BBE Specializations in Economics

A specialization in economics will help you to better understand how the world works. Economics has an extremely broad set of applications, and our specialization prepares you well for a range of Master's studies and most occupational fields for economists, both in Austria and internationally. Economics training provides you with valuable transferable skills, such as presentation and communication, as well as teaching you how to deal with data and complex decision problems. Particular career areas include governments, international organizations, academia, civil service, banking, media, statistics, and also management consulting firms.

Economics facilitates advice and analysis in economic and public policy issues. You should bring a keen interest in these issues, analytic and structural thinking and problem solving skills.

The specialization in economics consists of a core plus a number of elective fields courses. The core familiarizes students with advanced micro- and macroeconomic concepts and provides in-depth training with modern empirical methods of economic research.

Within the field courses, students can choose among the following courses: Money and the Business Cycle, International Economics, Corporate Governance, Industrial Organization, and Labor Economics.