Economics and Business Economics University of Amsterdam

Overview

You learn to think critically about pressing, current economic and societal issues while exploring how companies are organised and how they operate in their economic context. These issues include questions such as why some countries prosper while others remain poor, how economic policy and business strategy can help create a more sustainable and equitable society, and why consumers sometimes make choices that appear irrational.

Where do the graduates work?

As an economist or business economist, you can work for:

• multinational companies, banks, pension funds and insurance companies, as a financial analyst, stock trader, investment expert, controller or account manager, for example 

• large and small businesses across a wide range of sectors, as a business analyst, strategic consultant, data analyst or portfolio manager, for example 

• government ministries, as an economic adviser or policy officer, for example

• academic institutions, as a researcher or PhD candidate, for example

• consultancy bureaus, as an accountant or management consultant, for example