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This outline presents a nominal study plan for students starting their program in academic year 2025-2026.
It is based on the Master Education and Examination Regulations (EER). In case of any discrepancies, the EER is leading!
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Master Econometrics and Operations Research 2025-2026

Year 1 Master Econometrics and Operations Research 2025-2026
Year S1 P1 EBC4004 Stochastic Processes EBC4188 Game Theory and Optimisation EBS4043 Computational Research skills (E&OR)
P2 Elective 1 Elective 1
P3    
S2 P4 Elective 1   EMTH0001 Master's Thesis or ETIP0001 Thesis-Internship Programme 2
P5 Elective 1  
P6    

1 At least three of the electives need to be Econometrics and Operations Research electives. There are only two viable combinations:

2 Master's Thesis will be registered by the Education and Exams Office once you have completed the prerequisite skill EBS4043.
The Thesis-Internship Programme allows for an alternative way to write your thesis at a company.

For the full text, see Chapter XIV SBE Master’s study programmes from the Master Education and Examination Regulations for academic year 2025-2026.

The Master’s exam for the study programme Master of Science in Econometrics & Operations Research is composed of two (2) compulsory courses of 6.5 ECTS credits per course, three (3) Econometrics and Operations Research electives of 6.5 ECTS credits per course, to be chosen out of the list of Econometrics and Operations Research electives offered in the MSc E&OR study programme, one (1) elective course of 6.5 ECTS credits, one (1) elective skills training of 4.0 ECTS credits to be chosen from the skills trainings offered in the MSc E&OR programme, and the Master’s thesis of 17.0 ECTS credits. In order to meet the exam requirement within the available space for elective courses as stated in paragraph 2 of this Article, students need to choose four (4) elective courses, of which at least three (3) courses have to be chosen from the list E&OR elective courses provided in the Study Outline on SBE Student Intranet. The fourth elective course can be chosen from either E&OR elective courses, or another elective course from the list of free electives in the MSc E&OR (also provided in the Study Outline on SBE Student Intranet).