Universities / University of Copenhagen
MSc Mathematics-Economics (KU Mat-Øk)
Two-year interdisciplinary master's combining mathematical finance, statistics, probability and economics, with a 30 ECTS thesis that is often practice-oriented. Graduates typically move into advanced model development at banks and insurers.
What you’ll study
Core
- Financial Econometric Time Series Analysis
- Macroeconomics 3: Business Cycles and Monetary Policy
Electives
- Mathematical Finance
- Stochastic Processes in Continuous Time
- Regression
- Quantitative Risk Management
- Operations Research 2
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Before you apply
- Background
- UCPH BSc in Mathematics-Economics (legal right of admission); other bachelor's assessed against ECTS requirements
- Maths
- mathematical analysis (22.5 ECTS); linear algebra (7.5 ECTS); measure-theoretic statistics (15 ECTS); advanced probability (7.5 ECTS); mathematical finance (7.5 ECTS)
- English
- English B (Danish upper-secondary level)
- Other
- Also 15 ECTS each in micro- and macroeconomics; no pre-assessment offered; deadlines 15 Jan (non-EU) / 1 Mar (EU) for September start
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After graduation
- Typical first roles
- Advanced model development, economic adviser
- Employers
- Banks, insurance companies, national banks, public institutions
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About 98% of 2025 admits had legal right of admission (UCPH BSc graduates); ~89% Danish. Tuition for non-EU/EEA applicants applies but amount not stated on the page.
Checked 6 November 2026 against the sources linked on this page. Fees, units and requirements change each year, so confirm them on the programme’s website before applying.