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Eligibility and admission requirements

1. Diploma requirements

The faculty's committee will assess whether the undergraduate degree is equivalent to the required degree, the bachelor of science in economics organised at Ghent University, which gives direct admission to the master of science in economics.

Ghent University's economics bachelor programme consists of three learning paths. These paths should all be present in the candidate's educational background in order to be eligible for the master's programme. Moreover, we require a certain amount of credits, study hours and/or specific courses in order to make sure students have obtained the required final competences. In order to give international applicants a better idea of these diploma requirements, we have added the number of credits, study hours, courses and the final competences per learning path of the bachelor in economics organised at Ghent University.

Economical learning path

  • ECTS credits: 60
  • Study hours:  1800
  • Courses: 13 (economics A, economics B, microeconomics, macroeconomics, contemporary economic challenges, introduction to economic scientific research, introduction to global economic history, labour economics, international economics, environmental economics, development of economic thought, monetary economics, European economic integration
  • Final competences: be able to identify and use appropriate models in microeconomics and macroeconomics and be able to use analytical tools to address issues is the main areas of economics : public economics, environmental economics, international economics, labour economics, monetary policy, banking and finance

Quantitative learning path

  • ECTS credits: 16
  • Study hours: 480
  • Courses: 4 (mathematics IA, mathematics IB, mathematics IIA, quantitative economic analysis)
  • Final competences: master a broad range of mathematical skills to analyse economics problems in a quantitative manner

Methodological learning path

  • ECTS credits: 19
  • Study hours: 570
  • Courses: 5 (statistics IA, statistics IB, statistics II, econometrics, microeconometrics)
  • Final competences: have a thorough understanding of statistics and econometrics in order to identify the appropriate approach for empirical analysis of economics problems. Be able to run regressions using R autonomously.

2. Language requirements

English level B2 is required upon enrolment: check the accepted language proofs.

3. Additional faculty requirements

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration requires all non-EEA applicants to add a GMAT or GRE test score to the application file. Non-EEA applicants who fail to submit a GMAT or GRE test score, will not be considered for academic admission. EEA students are strongly advised to add a GMAT or GRE test score to their application file since the faculty will be granting 8 scholarships to students with outstanding scores on the GMAT or GRE test.

The faculty determined the minimum scores an applicant should obtain. Provided the applicants adopt an appropriate study attitude, this score gives a positive indication of their chances of success in the study programme. A lower score is insufficient and implies the applicants would have considerable difficulties in successfully completing the study programme, therefore, these applications will be refused.

The GMAT or GRE test is valid for maximum 5 years after the test date.

The institutional code for Ghent University that students can use to send their score report is 2643.

GMAT

  • 49 on quantitative reasoning
  • total score of 600

GMAT Focus

  • 81 on quantitative reasoning
  • total score of 565

GRE

  • 162 on quantitative reasoning
  • 152 on verbal reasoning