Economics MSc

Reino Unido

¿Qué aprenderé?

Pave the way for a career as a professional economist or for doctoral study, with a thorough grounding in all the core areas of economics.

Our MSc Economics is a taught master’s degree that offers rigorous training in the main strands of economics:

  • microeconomics
  • macroeconomics
  • econometrics

The course gives you the broad knowledge needed to work as a professional economist or undertake doctoral study.

Alongside the core topics, you will have the chance to delve into areas like financial economics, growth theory and environmental economics.

Developing practical skills to take with you into your career is a fundamental aspect of the course. We will enhance your research abilities throughout the course; particularly during the dissertation you work on over the summer under the supervision of one of our experienced lecturers.

You can choose to conduct your dissertation on an economic area that interests you most, or that is most useful in your career. It’s a chance to apply your newly acquired knowledge to a specific problem or debate.

Our students have previously explored topics as wide-ranging as the effectiveness of tax credit policies to how financial transaction taxes can be used to regulate financial markets.

We also offer a dedicated unit in research methods, which will allow you to practice using specialist software packages to analyse data, including EViews, Stata and Matlab.

By the end of this 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 give you the knowledge and level of skills required to secure work as a professional economist in government, research units or commercial enterprises. It is also suited to if you're wishing to undertake doctoral study.

Recent graduates have progressed to jobs around the world, including:

  • Economic Advisor, Department for Education (UK)
  • Chief Analyst, Enterprise Lithuania
  • Principal Case Officer,Competition and Markets Authority (UK)
  • 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 stay in academia.

¿En cuál departamento estoy?

Economics

Opciones de estudio

a tiempo completo (1 )

Costos de estudio
£26.500,00 (US$ 33.373) por año
Esta es una tarifa fija

*El precio que se muestra es una referencia, por favor verificar con la institución

Aplicaciones hasta

30 June 2024

Fecha de inicio

30 Septiembre 2024

Lugar

University of Bath

Claverton Down,

Bath,

Bath And North East Somerset,

BA2 7AY, England

Requerimiento de entrada

Para estudiantes internacionales

You should have a bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above. To apply for this course you should have an undergraduate degree in either economics or an appropriate quantitative subject such as engineering, computer science, mathematics or physics. IELTS: 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in all components. TOEFL IBT: 90 overall with a minimum 21 in all 4 components

Puede haber diferentes requisitos de IELTS en función del curso elegido.

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Acerca de University of Bath

University of Bath ofrece a sus estudiantes una educación de primer nivel, con excelentes instalaciones en una ubicación idílica.

  • Ocupó el 7° lugar en Guardian University Guide 2023
  • Ubicada en Bath, Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO
  • El 30% de su población estudiantil es internacional
  • Ofrece cuatro conjuntos de Becas a estudiantes internacionales

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