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MSc Economics and International Financial Economics

  • DeadlineStudy Details: MSc 1 year full-time

Course Description

Our exciting MSc in Economics and International Financial Economics is designed to link economic theory and empirical economics with the practice of international finance.

The course will provide you with a thorough grounding in advanced core areas of microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, econometrics and research methods, plus the opportunity to specialise in international financial economics, engaging in contemporary theoretical and empirical debates.

You will be automatically enrolled on a pre-sessional Mathematics and Statistics programme to equip you with the relevant methodological skills you need to succeed. By the end of the course, you will be able to read and understand research papers and articles in academic journals, build theoretical models, and initiate empirical research and evaluate its findings.

Entry Requirements

2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) specialising mainly in economics. This means you should have achieved a good standard in undergraduate courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics/economic statistics at an intermediate level.

We also expect a good standard achieved in mathematics taken at undergraduate level.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

We offer a variety of postgraduate funding options for study at the University of Warwick, from postgraduate loans, university scholarships, fee awards, to academic department bursaries.

Student Destinations

Graduates from our Master’s courses have gone on to work for employers including:

  • Bank of America
  • Bank of China
  • China Merchants Bank
  • Citibank
  • Deloitte
  • EY
  • European Central Bank
  • Frontier Economics
  • HM Treasury
  • HSBC
  • IMF
  • KPMG
  • World Trade Organisation

Module Details

Core modules

The following basic structure applies to MSc Economics and International Financial Economics:

  • Microeconomics A or Microeconomics B
  • Macroeconomics A or Macroeconomics B
  • Quantitative Methods: Econometrics A or Quantitative Methods: Econometrics B
  • Dissertation

Optional modules

Optional modules can vary from year to year. Example optional modules may include:

  • Topics in Global Finance
  • Investment and the Financial System
  • Game Theory
  • International Trade
  • Monetary Economics
  • Public Economics

You will choose three optional modules to complete.

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