Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Our courses (and how they relate)

• Notes: Black-shaded courses are methodologically orientated and strongly recommended to all economics students as well as any student aiming at a research-oriented career. Red-shaded courses are designed for PhD students and advanced MSc students with a serious research interest. Courses marked by a '*' are not regularly offered.

Current courses

Over the coming terms, we offer the following courses:

Course materials

Course materials are generally provided via Moodle. 

Note to incoming Master's students

Welcome to Berlin, an exciting place to study econometrics. We offer a range of econometrics courses in the Master's program, catering to different backgrounds and interests. The main entry points are:

• Econometric Methods – a course focusing on the underlying methodology and theory behind econometric techniques.
• Applied Econometrics – a course emphasizing the application of econometric methods to real-world questions and data, with a strong focus on coding and practical implementation.

We strongly advise taking Econometric Methods and/or Applied Econometrics in your first semester, as the skills you acquire will be highly valuable in many other courses that involve empirical research—both in academic literature and in practical applications.

We are confident that most of you have a solid quantitative background, including basic knowledge of statistics, which will provide a good foundation for these courses. If you have not taken a course in econometrics before, we recommend preparing by working through our self-study Moodle course, which provides an overview of key concepts and includes ten short video lectures that explain the material in an accessible and intuitive way:

👉 https://moodle.hu-berlin.de/course/view.php?id=121348

This resource is especially helpful if you plan to take Applied Econometrics without prior experience in the field.