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Economics MA at Keele University - UCAS

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2024 - 20252025 - 2026
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4Dec
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Course summary

Develop advanced economic expertise and decision-making skills vital for addressing contemporary economic challenges. Explore, evaluate and employ advanced economic models on our Economics MA to inform decision-making by all stakeholders, including private businesses and policy-makers. Why choose this course?

  • Access to our Bloomberg Suite with all its economic, financial and business real-time data, world news, analyses and reports from the world’s leading financial organisations.
  • Gain substantial practical experience through a consultancy project or work placement.
  • Large choice of optional modules allows you to tailor your studies to match your interests.
  • Study alongside innovative companies based in Keele Business School.
What are the economic motives and behaviours of everyone from individuals and households through to international organisations and governments? How will you as an economist deliver better economic outcomes for all market participants? Our Economics MA has been curated to provide you with an advanced skillset in key areas of applied economics to facilitate your development as a successful economist who can contend with the economic challenges we face in an ever-changing world. Our focused structure will give you the space to master the monetary rationale of economic interactions so you can become confident in applied economic theory and applied research skills, with a clear policy focus. We’ve embedded employability into the programme with opportunities to engage with local employers through our consultancy and placement projects and develop relationships with professional bodies such as the Government Economic Service via guest lectures and research projects. You will graduate as an extremely employable economist with analytical skills which are highly sought after by government departments and the private sector. You will develop expertise in areas including advanced cost benefit analysis, the design of policy briefings, The Green Book, monetisation of non-marketed goods and the calculation of carbon footprints. Plus, these skills are enhanced through the programme's optional and dissertation modules which are designed to deliver high quality employability skills. About Keele Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university. We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level. Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.

Modules

For a list of indicative modules please visit the course page on the Keele University website.

Entry requirements

2:2 degree in any subject

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Information relating to the tuition fees and funding options for this course can be viewed on the course page on the Keele University website: https://www.keele.ac.uk/study/postgraduatestudy/postgraduatecourses/economicsma/
Economics MA at Keele University - UCAS