Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
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Study Details: 2 years
The MSc Economic Policy with Work Placement Year programme offers training in the understanding and critical evaluation of economic policy issues, design and solutions, their foundation in the evolution of economic theory and methods, as well as critical discussion of the application of policy design to real-world problems without requiring a first degree in Economics for enrolment.
It offers distinct core modules that enables you to engage with debates in economic theory and policy in advanced as well as developing regions. It also provides a programme structure that develop qualitative and quantitative research capabilities.
For your placement year, you will have the opportunity to take part in a full-time, 10–12 month work placement at an organisation of your choice. Please note: you will be expected to secure the work placement yourself, to be approved by the academic department. The SOAS Careers team are on hand to help you with your CV, interview skills and finding the right organisation for you.
Students on this programme can apply for a dissertation co-supervised with key international organisations, such as the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Bank.
We will consider all applications with 2:2 (or international equivalent) or higher. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application such as supporting statement. References are optional, but can help build a stronger application if you fall below the 2:2 requirement or have non-traditional qualifications.
Economics graduates leave SOAS with a solid grounding in statistical skills and an ability to think laterally, take a global perspective, and employ critical reasoning.
Recent graduates from the Department of Economics have been hired by:
Bain & Co
Bank of America
Cabinet Office
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
KPMG
NHS England
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
HSBC
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi
UK Civil Service
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
University of Bayreuth
HM Treasury
Department for International Development
PwC
UNDP
King’s Investment Fund
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The World Bank
EY
British Chamber of Commerce
Oxfam
RBS
Year 1 - Compulsory
Research Methods - 15 credits
Open
Global Economic Policy Analysis - 15 credits
Open
R Coding Workshops
Open
Essay Writing Workshop - Postgraduate Economics
Open
Principles of Statistics and Econometrics with R coding - 15 credits
Open
Perspectives in Economic Theory and Policy - 15 credits
Open
Year 1 - Guided options List A
Minimum of 45 credits to be selected from List A
Growth and Development - 15 credits
Open
International Finance - 15 credits
Open
Political Economy of Institutions - 15 credits
Open
Economic development in the Asia Pacific region - 15 credits
Open
Financial Systems and Economic Development - 15 credits
Open
Evaluation Methods for Economic Policy - 15 credits
Open
Advanced Econometrics with R coding - 15 credits
Open
Economics of Environment and Development - 15 credits
Open
Advanced Microeconomics - 15 credits
Open
Advanced Macroeconomics - 15 credits
Open
China and World Development - 15 credits
Open
Green Finance - 15 credits
Open
Data Analytics with Python - 15 credits
Open
Year 1 - Guided options List B
Up to 15 credits to be selected from List B
Gender and Development - 15 credits
Open
Global Commodity Chains, Production Networks and Informal Work - 15 credits
Open
Agrarian Development, Food Policy and Rural Poverty - 15 credits
Open
Aid and Development - 15 credits
Open
Labour, Activism and Global Development - 15 credits
Open
Global Health and Development - 15 credits
Open
Cities and Development - 15 credits
Open
Feminist Political Economy and Global Development - 15 credits
Open
International management - 15 credits
Open
Public Policy: Perspectives, Issues and Strategies - 15 credits
Open
Public Governance, Accountability and Transparency - 15 credits
Open
Emerging Market Finance - 15 credits
Open
Multinationals and Global Business - 15 credits
Open
Year 2 - Core
Placement Year and Research Project
Postgraduate Placement Year - 60 credits
Open
Research Project in Economic Policy - 60 credits
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