Master's Program Economics

The mas­ter's pro­gram is a two-year full-­time pro­gram for stu­dents hold­ing a bach­elor's de­gree in eco­nom­ics or a re­lated field. You can ap­ply either for the Ap­plied Track or the Science Track.

The Ap­plied Track pre­pares stu­dents for ca­reers in eco­nomic policy, so­ci­ety, and busi­ness. The Science Track is tailored to the needs of stu­dents pur­su­ing a ca­reer in scien­ti­fic re­search.

Our stu­dents care most about the big eco­nomic ques­tions such as poverty, inequal­ity, sus­tain­able growth, glob­al­isa­tion, or eco­nomic freedom. The pro­gram caters to these in­terests by of­fer­ing 11 areas of spe­cial­isa­tion. Stu­dents can choose from such a broad range of sub­jects be­cause WU is one of the biggest uni­versit­ies for eco­nomic edu­ca­tion in Europe.

WU has a strong net­work of in­ter­na­tional part­ner uni­versit­ies whose course of­fer­ings are flex­ibly in­teg­rated into our cur­riculum. The WU Eco­nom­ics Mas­ter's Pro­gram al­lows you to study (al­most) any area you are in­ter­ested in at some of the in­ter­na­tion­ally most renowned aca­demic in­sti­tu­tions.

For many dec­ades WU alumni have been tak­ing top pos­i­tions in busi­ness, gov­ern­ment, and so­ci­ety. Hence em­ploy­ers in Europe and bey­ond ap­pre­ci­ate the value of a WU de­gree. Our gradu­ates pur­sue a broad range of ca­reers as they have ac­quired the skills ne­ces­sary to mas­ter many chal­len­ging tasks.

The Science Track at WU equips stu­dents with the ne­ces­sary the­or­et­ical and meth­od­o­lo­gical know­ledge to pur­sue a ca­reer in scien­ti­fic re­search. In­ter­na­tion­ally pub­lish­ing pro­fess­ors closely in­ter­act with a small group of stu­dents to develop their skills. As a gradu­ate you may take a re­search pos­i­tion, ap­ply for a chal­len­ging in­ter­na­tional PhD pro­gram or use the fast-track op­tion into the se­lect­ive Eco­nom­ics Ph.D. Pro­gram at WU.

Vi­enna is the cap­ital of Aus­tria and one of the biggest cit­ies in the European Union. You find plenty of op­por­tun­it­ies to get in­volved into eco­nom­ics as there are many in­ter­na­tional or­gan­iz­a­tions, headquar­ters of in­ter­na­tional com­pan­ies, Aus­trian gov­ern­mental in­sti­tu­tions, re­search in­sti­tutes, think tanks, NGOs etc. Even the cur­rent head of state is an econom­ist who has pub­lished in Econo­met­rica.