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Tinbergen Institute's Research Master's Programs offer a broad range of elective courses for externals. 


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All Elective Courses for External PhD Students and Participants
Courses are organized by subject area, and each is labeled as either a core or field course.

Courses take place in either Amsterdam or Rotterdam, or in both locations.

View the academic calendar for 2025-2026.

Microeconomics

Course Type Period
Microeconomics I (Individual Decision Making)  Core 1
Microeconomics II (Game Theory)  Core 2
Microeconomics III (Information and Contract Theory)  Core 3
Microeconomics IV (Behavioral Economics) Core 4
Advanced Game Theory: Applications of Bargaining and Network Theory  Field 3

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics I (Neoclassical Growth Models)  Core 2
Macroeconomics II (Macroeconomic Policy)  Core 3
Macroeconomics III (Frictions and Resource Allocation)  Core 4
Advanced Topics in Macro I Field 2
Advanced Topics in Macro II Field 3
Behavioural Macro and Complexity Field 5
International Economics Field 5
Financial Frictions in Macroeconomics  Field 5
Investment Frictions in Macroeconomics  Field 5

Econometrics

Course Type Period
Fundamental Mathematics Core 1
Advanced Mathematics Core 1
Statistics Core 1
Asymptotic Statistics Core 1
Econometrics I Core 2
Advanced Econometrics I Core 2
Econometrics II Core 3
Advanced Econometrics II Core 3
Econometrics III Core 4
Advanced Econometrics III Core 4
Applied Macroeconometrics Field 1
Applied Microeconometrics Field 1
Advanced Microeconometrics Field 2
Econometrics of Networks Field 2
Bayesian Econometrics Field 2
Forecasting Methods Field 3
Advanced Time Series Econometrics Field 3
Market and Systemic Risk Management Field 5

Machine Learning

Course Type Period
Machine Learning 1 Core 2
Advanced Machine Learning Core 2
Machine Learning 2 Core 3
Reinforcement Learning Core 3
Deep Learning Core 4
Natural Language Processing Core 5
Parallel Computing and Big data  Field 2

Finance

Course Type Period
Asset Pricing Core 3
Corporate Finance Theory Core 4
Risk and Rationality Field 1
Banking  Field 1
Continuous Time Asset Pricing Field 1
Dynamic Corporate Finance Field 1
Behavioral Finance Field 3
Sustainable Finance Field 4
Empirical Asset Pricing  Field 5
Empirical Corporate Finance Field 5

Applied Economics

Course Type Period
Economics of Networks Field 1
Environmental Economics and Climate Change Field 1
Public Finance Field 1
Industrial Organization  Field 2
Labor Economics Field 2
Law, Economics and Organizations Field 2
Topics in Political Economy Field 2
Urban and Regional Economics Field 2
Evolutionary Game Theory Field 3
Health Economics Field 3
History of Economic Thought Field 4
Economics of Education Field 5
Experimental Economics Field 5
Spatial Economics Field 5
Topics in Organization and Markets Field 5

Lectures

Course Type Period
TI Econometrics Lectures 2026 Field 5
TI Economics Lectures 2026 Field 5

Operation Analytics

Course Type Periode
Simulation Analysis & Optimization Core 4
Decomposition Methods Field 1
Heuristic Optimization Methods Field 1
Integer Linear Programming Field 5

Business

Course Type Period
Decision Theory for Business Core 1
AI@Work Field 1
Marketing Science Field 1
Social Network Analysis Field 1
Social Media Data Analytics Field 2

The Course Catalogue on the website of Erasmus University Rotterdam provides information on course description, study materials, entrance requirements, and period course taking place.

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