Course summary

The MPhil in Economics is a one-year master’s degree that runs from early September to late June. This degree is specifically aimed at candidates who are interested in undertaking a master’s degree that will give them the technical training required to undertake a career as a professional economist working for, say, the UK Government Economic Service, or an economics consultancy. Learning Outcomes On completion of the MPhil degree students should have:

• acquired advanced technical training in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics;

• acquired, through optional papers, some knowledge of work at the frontiers of the subject in particular areas;

• begun to acquire independent research skills and experience of putting them into practice;

• acquired experience in preparing written work to a strict timetable; and

• acquired sufficient knowledge and understanding of advanced economics to proceed to a career as a professional economist in business or government.