Study Programme

For students who started in 2022-2023 and later

With dedicated minor
Without dedicated minor

For students who started in 2019-2020 up to and including 2021-2022

With dedicated minor
Without dedicated minor

For students who started in 2014-2015 up to and including 2018-2019

With dedicated minor
Without dedicated minor

For changes in the Study Programme see Changes in the Courses.

The compulsory courses are the base of your bachelor. They are focused on familiarising you with the basic principles of Economics and Business Economics during the first 18 months of your study. 

Please note this overview is for students that started in 2019 or before 2022. Please look at the study programme in pdf format on the top of this page when you started in 2022 or 2023.

This is the part of the programme where you can select the Major electives which suit you most. Have a look at the Study Routes to make informed choices and to build a strong curriculum.

Please note this overview is for students that started in 2019 or before 2022. Please look at the study programme in pdf format on the top of this page when you started in 2022 or 2023.

In the Bachelor's programme Economics and Business Economics of U.S.E. you get the unique opportunity to attend a dedicated minor. This is a minor in a discipline that is related to Economics and Business Economics and that has been specially designed for economics students to broaden their insights. Visit Dedicated Minors for more information. 

These are the four dedicated minors:

• Law
• Geography
• Social Sciences
• Applied Data Science for Economists

Students without a dedicated minor follow a context course in period 4. These can be found under the header Major electives. 

These are the options to fulfil the optional course profile part of you bachelor programme:
 

1. One of the four dedicated minors.
2. To put together a complete economics programme, you can also take more major electives. Have a look at the Study Routes to make informed choices and to build a strong curriculum.
3. The following minors of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance are particularly interesting for economics students: 
   • Criminology for Economics students 
   • European Governance
   • Social Entrepreneurship
   • Bestuurs- en Organisatiewetenschap Algemeen (only in Dutch)
4. Other Utrecht University minors (out of 130 minors of the UU) we consider of special interest for economics students are:
   • Educatieve minor gamma (Dutch)
   • Internationale betrekkingen (Dutch/English)
   • Governance for Sustainable Development (English)
   • Innovatiemanagement (Dutch)
   • Communicatie- en informatiewetenschappen (Dutch)
   • Conflict Studies (English)
   • Arbeids- en Organisatiepsychologie (Dutch)
   • Applied Data Science (English) 
5. Or else you can fill the optional course profile as you like. You can select courses offered at UU or other universities as long as you take the graduation requirements in mind. 

During your bachelor's programme you can also choose to go on exchange or do an internship.

The full time Applied Economics Research Course is an important part of your Bachelor’s programme. The research paper you write in this course is the final piece of your bachelor. You write your research paper in either period 2 or period 4. Please check the prerequisites, these are different per period.