2024-2025

Master in Economics : General, Research focus

Schedule

regular course
ECTS Credits 120

Presentation
Programme
Admission requirements
Opportunities

How to explain the strategy of companies such as AirBnB or Uber?

Should an employer pay employees according to the results achieved?

How to reduce poverty and inequality in emerging countries?

What is the impact of aging on the viability of our pension system?

Should we allow free choice of school in Belgium?

How do we define and measure the prosperity of a region, a country...?

Could the Euro crisis have been avoided?

These are just some of the concrete economic and social questions you'll be asked to solve as economists.

Your objectives

develop a global vision of an economic situation: "Helicopter view and Strategic thinking". Analyze data with precision, detect the causes and consequences of an action;
participate in the development of new ways of organizing companies, institutions or society as a whole;
acquire international experience;
work in teams with specialists from other disciplines.

The advantages of training at UNamur

A Master's degree with an international reputation
A curriculum 100% in English
If you wish, you can take all Master's courses in English. This opportunity enables you to acquire an excellent command of professional English in an international student environment.
Erasmus exchanges
Take advantage of a four-quarter study stay at a foreign university in Europe or beyond!
A double degree
For the most motivated, double degree programs exist: you spend a year abroad at a prestigious university and a year in Belgium, and you get both degrees at the end of your two years. Double degrees include a master's degree with specialization in finance in Geneva, a master's degree in economics and politics in Milan, a master's degree in European economics with Maastricht University, and many others.
A collaboration with KULeuven
You also have the opportunity to take courses in English in a significant number of areas of economics at KULeuven.

The program

Courses, case studies, meetings with professionals, group work, internships in Belgium or abroad... everything is done to ensure the development of your expertise.

By choosing the finalité approfondie, you are trained in economics research and develop innovations likely to inform professional practices.

Options

Thanks to co-organization with UCLouvain, you graduate from both universities!

This master's degree offers you an unrivalled choice of options and courses. It's up to you to choose the areas that interest you.

It's possible to follow the whole program in Namur, but to limit travel if you choose an option in Louvain-la-Neuve (LLN), the 3 courses of each option are given on the same day.

Beware, whichever option you select, registration for this master's degree is exclusively at UCLouvain

Economics of public intervention (in Namur): to study the causes and consequences of state intervention in the economy.
Macroeconomics: structural policies (in Namur): to evaluate European, federal and regional structural economic policies.
Finance: markets (in Namur): to analyze the functioning of financial markets and financial institutions.
Development: poverty and institutions (in Namur): to study issues of poverty, inequality, market imperfections; to identify the role of institutions, analyze environmental transformations.
Macroeconomics: cycles and conjuncture (at LLN): to analyze conjuncture, short-term fluctuations and understand the role of macroeconomic equilibria.
Finance: money (at LLN): to analyze the foundations of monetary policy, the role of money, financial markets and foreign exchange.
Development: growth and globalization (at LLN): to study the macroeconomics of developing countries, growth and identify obstacles to growth.
Labor economics and human resources/Labour economics and human resource (at LLN): to understand how the labor market works, unemployment and corporate human resource policies.
Economics and society (at LLN): to carry out an economic analysis in dialogue with other social sciences through various themes: social policies, redistributive mechanisms, the non-market sector, etc.
Firms strategies (at LLN): to understand the specific features of innovation markets, the characteristics of network industries, integration and differentiation strategies, competition policy objectives.
International economics (at LLN): to understand trade policies, trade liberalization, economic integration; to identify the winners and losers of international trade; to examine the determinants of firm location and the value of clusters.

You complete your program with a choice of courses in econometrics, languages and statistics, and complete a dissertation in the service of a project, business or more academic reflection where you exploit the knowledge and skills acquired.

Other Masters in Economics

Daytime

The master 120 in economics

The master 60 in economics

Staggered schedule

The master 120 in economics, staggered schedule

The master 60 in economics, staggered schedule

Cycle
Block 1
Block 2

The University of Namur offers the Master 120 in economic sciences jointly with the UCLouvain.

Full details of the programme are available on the website of the UCLouvain.

To register for the Master's program, please contact UCLouvain.

The University of Namur provides teaching in the following areas:

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LECSO2320	Social innovation and public policy in the context of sustainable transitions	30h th.	5
LECSO2330	Social economy and ecological and social transition	30h th.	5
LECON2340	Economy and society	30h th.	5
LECON2351	Social economy	30h th.	5
LTRAV2720	Comparative Social Protection Systems	45h th.	5

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ECONM860	Economic policy: simulation exercises	Frogneux Vincent	30h th.	5
ECONM861	Market imperfections: macroeconomic consequences	Toulemonde Eric	30h th.	5
ECONM862	Economic policy and public finances	Frogneux Vincent Kegels Chantal	30h th.	5

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	ECONM821	Growing population and the environment : economic approach	BALAND Jean-Marie LIBOIS François	30h th.	5
	ECONM822	Development and Society : Economic Approaches	Cassan Guilhem	30h th.	5
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LECON2021	Economic fluctuations and the foundations of macroeconomic policy	30h th.	5
LECON2311	Economic cycles, economic analysis and forecasts	30h th.	5
LECON2313	Empirical Macroeconomics	30h th.	5

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ECONM834	Monetary Policy	RYCHALOVSKA Yuliya	30h th.	5
LECON2436	Monetary and Financial Macroeconomics		30h th.	5
LECON2335	International monetary relations		30h th.	5

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	LECON2331	Economics of Finance and Risk Management		30h th.	5
	LECON2336	Management of Banks and Financial Institutions		30h th.	5

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ECONM905	Personnel Economics	Hungerbuhler Mathias	30h th.	5
LECON2051	Labor Economics and Employment Policies		30h th.	5
LECON2353	Labour Productivity		30h th.	5

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ECONM828	Structural change, inequality, and development	KIEDAISCH CHRISTIAN	30h th.	5
ECONM823	Global macro-financial linkages	Houssa Romain	30h th.	5
LECON2310	The origins of growth and development		30h th.	5

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ECONM865	Trade Policy and International Cooperation	TRIMARCHI LORENZO	30h th.	5
LECON2314	Economic Geography		30h th.	5
LECON2041	International Trade		30h th.	5

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ECONM904	Political Economics : the making of public policiy	Decerf Benoît GAUTIER Thomas	30h th.	5
LECON2350	Public Management		30h th.	5
LECON2411	Norms and Public Intervention		30h th.	5

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LECON2370	Industrial Organization and Competition Policy	30h th.	5
LECON2372	Economics of Competition Policy	30h th.	5
LLSMS2041	Economics of Innovation	30h th.	5

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LECON2069	Ethics and Social Choice	30h th.	5
LECON2065	History of Economic Thought	30h th.	5
LECON2067	Critical Analysis of Market Economies	30h th.	5

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ECONM998	Thesis preparation seminar	5
ECONM999	Memory		15

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LECON2033	Applied econometrics: microeconometrics		30h th. + 12h ex.	5
ECONM826	Applied Econometrics	Debarsy Nicolas	30h th. + 12h ex.	5
LECON2031	Applied Econometrics : Time Series		30h th. + 12h ex.	5

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	LECON2655	Population and Family Economics		30h th.		5
	LECON2374	Firm-Level Analysis of Labour and Related Issues		30h th.		5
	LECON2600	Dynamical Methods in Economics		30h th.		5
	LECON2601	Advanced Econometrics II : Times Series Econometrics		30h th.		5
	LECON2602	Advanced Econometrics II : Microeconometrics		30h th.		5
	LECON2604	Advanced International Trade		30h th.		5
	LECON2605	Capital Markets Theory		30h th.		5
	LECON2607	Public Economics		30h th.		5
	LECON2608	Advanced Labour Economics	Hungerbuhler Mathias	30h th.		5
	LECON2609	Game Theory		30h th.		5
	LECON2610	Industrial Organization		30h th.		5
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	ECONM654	Advanced Monetary Economics	RYCHALOVSKA Yuliya Houssa Romain	30h th.		5

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LECON2122	Advanced Macroeconomics II : Growth, Dynamics and Policy		30h th. + 6h ex.		5
LECON2111	Advanced Microeconomics I: Individual Decision and General Equilibrium		30h th. + 6h ex.		5
LECON2112	Advanced Microeconomics II : Game Theory and Information economics	Decerf Benoît	30h th. + 6h ex.		5
LECON2131	Advanced Econometrics		30h th.		5
LECON2121	Advanced Macroeconomics I : Intertemporal Behavior and Business Cycles		30h th. + 6h ex.		5

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LECON2161	Advanced Macroeconomics III		30h th.		5
ECONM653	Research Seminar I : Microeconomics	Toulemonde Eric	30h th.		5
LECON2603	Research Seminar I : Econometrics Workshop		30h th.		5

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LECSO2320	Social innovation and public policy in the context of sustainable transitions	5	30h th.
LECSO2330	Social economy and ecological and social transition	5		30h th.
LECON2340	Economy and society	5	30h th.
LECON2351	Social economy	5	30h th.
LTRAV2720	Comparative Social Protection Systems	5		45h th.

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ECONM860	Economic policy: simulation exercises	Frogneux Vincent	5	30h th.
ECONM861	Market imperfections: macroeconomic consequences	Toulemonde Eric	5	30h th.
ECONM862	Economic policy and public finances	Frogneux Vincent Kegels Chantal	5	30h th.

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	ECONM821	Growing population and the environment : economic approach	BALAND Jean-Marie LIBOIS François	5	30h th.
	ECONM822	Development and Society : Economic Approaches	Cassan Guilhem	5	30h th.
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LECON2021	Economic fluctuations and the foundations of macroeconomic policy	5		30h th.
LECON2311	Economic cycles, economic analysis and forecasts	5		30h th.
LECON2313	Empirical Macroeconomics	5		30h th.

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ECONM834	Monetary Policy	RYCHALOVSKA Yuliya	5	30h th.
LECON2436	Monetary and Financial Macroeconomics		5	30h th.
LECON2335	International monetary relations		5	30h th.

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	LECON2331	Economics of Finance and Risk Management		5		30h th.
	LECON2336	Management of Banks and Financial Institutions		5		30h th.

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ECONM905	Personnel Economics	Hungerbuhler Mathias	5		30h th.
LECON2051	Labor Economics and Employment Policies		5		30h th.
LECON2353	Labour Productivity		5		30h th.

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ECONM828	Structural change, inequality, and development	KIEDAISCH CHRISTIAN	5		30h th.
ECONM823	Global macro-financial linkages	Houssa Romain	5		30h th.
LECON2310	The origins of growth and development		5		30h th.

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ECONM865	Trade Policy and International Cooperation	TRIMARCHI LORENZO	5		30h th.
LECON2314	Economic Geography		5		30h th.
LECON2041	International Trade		5		30h th.

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ECONM904	Political Economics : the making of public policiy	Decerf Benoît GAUTIER Thomas	5		30h th.
LECON2350	Public Management		5		30h th.
LECON2411	Norms and Public Intervention		5		30h th.

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LECON2370	Industrial Organization and Competition Policy	5	30h th.
LECON2372	Economics of Competition Policy	5	30h th.
LLSMS2041	Economics of Innovation	5	30h th.

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LECON2069	Ethics and Social Choice	5	30h th.
LECON2065	History of Economic Thought	5	30h th.
LECON2067	Critical Analysis of Market Economies	5	30h th.

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LECON2033	Applied econometrics: microeconometrics		5	30h th. + 12h ex.
ECONM826	Applied Econometrics	Debarsy Nicolas	5	30h th. + 12h ex.
LECON2031	Applied Econometrics : Time Series		5	30h th. + 12h ex.

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	LECON2500	Mathematics and Statistics for Economics		5	30h th.

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	LECON2655	Population and Family Economics		5		30h th.
	LECON2374	Firm-Level Analysis of Labour and Related Issues		5		30h th.
	LECON2600	Dynamical Methods in Economics		5	30h th.
	LECON2601	Advanced Econometrics II : Times Series Econometrics		5		30h th.
	LECON2602	Advanced Econometrics II : Microeconometrics		5		30h th.
	LECON2604	Advanced International Trade		5		30h th.
	LECON2605	Capital Markets Theory		5		30h th.
	LECON2607	Public Economics		5		30h th.
	LECON2608	Advanced Labour Economics	Hungerbuhler Mathias	5	30h th.
	LECON2609	Game Theory		5		30h th.
	LECON2610	Industrial Organization		5	30h th.
English Friendly Courses Image	ECONM652	Advanced Development Economics	BALAND Jean-Marie Guirkinger Catherine	5		30h th.
	ECONM654	Advanced Monetary Economics	RYCHALOVSKA Yuliya Houssa Romain	5		30h th.

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LECON2122	Advanced Macroeconomics II : Growth, Dynamics and Policy		5		30h th. + 6h ex.
LECON2111	Advanced Microeconomics I: Individual Decision and General Equilibrium		5	30h th. + 6h ex.
LECON2112	Advanced Microeconomics II : Game Theory and Information economics	Decerf Benoît	5		30h th. + 6h ex.
LECON2131	Advanced Econometrics		5		30h th.
LECON2121	Advanced Macroeconomics I : Intertemporal Behavior and Business Cycles		5	30h th. + 6h ex.

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LECON2161	Advanced Macroeconomics III		5		30h th.
ECONM653	Research Seminar I : Microeconomics	Toulemonde Eric	5		30h th.
LECON2603	Research Seminar I : Econometrics Workshop		5		30h th.

Admission requirements

Les conditions d'admission à ce master codiplômé entre l'UNamur et l'UCLouvain sont décrites sur le site de l'UCLouvain.

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This programme is organised jointly with UCLouvain. To enrol for this programme, please exclusively contact UCLouvain.

Economists' professions

Between strategy, consulting and decision-making

As economists, you approach the complex realities of companies, institutions and society with nuance, and propose economic models adapted to their new organizational modes.

You cooperate with specialists from other disciplines and master multilingual communication and the international dimension of your projects.

Sensitive to the human and ethical dimensions of economic and social issues, you measure the interdependencies between the decisions of multiple players and develop opportunities for cooperation.

Some examples of professions

As recent graduates, you are often inserted into the management of a project. Working alone or as part of a team, you provide analyses or propose actions to achieve a given objective, within a set timeframe, with available resources or whose mobilization you organize. Your excellent analytical skills, your sense of communication, your knowledge of foreign languages, your international outlook and above all your desire to learn are
also important assets for many professions.

Finance

The financial sector (banking, insurance, administration...) is the leading employer for our graduates. Every company, from family-run SMEs to multinationals, needs reliable financial indicators to draw up realistic budgets and plans. The range of professions open to those with a passion for numbers is wide:

Financial analysis: dissecting balance sheets, evaluating credits, advising investors;
Customer advice in a credit organization;
Internal auditing: verifying internal procedures for good governance and generating reliable financial statements;
External auditing: verification of the quality and accuracy of financial information provided;
risk management: the assessment and modeling of all risks likely to weigh on an organization;
fund accounting: daily calculation of the inventory value of several investment funds;
etc..

Commerce and distribution

Negotiating, obtaining the best prices, prospecting for new suppliers, monitoring the development of new packaging, optimizing the routing of products to customers... so many missions with responsibilities relating to sales and distribution. Alongside strictly sales-oriented companies such as supermarkets, industries and certain service companies also offer numerous career opportunities in purchasing, marketing and logistics.

Socio-economic analysis and political decision-making

In public administrations, in the non-profit world, in mutual societies or political parties, in trade union organizations, development aid agencies or business federations, etc., economics graduates observe and analyze the socio-economic situation. By issuing opinions and advice, they participate in the implementation and operation of policies and legislation.

Research and teaching

Some graduates pursue a research activity in Belgium or abroad. They complete a doctorate or take part in a research program. Several alumni pass on their knowledge in secondary, higher and continuing education.

Job search assistance

The Employment Unit supports final-year Master's students and recent graduates in their career paths, via a number of services: distribution of job and internship offers, orientation interviews, workshops on themes linked to professional integration, information and documentation on the world of work.