Our two-year program Master of Science in Economics with a specialization in Economic Research (M.Sc. / Economic Research) prepares you for independent academic research, providing you with the skills to push the knowledge frontier in economics. It is the gateway to our doctoral program in Economics. The BGSE pursues research activities in the following five research areas: - microeconomic theory - management and applied microeconomics - macroeconomics and public economics - financial economics - econometrics and statistics The academic profile of the BGSE rests on the many joint research activities of the Economics Department currently including the ECONtribute: Markets and Public Policy, the research training group The Macroeconomics of Equality, the briq – Institute on Behavior & Inequality, the Collaborative Research Center Transregio 224, the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, the Center for Economics and Neurosciences, and the Center for Advanced Studies in Law and Economics. Our doctoral students benefit from an impressive network of national and international partners as for example the Institute for the Study of Labor, the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, and partner universities within the European Doctoral Program.