The Master in Business and Economics (MBE) is a postgraduate program offered by Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) under Kathmandu University (KU). Introduced in February 2022, MBE brings business and management study together with economics, quantitative analysis, financial decision-making, forecasting, and research.
The revised Spring 2026 curriculum carries 60 credits and provides five specialization areas, including Finance, International Business Trade and Investment, Project Management, Advanced Quantitative Methods, and Advance Economic Analysis. The stated intake capacity is 40 seats.
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Course: | Master in Business and Economics (MBE) |
| University: | Kathmandu University |
| School: | Kathmandu University School of Management |
| Academic level: | Postgraduate |
| Revised curriculum: | 60 credits |
| Seats: | 40 |
| Program history: | From February 2022 |
| Academic areas: | Business, economics, quantitative methods, finance, research |
| Specialization requirement: | Select 3 courses for 9 credits |
| Academic governance: | Kathmandu University rules and regulations |
MBE combines business administration and economic analysis within one postgraduate curriculum. It covers microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives alongside management education and quantitative methods.
The academic scope includes the study of economic processes at both organizational and wider economic levels. Students encounter business decision-making, financial management, economic modelling, forecasting, public finance, monetary economics, econometrics, and research.
The program also addresses the use of quantitative tools in understanding economic and financial questions. Its subject mix makes economics and business part of the same academic framework rather than treating them as unrelated areas.
The revised Spring 2026 structure carries 60 credits.
| Curriculum component | Credits |
|---|---|
| Foundation | 14 |
| Core Business | 14 |
| Integrative Course | 8 |
| Core Courses in Economics | 12 |
| Specialization – Select 3 | 9 |
| Comprehensive Academic Thesis | 3 |
| Total | 60 |
The revised structure differs from the earlier MBE curriculum arrangement and should be used as the current academic structure for this course profile.
The foundation component carries 14 credits and establishes the accounting, economics, mathematics, and quantitative base of the program.
Courses include:
ACC 502 Accounting for Managerial Decisions
ECO 501 Managerial Economics
ECO 521 Business in Aggregate Economy
ECO 541 Mathematical Economics
MAS 511 Business Data Analysis
These subjects prepare students for later study in economic analysis, financial decision-making, modelling, forecasting, and specialization.
The Core Business component carries 14 credits.
Courses include:
FIN 510 Financial Management and Decisions
HRM 521 Human Resource Decisions
MKT 501 Marketing Management and Decisions
ECO 511 Computer Programming for Economic Modeling
GEM 503 Business Environment in Nepal
This part of the curriculum maintains the business-management side of the MBE while connecting it with economic modelling and decision-making.
The integrative component carries eight credits and connects research, industrial economics, game theory, and forecasting.
Courses include:
RES 512 Research for Business Decisions
ECO 641 Industrial Economics and Game Theory
ECO 542 Business and Economic Forecasting
These courses bring analytical methods into business and economic decision contexts rather than separating research and forecasting from the rest of the curriculum.
Students complete 12 credits of core economics study.
The four courses are:
ECO 662 Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
ECO 622 Applied Econometrics
FIN 561 Public Finance and Budgeting
ECO 611 Monetary Economics
Each course carries three credits. Together, they cover macroeconomic theory, empirical economic analysis, government finance and budgeting, and monetary economics.
Students select three specialization courses for a total of nine credits.
The revised curriculum provides five specialization areas:
Finance
International Business Trade and Investment
Project Management
Advanced Quantitative Methods
Advance Economic Analysis
Finance options include:
FIN 502 Corporate Finance
FIN 511 Wealth Management
FIN 651 Managing Risk in Bank and Financial Institutions
FIN 642 Behavioral Finance
FIN 631 International Finance
FIN 643 Entrepreneurial Finance
FIN 751 Financial Engineering and Risk Management
Sustainable Finance
This specialization connects economic study with corporate finance, financial markets, international finance, risk, and investment-related analysis.
This specialization covers international trade, investment, finance, negotiation, logistics, and related business decisions.
Courses include:
INT 641 Economics of International Trade and Sustainable Development
INT 644 International Finance and Investment
INT 643 Computational Equilibrium Modeling
INT 611 International Negotiation
INT 641 Strategies in International Business
INT 642 International Logistics
INT 645 Trade Finance
The area gives students a route to study international economic activity alongside the organizational and financial dimensions of international business.
Project Management options include:
MNPR 641 Cost Benefit Analysis
PRJ 501 Project Conceptualization and Planning
PRJ 502 Project Implementation, Monitoring and Control
PRJ 611 Project Procurement and Contract Management
PRJ 626 Agile Project Management
FIN 641 Project Finance
This area combines economic evaluation with planning, implementation, procurement, monitoring, finance, and project-management methods.
Students interested in a stronger quantitative route can select from subjects including:
MAS 641 Data Analytics
MAS 642 Artificial Intelligence in Economic Modeling
MAS 644 Stochastic Calculus
MAS 642 Sample and Survey Design
MAS 645 Numerical Methods
MAS 711 Multivariate Statistics
The specialization extends the quantitative foundation of MBE into statistical, computational, modelling, and analytical methods.
Advance Economic Analysis is identified as an area being introduced in the revised curriculum.
Courses include:
ECO 661 Advanced Microeconomic Theory
ECO 661 Advanced Econometrics
ECO 643 Bayesian Econometrics
FIN 642 Financial Economics
ECO 651 Development Economics
ECO 652 Labor Economics
This specialization gives greater concentration to economic theory and analytical economics within the wider business-and-economics degree.
The revised MBE structure includes RES 699 Comprehensive Academic Thesis for three credits.
The thesis sits alongside coursework in research, econometrics, quantitative methods, forecasting, economics, and specialization. Its inclusion gives the revised curriculum a defined academic research component within the 60-credit degree structure.
MBE is academically suited to students whose interests overlap business and economics rather than falling entirely within one field.
The course content is particularly relevant to students interested in:
Microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis
Business and economic decision-making
Financial markets and finance
Economic forecasting
Econometrics
Quantitative analysis
Economic modelling
International trade and investment
Project analysis
Research
The program also involves working with numerical and analytical material, particularly through Business Data Analysis, Mathematical Economics, Applied Econometrics, forecasting, and the quantitative specialization options.
Eligibility: MBE admission follows the eligibility requirements prescribed for the program under Kathmandu University.
Admission: Application, entrance, selection, and enrollment are governed by the applicable rules and regulations of Kathmandu University.
KUSOM uses program-specific graduate admission arrangements. Requirements used for the MBA, Executive MBA, MPPM, or research degrees should not automatically be applied to MBE because graduate programs at the School have separate admission conditions.
The MBE curriculum is administered within the Kathmandu University academic system.
Academic governance covers:
Approved course and credit requirements
Course registration
Academic progression
Assessment
Examinations
Results
Thesis requirements
Degree completion
The revised curriculum establishes the current 60-credit academic structure, while examination, assessment, result, and completion procedures follow the applicable Kathmandu University rules and regulations.
The Master in Business and Economics degree is awarded under Kathmandu University after completion of the academic requirements prescribed for the program.
Students must satisfy the applicable curriculum, credit, assessment, examination, thesis, and academic progression requirements before the degree is awarded.
The MBE curriculum develops knowledge that can be relevant to work and further academic activity involving business analysis, economics, finance, economic research, quantitative analysis, forecasting, international business, trade, investment, and project analysis.
The program does not lead to one fixed occupational route. The specialization selected by a student also changes the academic emphasis: a Finance pathway differs substantially from Advanced Quantitative Methods or Advance Economic Analysis.
Professional outcomes depend on a graduate's academic performance, skills, experience, specialization, and the requirements of individual organizations and positions.
MBE stands for Master in Business and Economics.
KUSOM's program history records the Master in Business and Economics from February 2022.
The revised Spring 2026 MBE structure carries 60 credits.
The stated intake capacity is 40 seats.
The curriculum consists of foundation study, Core Business, Integrative Courses, Core Courses in Economics, specialization courses, and a Comprehensive Academic Thesis.
The revised structure includes Finance, International Business Trade and Investment, Project Management, Advanced Quantitative Methods, and Advance Economic Analysis.
Students select three specialization courses for a total of nine credits.
Yes. Applied Econometrics is part of the core economics component. The Advance Economic Analysis specialization also includes advanced econometrics and Bayesian econometrics subjects.
Yes. RES 699 Comprehensive Academic Thesis carries three credits in the revised 60-credit structure.
Curriculum administration, eligibility, admission, examinations, results, academic completion, and degree award follow the applicable rules and regulations of Kathmandu University.
