The research master is a small scale, intensive programme for students who want to pursue a PhD in Economics, Econometrics or Finance at one of the schools in business and economics of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Virtual information session
Find out more about this programme via this introduction video.
This is what the programme offers:
A Small-scale programme
Admissions are highly selective and competitive. Each cohort is made of maximum of 25-30 students. Tinbergen Institute runs its own scholarship programme for its students.
Selected teaching staff
The teaching staff is selected from among the best researchers of the three faculties participating in the programme, and by internationally renowned experts who are invited to give guest lectures in their fields of research.
Stepping stone for PhD research
Most students who successfully complete the programme obtain a fully paid PhD position at one of the schools that jointly run Tinbergen Institute.
Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Tinbergen Institute has its own offices and a dedicated support staff in both Amsterdam and Rotterdam. In Rotterdam, Tinbergen Institute is located on Erasmus University Rotterdam's campus. In Amsterdam, students have their own dedicated location just a few hundreds meters away from the campus of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam.
