Double degree requirements

This section describes the requirements for a student studying first academic year at SSE and the second year at HSG. In total students will take about 130 ECTS depending on the specialization.

Year 1 - Courses at SSE
To qualify for the double degree program, you have to take eight courses in your first year at SSE (a total of 60 ECTS with each course being worth 7,5 ECTS). In the first semester, you take the four mandatory courses in advanced mathematics for economic analysis, advanced microeconomics, econometrics and advanced macroeconomics. In the second semester, you should either follow the specialization in International Economics or the specialization in Applied Economic Analysis and select one elective course.

Year 2 - Courses at the University of St. Gallen

Students pursuing a Master of Arts degree in Economics at the University of St. Gallen shall complete the following course work:

4 ECTS Advanced Macroeconomics I (core)
4 ECTS Advanced Macroeconomics II (core)
4 ECTS Advanced Microeconomics I (core)
12* ECTS core (field) electives (*min.12 - max. 26)
14* ECTS other core electives (*min. 0 - max. 14)
6 ECTS Contextual Studies

Students pursuing the Master of Arts degree in Quantitative Economics and Finance at the University of St. Gallen shall complete the following course work;

4 ECTS Advanced Mathematics (core)
4 ECTS Theory of Finance (core)
4 ECTS Statistics (core)
8* ECTS core (field) electives (finance/econometrics) (*min. 8 - max. 18)
4* ECTS core (field) electives (economics) (*min. 4 - max. 14)
10 ECTS other core electives (*min. 0 - max. 10)
9 ECTS Contextual Studies

Thesis (30 ECTS)

SSE requires a thesis amounting to 30 ECTS as opposed to 18 ECTS at the University of St. Gallen. To fulfil this requirement, SSE students spending their second year at the University of St. Gallen will write a thesis encompassing 30 ECTS with the support of two supervisors: one from SSE and one from the University of St. Gallen.

Students will submit their thesis to both institutions, according to their specific given rules and deadlines provided. The thesis is graded independently at the respective institutions. SSE students will defend their thesis at SSE and attend the required thesis seminars (during their first year) to fulfil the SSE examination requirements.

Please note that all students participating in the double degree program must write a single-authored thesis.