The English version of the curriculum for the “Master Program in Applied Economics” is not legally
binding and is for informational purposes only. The legal basis is regulated in the curriculum
published in the University of Innsbruck Bulletin on 4 May 2007, issue 52, No. 226. Decision of the
Curriculum Committee of the Faculty of Economics and Statistics on 05.03.2007, approved by Senate
Decree on 08.03.2007.

On the basis of § 25 paragraph 1 no. 10 University Act 2002, BGBl. I (Federal Law Gazette) No. 120,
most recently amended by Federal Law BGBl. I (Federal Law Gazette) No. 74/2006 and § 32 Section
"Regulations of Study Law", republished in the University of Innsbruck Bulletin of 3 February 2006,
Issue 16, No. 90, most recently amended by the University of Innsbruck Bulletin of 4 December 2006,
Issue 7, No. 36, the following is decreed:

Curriculum for the  
Master Program Applied Economics
at the Faculty of Economics and Statistics of the University of Innsbruck

§ 1 Qualification profile
(1) The Master program Applied Economics  aims  at deepening and supplementing the scientific
education preparing students for careers in the economic sciences and builds on a subject‐related
Bachelor program.  In its core it consists of teaching scientific theories, methods and tools applied in
the economic sciences. It also incorporates the findings of gender research. The Master program
Applied Economics is listed among the programs in social and economic sciences.  
(2) The Master program is research‐based. It widens and deepens the students’ specialist knowledge,
qualifies them for scientific research thereby laying the foundations for an advancement of the field.
It qualifies the students for leading positions by imparting faculties such autonomy, discrimination
and decision‐making.
(3) Apart from broadening the students’ specialist knowledge the Master program also aims at a
deepening and specialization in the area of the faculty’s research areas. In the final Master thesis the
students are to apply the newly acquired theories and methods to topical subject‐related issues.  
(4) The Master program Applied Economics  seeks to prepare students for leading, planning, analyzing
and counseling occupations in corporations and industries of varying size, including free‐lance jobs,
as well as for employment in the civil service, organizations, chambers, special interest groups and
the media, and also for jobs in teaching and/or research institutions as well as in non‐profit and
international organizations.   
(5) Graduates of the Master program Applied Economics  
‐  are well‐grounded in the field of economics which will enable them to tackle new tasks
quickly and self‐reliantly,