- Degree
- Master of Science (MSc) in Quantitative Economics
- Course location
- Kiel
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- All courses are held in English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter and summer semester
- Application deadline
- Application period with a Bachelor's degree obtained in Germany via Kiel University (https://www.studium.uni-kiel.de/de/bewerbung-einschreibung/einschreibung/master):
• 1 June to 1 August for the following winter semester (in the case of later applications, consideration for the following semester cannot be guaranteed)
• 1 December to 1 February for the following summer semester (in the case of later applications, consideration for the following semester cannot be guaranteed)
Application period with a Bachelor's degree obtained in other countries via uni-assist (http://www.uni-assist.de/en/):
• 1 April to 31 May for the following winter semester
• 1 October to 30 November for the following summer semester
Effectively, formalities for foreign applicants normally require at least three more months, e.g. visa application, application for scholarships from the DAAD or elsewhere, etc.
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The Master's programme in Quantitative Economics at Kiel University imparts a broad, sound and critical knowledge of theoretical and applied economics, statistics and econometrics. The main objective of the Master's course is to enable graduates to discuss and interpret the essential concepts and methods used in the economic and econometric sciences, evaluate the main research methods employed in the fields, draw upon the knowledge they have acquired to deal independently with complex situations and develop and implement ideas of their own. Graduates will be able to analyse economic and econometric problems and to conduct empirical investigations displaying a high degree of complexity. In addition, they will possess a critical understanding of the scientific concepts and methods they have learned.