This outline presents a nominal study plan for students starting their program in academic year 2023-2024.
It is based on the Master Education and Examination Regulations (EER). In case of any discrepancies, the EER is leading!
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| Year 1 Master Economic and Financial Research | Specialisation Econometrics 2023-2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | S1 | P1 | EBC4004 | EBC4188 or Elective or Core Course | EBS4044 | EBS4032 |
| P2 | EBC4008 or EBC4005 or EBC4049 | Elective or Core Course | ||||
| P3 | ||||||
| S2 | P4 | EBC4006 or EBC4007 or EBC4051 | Elective or Core Course | |||
| P5 | EBC4010 or EBC4009 or EBC4187 | Elective or Core Course | ||||
| P6 | ||||||
| Year 2 Master Economic and Financial Research | Specialisation Econometrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | S1 | P1 | Elective | Elective |
| P2 | Elective | Elective | ||
| P3 | EBS4021 | |||
| S2 | P4 | EMTH0005 or Thesis Internship Programme | ||
| P5 | ||||
| P6 | EBS4024 | |||
EBS4024 is only available to Research Master students who are missing 2 ECTS or less in their study plan in order to graduate.
Small ECTS deficits may arise if students have taken courses outside UM with different ECTS per course.
Master's Thesis will be registered by the Education and Exams Office once you have completed the prerequisite skill EBS4021.
For the full text, see Chapter XIV SBE Master’s study programmes from the Master Education and Examination Regulations for academic year 2023-2024.
The Master of Science exam for the study programme in Economic and Financial Research, specialisation Econometrics is composed of four semesters. The first two semesters of the programme comprise four (4) courses of 6.5 ECTS credits per course, and four (4) elective courses of 6.5 ECTS credits per course, and two (2) compulsory skills trainings of 4.0 ECTS credits per skills training. The third and fourth semester consists of one (1) compulsory skills training of 4.0 ECTS credits, four (4) elective courses of 6.5 ECTS credits per course: these courses are offered at the SBE, or at selected universities (abroad), and in joint graduate programmes in which the SBE participates, and the Master’s thesis of 30.0 ECTS credits. In order to meet the exam requirements within the available space for elective courses in the Master of Science EFR, specialisation Econometrics programme, students need to choose eight (8) elective courses from the electives list, as provided in the Outline Study Programmes of the Economics and Financial Research programme as published on MySBE Intranet. Courses from the BR research master can also be taken as electives upon approval by GSBE and the Board of Examiners. In the fourth semester, an extra skills training of 4.0 ECTS credits is available for students who are missing 2.0 ECTS credits or less to graduate because of the combination of elective courses with different ECTS credits per course.
