This outline presents a nominal study plan for students starting their program in academic year 2026-2027.
It is based on the Master Education and Examination Regulations (EER). In case of any discrepancies, the EER is leading!
Over time courses may change their title, the period(s) in which they are offered, or be cancelled.
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| Year 1 Master Economic and Financial Research | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | S1 | P1 | EBC4184 | EBC4182 | EBS4032 |
| P2 | EBC4061 | EBC4063 | |||
| P3 | |||||
| S2 | P4 | EBC4204 or Elective 1 | EBC4077 or Elective 1 | ||
| P5 | EBC4205 or Elective 1 | EBC4125 or Elective 1 | |||
| P6 | EBS4026 | ||||
1 You may substitute up to two courses in P4 and 5 with electives. Electives are provided at the SBE or at selected universities (abroad) and in joint graduate programs we participate in (such as LNMB). Taking courses not offered by SBE requires approval by GSBE and the Board of Examiners.
| Year 2 Master Economic and Financial Research | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | S1 | P1 | Elective | Elective |
| P2 | Elective | Elective | ||
| P3 | EBS4021 | |||
| S2 | P4 | or 3 | ||
| P5 | ||||
| P6 | EBS4024 4 | |||
3 Students can not book Master Thesis on their own. Master's Thesis EMTH0005 will be registered by the Education and Exams Office once you have completed the prerequisite skill EBS4021.
The Thesis-Internship Programme ETIP0001 allows for an alternative way to write your thesis at a company.
4 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.
For the full text, see Chapter XIV SBE Master’s study programmes from the Master Education and Examination Regulations for academic year 2026-2027.
The Master’s exam for the study programme Research Master of Science in Economic and Financial Research, no specialisation, is composed of four semesters.
The first two semesters of the programme comprise six (6) compulsory courses of 6.5 ECTS credits per course, two (2) elective courses for 13.0 ECTS credits 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 for 26.0 ECTS credits, these courses are offered at the SBE, or at selected universities (abroad), or in joint graduate programmes in which the SBE participates, and the Master’s thesis or the Thesis Internship Programme of 30.0 ECTS credits.
