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MSc Economics (Policy Evaluation and Data Analysis)

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    MSc Full-time: 1 year

Course Description

Economics helps us decipher and shape our complex world. It offers unparalleled insights into how decisions by individuals, businesses, and the government affect important aspects of everyone’s life, including employment opportunities, the prices of products and services, and the overall standards of living.

Our MSc in Economics (Policy Evaluation and Data Analysis) will help you build on your undergraduate studies to develop advanced capabilities in the discipline with an emphasis on learning how to conduct evidence-based policy analysis. Our specific focus on policy evaluation means you will be trained in methods to measure causal effects in microeconomics including programme evaluation methods and decomposition techniques, models for survival analysis and panel data models.

The programme is designed to prepare you for a range of careers in which advanced economics analysis and independent thought are required, such as in government and business, think tanks and consulting. Graduates of the programme are also well placed for further study in economics.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of a 2:1 UK honours degree in chemistry, computer science, economics, engineering, maths, physics, statistics.

Alternatively, another degree subject including 60 per cent (UK or equivalent) in macroeconomics and microeconomics and 60 per cent (UK or equivalent) in one module from algebra, calculus, maths, probability, quantitative methods or statistics.

Applicants not meeting the above entry requirements who hold a 2.2 in a relevant subject may still be considered if they hold a minimum of 12 months graduate work experience in a position relevant to the programme to which they have applied.

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Student Destinations

The MSc Economics (Policy Evaluation and Data Analysis) programme launched in 2023. Graduates from our existing MA/MSc programmes have recently embarked on careers in roles such as:

  • Economists
  • Analysts (finance, business, data, trade, investment, and sales)
  • Audit managers
  • Consultants
  • Economic advisors
  • Regulatory advisors.

Others have gone on to study towards PhDs at the University of Surrey and in other top schools.

Module Details

  • ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ECONOMICS Compulsory 1
  • ECONOMETRICS 1 Compulsory 1
  • MACROECONOMICS Compulsory 1
  • MICROECONOMICS Compulsory 1
  • ECONOMETRICS 2 Compulsory 2
  • ENERGY ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY Optional 2
  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY RESOURCE ECONOMICS Optional 2
  • FIRMS AND MARKETS Optional 2
  • PRINCIPLES OF DATA SCIENCE Optional 2
  • PROGRAMME AND POLICY EVALUATION Compulsory 2
  • TOPICS IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS Optional 2
  • RESEARCH METHODS Compulsory Year-long

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