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MSc Economics

  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    MSc Full-time: 1 year Part-time: 2 years

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 will help you build on your undergraduate studies to develop advanced capabilities in the discipline and you will benefit from a boost in skills that are relevant to the modern world.

The programme is designed to prepare you for a range of careers in which advanced economics analysis and independent thought can contribute to fulfilling your professional ambitions. Also, graduates of the programme are 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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Programme Funding

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Student Destinations

Some of our masters graduates 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 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
  • ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS Compulsory 2
  • ADVANCED MICROECONOMICS Compulsory 2
  • ECONOMETRICS 2 Compulsory 2
  • ENERGY ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY Optional 2
  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY RESOURCE ECONOMICS Optional 2
  • FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS Optional 2
  • FIRMS AND MARKETS Optional 2
  • TOPICS IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS Optional 2
  • RESEARCH METHODS Compulsory Year-long

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