Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time, two years part-time
Master economic theory and use data analysis to address key problems faced by contemporary developing economies. Use your inquisition to explore global poverty, inequality, malnutrition, civil strife and institution failure. Build skills in quantitative research methods and critically analyse the policies aimed to overcome economic underdevelopment.
Pursue careers in national and international organisations, business and the financial sector, and overseas governments by capitalizing on the School’s unique decades-long research expertise in this area.
Build on your existing knowledge, abilities and skills by developing a deeper understanding of development economics, sustainable economic growth and environmental valuation, whilst choosing modules and areas of interest to specialise in. You’ll develop the skills necessary for independent research and application in the area of development economics.
A first or second class honours degree from the UK or an equivalent internationally recognised qualification in a sciences or social sciences subject. Applicants must also have a good level of quantitative skills (eg a pre-university school qualification in mathematics).
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Kent has an excellent record for postgraduate employment: over 92% of our postgraduate students who graduated in 2017 and responded to a national survey were in work or further study within six months (DLHE).
A postgraduate degree in the area of economics is a particularly valuable and flexible qualification that can open the door to exciting careers in many professions. Our graduates have gone on to work as economists in international organisations, the financial sector, business, UK and overseas governments, and to further postgraduate training and academic careers at Kent, UK and overseas universities. Recent MSc graduates have gone on to work for companies in the UK such as BNP Paribas, AXA, FactSet and PwC.
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