Economics and Business Economics - Business Economics

Study business economics in Groningen and discover how firms create financial value while balancing societal and sustainability concerns.

How can corporations use financial derivatives to manage their currency risks? Do stocks of environmentally friendly firms provide a better risk-return tradeoff? How can a business assess its social and environmental impact using sustainability accounting? In the Business Economics profile, you engage with such questions to understand financial decision-making within organizations from an economic point of view.

In the Business Economics profile of our BSc Economics and Business Economics programme, you will focus on corporate investments, financing, security pricing, and accounting, while also paying attention to economics, marketing, human resource management, and logistics. Moreover, you will learn about business ethics and sustainability and get an insight into corporate responsibility and its impact on organizations at both local and global levels.

You will also work on many important employability skills: analytical skills, data skills, team skills, writing skills, and presentation skills. Every year you will work on a research project to answer societal relevant questions using real-life data.

We work closely with companies from various industries and regularly offer career and employability events or guest lectures by our alumni, business leaders, and economists. By engaging with the labour market, you see how research and theory are applied to the real world and you get insights that will help you prepare for your future career.