Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year
How does economics impact strategic decision making? Could the government achieve more efficient fiscal outcomes? How can advanced economic and statistical tools bring real-world impacts for businesses and governments?
Our flagship masters course offers a flexible postgraduate experience, allowing you to choose modules from both advanced theoretical and applied economic methods and finance to suit your needs. This course will help you develop an advanced understanding of the analytical and technical aspects of modern economics.
Drawing on the diverse expertise of our academics, you can specialise in contemporary areas of economics that align with your aspirations and interests, such as public economics, time series econometrics, and corporate finance. By the end of the course, you will have developed and completed a research project, gaining essential analytical and technical skills.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in economics or a degree which meets the module requirements below.
Whether you’re interested in a career as an economist in the public or private sector, commerce, finance or academia, you will be supported by our expert team to develop key employable skills such as critical thinking, mathematics, analysis and quantitative research.
Over 90% of our graduates are in employment or further study within 15 months of graduation (Graduate Outcomes, 2021/22). Our students are highly sought after by companies around the world and have gone on to work at:
Our students have also secured places at other top institutions, such as London Business School, to complete further education in research.
Core modules:
Microeconomic Analysis
Macroeconomic Analysis
Econometric Methods
Optional modules - one from:
Corporate Finance
Behavioural Finance Core modules - one from:
Applied Econometrics: Cross-sectional and Panel Data Approaches
Applied Econometrics: Time Series Approaches
Optional modules - three from:
Derivatives, Options, and Securities
Applied Econometrics: Cross-sectional and Panel Data Approaches
Applied Econometrics: Time Series Approaches
Public Economics
Theory of Banking
International Money and Finance
Industrial Organisation
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