Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics

Career prospects

A Master’s in Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics offers excellent career prospects. Many graduates find jobs as policy economists with the government or consultancy firms such as KPMG and Ernst & Young. Opportunities also exist at organizations with an interest in economic subjects, spatial economics and transport such as KLM, Schiphol and Dutch Rail. Others opt for positions as economic researchers at institutes such as the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.

You can also pursue your studies at a higher level. If your ambition is an academic career, you can opt for a research Master’s programme in Economics (MPhil) or the Tinbergen Institute, a graduate school run by VU University Amsterdam, the University of Amsterdam and Erasmus University.