The master's degree programmes at the department of economics and business are research-based full-time degree programmes, which qualify students for employment in public and private sectors, nationally as well as internationally, and for admission to a relevant PhD programme based on economic and business theories and methods. The Master's degree programmes have three purposes. Firstly, to enhance students’ specialist knowledge and increases the theoretical and methodical qualifications that students have acquired from their Bachelor's degree programme. Secondly, to enable students to use advanced elements of economic theory and method. Finally, it qualifies the students to pursue and participate in academic work.

The Department of Economics and Business offers three strings of master’s degree programmes:

• Master’s degree programmes in Economics and Business Administration (cand.merc.)
• Master’s degree programmes in Economics and Management (cand.oecon.)
• Master’s degree programmes in Business Administration with Subsidiary Subjects (cand.soc.)

Master's degree programmes in Economics and Business Administration (cand.merc.)

A Master in Economics and Business Administration provides the opportunity for students to become specialized in a defined field. The purpose of the degree programme in economics and business administration is for students to gain specialized competences enabling identification and implementation of solutions to economic and business administrative challenges within that field.

• Master's degree programme in Business Economics and Auditing (cand.merc.aud.)
• Master's degree programme in Finance (cand.merc.)
• Master's degree programme in Finance and International Business (FIB)
• Master's degree programme in International Economic Consulting (cand.merc.)
• Master's degree programme in Management Accounting and Controlling (cand.merc.)
• Masters' degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (cand.merc.)

Master's degree programmes in Economics and Management (cand.oecon.)

A master in Economics and Management provides the opportunity for students to create personal academic profiles across the fields of finance, macroeconomics, microeconomics, business economics and accounting.  The department offers about 40 elective courses each semester. The broad range of courses allows you to specialise in a particular field of interest and to compose an individual course program in cooperation with a faculty member.

• Master's degree programme in Economics and Management (cand.oecon.)
• International Master of Science in Quantitative Economics (IMSQE)
• Master's degree programme in Mathematics - Economics (cand.scient.oecon.)

Master's degree programme in Business Administration with Subsidiary Subjects (cand.soc.)

A Master in Business Administration provides the opportunity for students to create personal academic profiles in business administration. The purpose of the degree programme in business administration with subsidiary subjects is for students to gain specialized competences and methodological proficiencies in business that enable them to identify and to implement solutions to business administrative challenges either as specialist in business administration or in combination with a subsidiary field.

• Master's degree programmes in Business Administration with Subsidiary Subjects (cand.soc.)