Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics

Admission requirements and application

There are strict admission criteria. These are set by the Admissions Board, which also decides on individual applications. The requirements are split up into Master specific requirements and general requirements (faculty website). Please read them both carefully:
 
Specific admission requirements Master programme Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics:

• If you hold a Bachelor's degree in Economics, Business Administration or Econometrics obtained at VU University Amsterdam, you can gain direct admission to the Master in Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics as long as you have passed the core courses in Microeconomics and Research Methods for Economics and Finance.
• Applicants must have thorough knowledge of the standard literature listed below (or its equivalent). A self-study programme can be advised for these 5 topics:

  Microeconomics	Varian, H.R., Intermediate Microeconomics, Norton
  Econometrics	Stock, J.H. and M.W. Watson's Introduction to Econometrics Addison Wesley, New York
  Regional Economics	McCann, P. (2001) Urban and Regional Economics Oxford University Press, Oxford
  Transport Economics	Boyer, K.D. Principles of Transportation Economics Addison Wesley, Reading
  Environmental Economics	Kahn, J.R. (1998) The Economic Approach to Environmental and Natural Resources (2nd edition) The Dryden Press, Forth Worth. Parts I, II and III

Please make sure you also read the general requirements and application procedure (faculty website).