Economics and Business Economics
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Deze opleiding
| locatieGroningen |
| diplomaBSc |
| typeregulier, 180 EC |
| start1 september |
| taalvolledig English |
| opleidingsduur3 jaar voltijd |
| accreditatiesNVAO |
| croho-code50950 |
| numerus fixusnee |
| honoursnee |
In Groningen, you will:
- tackle real-world issues like inequality, sustainable economic growth, and corporate responsibility from an economic point of view!
- gain essential analytical, data, communication, and teamwork skills through engaging courses.
- choose from one of three profiles to specialize in Business Economics, Economics or International Economics and Sustainable Development.
- personalise your study even further in your 3rd year, you can choose to study abroad, do an internship or take a minor at the university.
Waarom aan de RUG?
- Learn to understand and use theories and models – and help solve some current societal challenges, such as inequality, poverty, ethics in business, and climate impact.
- Tailor your programme with specializations, minors, study abroad or internship and extracurricular activities.
- Develop your data and analytical skills to a high level, along with your communication and presentation skills, while building strong connections with the business world through our Career and Employability events.
- Work in diverse and inclusive teams, gaining both scientific knowledge and practical experience with students from over 35 nationalities.
- You have direct access to a wide range of master's programmes in Finance, Economics, International Economics and Sustainable Development, and many, many more.
- Groningen is one of the few programmes in the Netherlands that allow students to specialize in International Economics and Sustainable Development.
- The programme has been internationally accredited by the AACSB and EQUIS, ensuring a high-quality education, which only 1% of universities reach worldwide.
Studieprogramma
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Introduction to E&BE | 5 EC | ||||||||
Mathematics for E&BE | 5 EC | ||||||||
Microeconomics for E&BE: Consumers&Firms | 5 EC | ||||||||
Financial Accounting for E&BE | 5 EC | ||||||||
Macroeconomics for E&BE | 5 EC | ||||||||
Statistics for E&BE | 5 EC | ||||||||
Data Analysis for E&BE | 5 EC | ||||||||
International Economics for E&BE | 5 EC | ||||||||
Writing and Presenting for E&BE | 5 EC | ||||||||
Finance & Investments for E&BE | 5 EC | ||||||||
Research Project for E&BE | 5 EC | ||||||||
Dutch Economy for E&BE | 5 EC | ||||||||
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Courses Business Economics profile | |||||||||
Courses Economics profile | |||||||||
Courses International Economics and Sustainable Development | |||||||||
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Courses Business Economics profile | |||||||||
Courses Economics profile | |||||||||
Courses International Economics and Sustainable Development | |||||||||
profielen
profiel Business Economics (BE)
Study Business Economics in Groningen and discover how firms create financial value while balancing societal and sustainability concerns.
What strategies can businesses use to protect themselves from currency risks? Do eco-friendly companies offer better investment opportunities?
In the Business Economics profile, you will explore how companies make smart financial decisions and learn about investments, corporate finance, and how stocks are priced. You will also discover the importance of business ethics and sustainability.
Work on projects using real data to tackle important questions in today’s society. Learn how companies can make a positive impact both locally and globally.Meet business leaders, attend career events, and hear from successful alumni. See firsthand how what you learn applies to the real world.Do you want to learn more about the other two profiles in Economics or International Economics and Sustainable Development?
profiel Economics (ECO)
Study Economics in Groningen and explore how economics can address inequality and the role of the state, and learn how you can impact major societal issues for the better.
How do higher interest rates really impact our daily lives? Can government policies truly fight inflation and push companies to go green?
In the Economics profile, we teach you to use economic tools to analyze big societal problems. You will get insights into a wide range of topics like banking, fiscal and monetary policy, economic development, political economy, economic theory, decisions made by consumers on labour and other markets, and strategic behaviour between firms on markets.
In Groningen, you will:
tackle real issues by analyzing complex issues, interpret data, and make smart decisions.gain practical skills: statistical analysis, data interpretation, and economic forecasting.become an economist who does not just understand the world but can also influence it.Do you want to learn more about the other profiles in Business Economics or International Economics and Sustainable Development?
profiel International Economics and Sustainable Development
Study International Economics and Sustainable Development in Groningen and learn how global trade, financial systems, and sustainability shape societies and economies worldwide.
How does globalization affect international trade, inequality, and sustainability? Are you curious about how the world's economy works and how you can make a real impact?
The International Economics and Sustainable Development profile is one of the few economic programmes in the Netherlands that gives you a full view of global economic and societal trends. In Groningen, you will:
learn how globalization and economic growth impact businesses and societies.dive into economic theory on international trade, technological innovation, and how global production impacts nature and emissions. Understand why some regions thrive while others stay behind.gain the necessary tools and skills to tackle real-world issues and develop an analytical mindset.set yourself up for a successful career in various fields, from business and government to research and NGOs.have opportunities to go abroad, do an internship and have direct entry to our Master’s programmes.
Onderwijs
| taal van onderwijs | 100% en |
|---|---|
| avondonderwijs | n.v.t. |
| afstandsonderwijs | n.v.t. |
onderwijsvormen
case study, computer exercise, group assignment, group discussion, individual assignment, lecture, literature study, research, research project, research proposal, oral presentation, practicum, project, self study, tutorial, working groupstudy abroad
Check this overview of our partner universities around the world: https://www.rug.nl/(...)n/exchange/partners/.
bindend studieadvies
- minimaal 45 EC in de eerste 12 maanden
N.B. Some degree programmes use a tutoring system; please check with your study advisor.
study guidance
During the first year, your mentor group, called Study Performance and Academic Attitudes (SPAA) group, will meet on a regular basis, supervised by your student-mentor. Assignments and discussions will help you gain insight into your own way of studying and how to develop effective study skills. You will follow most tutorials with the same group. This small-scale approach enhances contact between students and between students and lecturers. You will also have a lecturer-tutor, whom you will meet individually at the start of your studies and after the first two exam periods. This way you receive personal and regular feedback on your study progress. Successful studying depends on many different factors, so it is understandable that you may need to consult an impartial expert with whom you can discuss your study progress and personal circumstances. The faculty's study advisors are available to help you. Obviously, everything discussed with the study advisor remains confidential.
Toelating en kosten
startmomenten
aanmelding deadline : 1 mei 2026
collegegeld nog niet bekend
Students have to apply online via Studielink. After you have applied, you have the right to participate in a matching activity. Matching is a procedure for students who want to apply for a Bachelor programme without a decentral selection procedure. Read more about the matching procedure.
More information on the steps to apply.
toelaatbare profielen
| VWO N&T | toelaatbaar |
|---|---|
| VWO N&G | toelaatbaar |
| VWO E&M | toelaatbaar |
| VWO C&M | aangevuld met Wiskunde A of wiskunde B. |
| hbo-p | It is also possible to enter the programme with an HBO propaedeutic certificate, on condition that you meet the required level of mathematics and the English language skills. For mathematics, you must at least have completed A or B (previously mathematics A12 or B1) at Dutch VWO level. For English, you must also have completed this at VWO level or obtained one of the English certificates: IELTS Academic overall score 6 (Speaking 6, Writing 5.5); TOEFL internet-based overall score 90 (Speaking 20, Writing 20); C1 Advanced (with minimum score 169). |
| WO propedeuse | You can enroll, as long as you have a finished VWO-degree with mathematics A or B. |
studie kosten
| bedrag | kostenpost |
|---|---|
| € 600.00 | studiematerialenper jaar |
inbegrepen in collegegeld
| examination |
| registration fee |
De stad
studievereniging
EBF
The Economics and Business Faculty association (EBF) is the faculty association for all students studying at the faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Groningen.The EBF is your partner during your time in Groningen by organising events that support you with your studies and help you prepare for your future career.
Keuzehulp
Studievergelijker
Economie en Bedrijfseconomie
| € 303 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| ? eerstejaars |
| NAN% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 100% Engelstalig |
Economics and Business Economics - Economic Development and Globalization
| € 303 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| ? eerstejaars |
| NAN% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 99% Engelstalig |
Economics and Business Economics - Economics
| € 303 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| ? eerstejaars |
| NAN% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 99% Engelstalig |
Economics and Business Economics - Business Economics
| € 303 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| ? eerstejaars |
| NAN% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 99% Engelstalig |
International Bachelor Economics and Business Economics
| € 342 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| 695 eerstejaars |
| 32% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 100% Engelstalig |
Dubbele bachelor en master in Economie en Recht
| € 342 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| 695 eerstejaars |
| 32% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 100% Nederlandstalig |
Economie en Bedrijfseconomie
| € 342 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| 695 eerstejaars |
| 32% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 100% Nederlandstalig |
Economie en Bedrijfseconomie
| € 315 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| 166 eerstejaars |
| 29% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 60% Nederlandstalig 40% Engelstalig |
Economics and Business Economics
| € 315 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| 166 eerstejaars |
| 29% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 100% Engelstalig |
Economie en Bedrijfseconomie
| star Keuzegids topopleiding 2016 |
| € 308 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| 614 eerstejaars |
| 35% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 100% Engelstalig |
Economics and Business Economics
| € 336 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| 242 eerstejaars |
| 30% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 100% Engelstalig |
Economie en Bedrijfseconomie
| € 253 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| ? eerstejaars |
| NAN% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 100% Nederlandstalig |
Economie en Bedrijfseconomie
| € 424 gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| 104 eerstejaars |
| 29% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 100% Engelstalig |
Economics and Business Economics
| € gemiddelde kamerhuur |
| ? eerstejaars |
| NAN% vrouw |
| ? uur contacttijd/week |
| 99% Engelstalig |
Kijk ook eens naar ..
| opleiding | gelijkenis met Economics and Business Economics | |
|---|---|---|
| International Business | bekijk | |
| Econometrie en Operationele Research | bekijk | |
| Bedrijfskunde | bekijk |
Na de studie
Beroepsperspectief / arbeidsmarkt
- MSc Finance offers career opportunities in corporate finance, financial markets, and portfolio management, with job opportunities at multinationals such as PwC, Google, Coca-Cola, or Toyota.
- MSc Economics grants you access to the world of banking or the government sector, where you could help develop economic policy.
- MSc International Economics and Sustainable Development opens the gateway to multinationals, intergovernmental institutions, or international organizations. All of these degrees could help you become an analyst for a research institute, consulting firm, or university.
- With a Research Master's degree, you can move into academia. You might even decide to go further and earn a PhD at a university in the Netherlands or abroad.
Job examples
- Financial or stock market analyst at a commercial bank (e.g. Rabobank)
- Policy advisor at a ministry (e.g. Ministry of Finance)
- Researcher at a central bank or university (e.g. DNB)
- Risk analyst at an insurance company (e.g. Achmea)
- Consultant at a consultancy firm (e.g. Deloitte)
- Financial Manager at a corporation (e.g. ASML)
- Economist at a policy institute (e.g. Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)
- Trade expert at an international organization (e.g. the United Nations)
aansluitende masteropleidingen
| instelling | opleiding | instroomeisen |
|---|---|---|
| RUG | Accountancy and Controlling | + aanv. eisen |
| RUG | Accountancy profile | + aanv. eisen |
| Amsterdam VU | Accounting and Control | + motivatiebrief |
| UU | Banking and Finance | geen aanvullende eisen |
| RUG | Business administration | geen aanvullende eisen |
| RUG | Health | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Amsterdam VU | Human Resource Management | + motivatiebrief |
| RUG | Human Resource Management | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Amsterdam VU | Management Consulting | + motivatiebrief |
| Amsterdam VU | Strategy and Organization | + motivatiebrief |
| UU | Business Development and Entrepreneurship | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Erasmus | Business Information Management | + basiskennis |
| RUG | Change Management | geen aanvullende eisen |
| HAN | Circulaire Economie part-time | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Wageningen University | Climate Studies | + aanv. eisen |
| RUG | Clinical and Psychosocial Epidemiology research | geen aanvullende eisen |
| RUG | Controlling profile | + aanv. eisen |
| RUG | CPE Track Health Systems and Prevention research | geen aanvullende eisen |
| RUG | CPE Track Lifecourse Health Development research | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Tilburg University | Data Science and Society | + aanv. eisen |
| TU Eindhoven | Data Science in Business and Entrepreneurship | + aanv. eisen |
| RUG | DDM Finance | geen aanvullende eisen |
| RUG | DDM Political Philosophy and PPE | + aanv. eisen |
| Amsterdam VU | Digital Business and Innovation | + motivatiebrief |
| RUG | Econometrics, Operations Research and Actuarial Studies | + aanv. eisen |
| RUG | Economic Development and Globalization | geen aanvullende eisen |
| RUG | Economic Geography | geen aanvullende eisen |
| RUG | Regional Competitiveness and Trade | + aanv. eisen |
| UU | Economic Policy | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Amsterdam VU | Economics | + motivatiebrief |
| Radboud Universiteit | Economics | + aanv. eisen |
| RUG | Economics | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Amsterdam UVA | Behavioural Economics and Game Theory | + aanv. eisen |
| Amsterdam UVA | Development Economics | + aanv. eisen |
| Amsterdam UVA | International Economics and Globalisation | + aanv. eisen |
| Amsterdam UVA | Markets & Regulation | + aanv. eisen |
| Amsterdam UVA | Monetary Policy & Banking | + aanv. eisen |
| Amsterdam UVA | Public Policy | + aanv. eisen |
| Amsterdam VU | Tinbergen Institute (Research) | + aanvullende vakeisen |
| Amsterdam VU | Educatie in de Mens- en Maatschappijwetenschappen educational | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Radboud Universiteit | Filosofie van de bedrijfswetenschappen | geen aanvullende eisen |
| RUG | Finance | + aanv. eisen |
| Tilburg University | Finance | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Amsterdam VU | Finance | + motivatiebrief |
| Erasmus | Finance & Investments | + basiskennis |
| Amsterdam VU | Financial Management | + motivatiebrief |
| UU | Financial Management | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Erasmus | Global Business & Sustainability | + basiskennis |
| TU Delft | Industrial Ecology | + aanv. eisen |
| TU Eindhoven | Innovation Management | + 30 EC pre-master |
| RUG | International Business and Management | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Wageningen University | International Development Studies | + aanv. eisen |
| RUG | International Financial Management | geen aanvullende eisen |
| RUG | International Humanitarian Action (120 EC) | geen aanvullende eisen |
| UU | International Management | geen aanvullende eisen |
| UU | Law and Economics | geen aanvullende eisen |
| UU | Leraar VHO algemene economie full-time,part-time educational | + 60 EC pre-master |
| Universiteit Leiden | Leraar VHO in Algemene economie educational | + 60 EC pre-master |
| Universiteit Leiden | Leraar VHO in Bedrijfseconomie educational | + 60 EC pre-master |
| Amsterdam UVA | Lerarenopleiding Algemene economie educational | + 60 EC pre-master |
| Amsterdam UVA | Lerarenopleiding Algemene economie part-time educational | + 60 EC pre-master |
| RUG | Management Accounting and Control | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Erasmus | Management of Innovation | + basiskennis |
| Wageningen University | Management, Economics and Consumer Studies | + aanv. eisen |
| RUG | Marketing | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Amsterdam VU | Marketing | + motivatiebrief |
| Tilburg University | Marketing Management | + aanv. eisen |
| Erasmus | Marketing Management | + basiskennis |
| NHL Stenden | Master Design Driven Innovation part-time | + toelatingsgesprek |
| RUG | MSc Marketing - Marketing Analytics and Data Science | geen aanvullende eisen |
| RUG | MSc Marketing - Marketing Management | geen aanvullende eisen |
| TU Eindhoven | Operations Management & Logistics | + 30 EC pre-master |
| Tilburg University | Organization and Management Studies | + aanv. eisen |
| Erasmus | People, Organisations & Change | + basiskennis |
| RUG | Philosophy, Politics and Economics | + aanv. eisen |
| Tilburg University | Public Administration, Economics and Law | + aanv. eisen |
| RUG | Real Estate Studies | + aanv. eisen |
| RUG | Research Master in Economics and Business research | geen aanvullende eisen |
| NHL Stenden | Serious Gaming part-time | + toelatingsgesprek |
| RUG | Small Business and Entrepreneurship | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Amsterdam VU | Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics | + motivatiebrief |
| Erasmus | Strategic Entrepreneurship | + basiskennis |
| RUG | Strategic Innovation Management | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Erasmus | Strategic Management | + basiskennis |
| Tilburg University | Strategic Management | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Erasmus | Supply Chain Management | + basiskennis |
| RUG | Supply Chain Management | geen aanvullende eisen |
| Tilburg University | Supply Chain Management | + 30 EC pre-master |
| RUG | Sustainability Management and Controlling profile | + aanv. eisen |
| RUG | Technology and Operations Management | geen aanvullende eisen |
| RUG | Werk en Zingeving | + aanv. eisen |
Contact
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