and fields. Therefore, you have access to up-to-date cases and learnings from the field of public policy.

After graduation, you have an excellent job prospect at e.g. bureaus for policy making, or national ministries.

Career prospects

Graduates of the Economics - Public Policy programme of the University of Amsterdam have excellent job prospects for positions as researchers and experts at:

National ministries and governmental agencies (ministries of finance and economic affairs, economic forecasting agencies, statistical agencies)

Bureaus for policy analysis

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Policy Evaluation: Development & Public Policy

Public Economics

Public Finance & Fiscal Policy

Financial institutions & banking

Empirical Market Economics

Economic Growth

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

92

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Disciplines

Economics Econometrics Public Policy View 25 other Masters in Econometrics in Netherlands

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Academic requirements

GRE^®

155 _{(quantitative)}

GMAT

620

We are looking for students who have shown academic potential to keep up with the high level and workload of the programme

English requirements

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92

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

You need to hold an academic Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Economics or have taken economics as a major subject

You must have proven knowledge of the following topics at an intermediate level: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics/quantitative research methods

Additionally, you are expected to have a solid background in mathematics and statistics

English language proficiency

GRE or GMAT score

Motivation letter

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

21800 EUR / year

≈ 21800 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

2695 EUR / year

≈ 2695 EUR / year

Living costs

Amsterdam

Netherlands

1000 - 1500 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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