Tinbergen Institute (TI) is the graduate school and research institute in economics and business, jointly operated by the faculties of economics of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The two-year TI Research Master is the entry point to fully paid PhD positions at the 3 faculties.
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The Tinbergen Institute research master is a selective joint degree programme, admitting annually 25-30 students. The high standards of the programme are guaranteed by the teaching staff, selected from among the best researchers of the three faculties participating in the institute, and by the internationally renowned experts who are invited to serve as guest lecturers in their fields of research. Research fellows are not only teaching in the programme but are also available for (PhD) thesis supervision.