MSc Economics

Our MSc in Economics will provide you with rigorous training in the three main strands of economics:

• microeconomics
• macroeconomics
• econometrics

Alongside these core topics, you will be able to explore specialist areas to enhance your skills around your interests and career aspirations. These include:

• macroeconomic or public policy economics
• banking
• investment decision-making
• environmental and behavioural economics
• machine learning methods in economics

Dissertation or Consultancy Project
The course culminates with either a traditional dissertation or a consultancy project.

Dissertation
You can choose to do a dissertation on an economic area that interests you or that is most useful in your career. This will allow you to apply your newly acquired knowledge to a specific problem or debate.

Consultancy Project
The consultancy project is an alternative to the dissertation. You’ll work on a consultancy or research-based project with an external organisation, helping them to address a real-world business challenge. You’ll conduct appropriate research and data analysis (if necessary), before presenting your findings as a written report and presentation.

Consultancy project numbers are limited each year. You’ll apply for a suitable project with one of our external partners and will receive support from us during this process. If a suitable project can’t be secured, you will complete a dissertation instead.

Find out more about the consultancy project

Use specialist facilities
You’ll have access to some of the latest industry-standard statistical, mathematical and econometric software in our computer labs, including EViews, Stata, Matlab and Python.

Access to top-tier international databases will allow you to access up-to-the-minute data on real-world trends to enhance your learning experience.

Gain important career skills
On successful completion of the course, you will be able to:

• analyse economic and financial data and critically evaluate existing research
• understand the key issues surrounding major economic debates and contribute to these
• apply economic concepts to specific economic and social policy questions
• formulate an original research question and write at an academic level

We limit student numbers on this course to ensure a collegiate atmosphere and a high degree of interaction between students and lecturers.

Graduate prospects
This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and abilities required to secure work as a professional economist in government, research units or commercial enterprises. It also provides suitable preparation for doctoral study and future careers in academia.

Recent graduates have gone on to work in a number of different roles within economics across the world. These include:

• Principal Case Officer, Competition and Markets Authority (UK)
• Economic Advisor, Department for Education (UK)
• Chief Analyst, Enterprise Lithuania
• Senior Tax Consultant, KPMG (Kazakhstan)
• Investment Manager, private equity company (Czech Republic)
• Director, Regional Sector Research, Emirates NBD Global Markets and Treasury Department (United Arab Emirates)

Others have chosen to continue their careers in academia.

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