Economics - Financial Economics

The academic Master’s specialisation in Financial Economics is ideal for students who want to understand the workings of global financial markets, from asset pricing and risk management to monetary policy and financial regulation. Also, you will learn about the possible implications of measures taken to regulate them. You are challenged to go further than simply understanding the concepts and to think creatively about ground breaking ideas of how to regulate constantly developing financial markets and new financial instruments. It’s about trying to get financial markets to work more efficiently, without exuberant bubbles and catastrophic crashes, and in support of a prospering world economy.

Future career opportunities

Our alumni have the necessary knowledge and skills for a career at:

• Commercial banks
• Investment banks
• Financial exchanges
• Ministry of finance
• Governental bodies of financial market oversight

This program is accredited by the NVAO (the Dutch-Flemish accreditation organisation) and AACSB (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business).

Courses include:

• International Financial Markets

• Societal Challenges in Economics

• Methods of Empirical Analysis

• Advanced Behavioural Finance

• Career Management Training

• Financial Risk Management

• Advanced Financial Economics