JOHANNES KEPLER

UNIVERSITY LINZ

Altenberger Straße 69

4040 Linz, Austria

jku.at

Johannes Kepler University Linz.

Study in the Heart of Europe.

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.MASTER PROGRAM IN ECONOMICS.

Why study Economics?

▪ You want to understand how markets, governments, businesses, societies, and other

organizations work, interact, and decide while facing limited resources.

▪ You want to be able to critically asses social issues like inequality, poverty, pollution,

unemployment, health care, education, and many more.

▪ You want to engage in improving private and public institutions, political systems,

infrastructure, or international development and aid.

▪ You want to learn methods, tools, and skills that allow you to think outside the box

and see the bigger picture.

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.

Our Master’s degree program in Economics

▪ Offers students advanced training in modern economic theories and empirical methods

▪ Teaches the tools needed to conduct practically relevant, applied research in public- and

private-sector companies

Graduates of our Master’s degree program

▪ Have a strong quantitative background and are able to complete new tasks quickly and

independently

▪ Can apply their expert knowledge professionally and solve problems in their field(s) of

expertise

▪ Are able to successfully apply quantitative methods in order to address topical research

questions in economics and beyond

▪ Acquire the degree Master of Science (MSc)

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

Our Master’s degree program in Economics is designed to prepare graduates for a

wide range of professional careers, for example in

▪ The analytical department of a savings and credit institutions, an investment bank or a

multinational company in Austria and beyond

▪ An EU, OECD, or UNO committee or international organization

▪ The Austrian National Bank (OeNB) or the European Central Bank (ECB)

▪ Economic research institutions in Austria and abroad (e.g. IHS or WIFO)

▪ Universities or universities of applied sciences

▪ Federal and state administration offices (e.g. spatial planning or the Ministry of Finance)

▪ Financial and economic data providers (e.g. Bloomberg or Reuters)

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.CAREER EXAMPLES.

▪ As a policy advisor in the Ministry of Finance, you advice the Austrian government about

tax reforms. In your Master program in Economics, you have studied optimal taxation and

the way the Austrian tax system is organized.

▪ As an economist at the European Central Bank (ECB), you develop projections about

economic growth and inflation in the Euro Area using econometric models or theoretical

simulations. The ECB’s interest rate decisions will be (partly) based on your research.

▪ As an interest and exchange rate expert of a big Austrian bank, you forecast interest and

exchange rate developments in the Euro Area and advise private or corporate customers.

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.CAREER EXAMPLES.

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.TOPICS.

Our program prepares students for challenging tasks in banks, private companies,

public administration offices, and academia.

Students can specialize in various fields of economics, such as

▪ Health economics

▪ Industrial and competition economics

▪ International finance and trade

▪ Labor market economics

▪ Macro- and monetary economics

Courses are held in English (Level B2) by experts in the respective fields.

Our graduates are eligible to enroll in the JKU’s PhD program in Economics, offered

jointly with the University of Innsbruck

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.TOPICS.

The JKU Master’s degree program in Economics takes 2 years (4 semesters).

Our graduates complete a total of 120 ECTS points from the following modules:

▪ Principles in Economics and Management 18 ECTS

▪ Methods in Economics 22 ECTS

▪ Economic Theory 12 ECTS

▪ Advanced Topics in Economics 28 ECTS

▪ Gender Aspects in Economics 4 ECTS

▪ Free Electives 12 ECTS

▪ Master’s Thesis and Master’s Thesis Seminar 24 ECTS

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.TOPICS.

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.STUDY PLAN.

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.STUDY PLAN.

▪ First Semester

▪ 22 ECTS from Methods in Economics

▪ 8 ECTS from Advanced Topics in Economics or Free Courses

▪ Second Semester

▪ 30 ECTS from Principles in Economics and Management and Economic Theory

▪ Third Semester

▪ 26 ECTS from Advanced Topics in Economics or Free Courses

▪ 4 ECTS from Gender Aspects in Economics

▪ Fourth Semester

▪ 6 ECTS from Advanced Topics in Economics or Free Courses

▪ 24 ECTS from Master’s Thesis and Master’s Thesis Seminar

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS.

▪ Students with a Bachelor’s degree (or “Diplom”) in Business and Economics (WiWi)

from JKU can enter our Master’s degree program without further conditions.

▪ Students with a Bachelor’s degree from another Austrian or international university,

university of applied sciences or other institution of higher education can enter our

Master’s degree program under the following conditions:

1. Their Bachelor’s degree is from an accredited institution of higher education.

2. Their Bachelor’s degree contained a minimum number of ECTS in Economics.

▪ Students with a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Mathematics or Statistics can enter

the Master’s degree program in Economics, if their program contained a minimum

number of ECTS in Mathematics and Statistics.

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.CUMPUSLORY COURSES.

▪ Methods in Economics (22 ECTS)

▪ Game Theory (KS+IK) 6 ECTS

▪ Mathematics (KS+IK) 6 ECTS

▪ Programming, Data Management and Visualization 4 ECTS

▪ Treatment Evaluation (KS+IK) 6 ECTS

▪ Economic Theory (12 ECTS)

▪ Macroeconomics II 4 ECTS

▪ Microeconomics II 4 ECTS

▪ Welfare Economics 4 ECTS

▪ Gender Aspects in Economics (4 ECTS)

▪ Feminist Economics 4 ECTS

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.CUMPUSLORY COURSES.

▪ Advanced Topics in Economics (28 ECTS)

Choose 7 courses and at least one seminar (all 4 ECTS):

▪ Advanced Exchange Rate Theory

▪ Advanced International Trade

▪ Advanced Public Economics

▪ Advanced Topics I (Seminar)

▪ Advanced Topics II (Seminar)

▪ Financial and Macroeconometrics

▪ Financial Economics and Risk

▪ Managerial Economics II

▪ Microeconometrics

▪ Microeconomics (IK)

▪ Monetary Economics: Theory and Policy

▪ Regulations and Antitrust

▪ The Multinational Firm in the Global Economy

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.ELECTIVE COURSES.

▪ Principles in Economics and Management (18 ECTS)

▪ Choose up to 3 modules of the bachelor “Business and Economics” (“Wirtschafts-

wissenschaften”)

▪ The courses must not have been taken already during the Bachelor or to fulfill the

admission requirements to the Master’s degree program in Economics.

▪ Free Courses

You can elect any course at JKU or even another university.

We recommend the following:

▪ Courses in Economics that you have not taken yet

▪ Courses in General Management

▪ Courses in Financial Mathematics

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.MASTER THESIS.

▪ Master Thesis (20 ECTS)▪ Students write a thesis on a topic covered in the fields of Methods in Economics, Economic

Theory, or Advanced Topics in Economics to prove that they are able to independently use

methods and practices to conduct scientific research in economics.

▪ Supervisors are usually lecturers of courses in the Master’s program.

▪ The completion of the thesis should be manageable within 6 months.

▪ To choose a topic at least 24 ECTS of the compulsory courses have to be completed.

▪ Master Thesis Colloquium (3 ECTS)▪ Aims at the individual supervision of the thesis project and its progress.

▪ Master Thesis Seminar (1 ECTS)▪ Students present their thesis project twice – in an early and an advanced stage – to get

feedback from other students in the seminar.

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.GENERAL INFORMATION.

▪ The direct route to further info about the Master’s degree program in Economics is

https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/teaching/master-programs/master-

economics/

▪ For further info about the Department of Economics, go to www.economics.jku.at

▪ Our faculty’s most recent research is published in the JKU Working Paper Series:

https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/research/publications/working-

papers/working-papers-2021/

▪ We run a weekly research seminar in Economics, which has just moved ONLINE:

https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/research/research-events/online-

research-seminar/

SPACE FOR ECONOMICS.HOW TO GET STARTED.

▪ Admissions Office: https://www.jku.at/en/teaching-and-studies-organization/

admissions-office/

▪ University Registration: https://www.jku.at/en/degree-programs/prospective-

students/register-to-enroll/masters-degree-programs/

▪ Studies Information & Advising Services: https://www.jku.at/en/teaching-and-

studies-organization/studies-information-and-advising-services/

▪ Austrian Student Union (ÖH): https://www.oeh.jku.at/

JOHANNES KEPLER

UNIVERSITY LINZ

Altenberger Straße 69

4040 Linz, Austria

jku.at

Please direct any questions about the content of this program that were

not covered in this presentation to msc.economics@jku.at.

Thank You!