Courses
Tinbergen Institute's Research Master's Programs offer a broad range of courses.
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.
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 |
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 |
Econometrics
| Course | Type | Period |
| Advanced Mathematics | Core | 1 |
| Asymptotic Statistics | Core | 1 |
| Fundamental Mathematics | Core | 1 |
| Statistics | Core | 1 |
| Advanced Econometrics I | Core | 2 |
| Econometrics I | Core | 2 |
| Advanced Econometrics II | Core | 3 |
| Econometrics II | Core | 3 |
| Advanced Econometrics III | Core | 4 |
| 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 |
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 |
Lectures
| Course | Type | Period |
| TI Econometrics Lectures 2026 | Field | 5 |
| TI Economics Lectures 2026 | Field | 5 |
Machine Learning
| Course | Type | Period |
| Advanced Machine Learning | Core | 2 |
| Machine Learning 1 | Core | 2 |
| Reinforcement Learning | Core | 3 |
| Machine Learning 2 | Core | 3 |
| Deep Learning | Core | 4 |
| Natural Language Processing | Core | 5 |
| Parallel Computing and Big data | Field | 2 |
Macroeconomics
| Course | Type | Period |
| 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 |
Microeconomics
| Course | Type | Period |
| Microeconomics I (Individual Decision Making) | Core | 1 |
| Microeconomics II (Game Theory) | Core | 2 |
| Macroeconomics II (Macroeconomic Policy) | Core | 3 |
| Microeconomics III (Information and Contract Theory) | Core | 3 |
| Microeconomics IV (Behavioral Economics) | Core | 4 |
Operation Analytics
| Course | Type | Period |
| Simulation Analysis & Optimization | Core | 4 |
| Decomposition Methods | Field | 1 |
| Heuristic Optimization Methods | Field | 1 |
| Integer Linear Programming | Field | 5 |
| Advanced Game Theory: Applications of Bargaining and Network Theory | Field | 3 |
The Course Catalogue on the website of Erasmus University Rotterdam provides information on course description, study materials, entrance requirements, and period course taking place.