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Economics

Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
BarcelonaSpain
On campus
Full-time
€16,500.00/year
 1000 Points
Duration
1 Year
Language
English
Apply date
Sep 2024

Program Description

The Barcelona GSE Economics Program prepares students for technically demanding jobs and doctoral programs.

The Economics Program's dual theoretical and empirical approach gives students an excellent grounding and deep understanding of the field's foundations and applications, with specific focus on data analysis. Students will learn how to use powerful analytical and quantitative tools, and they will design and conduct an independent master's project.

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Curriculum

Term 1

Econometric Methods I
Macroeconomics I
Microeconomics I

Term 2

Choose between the following courses:

Development Economics
Econometric Methods II
Macroeconomics II
Microeconomics II
Political Economy
Analysis of Spatial Data and Images
Foundations of Data Science
Behavioral Decision Making I: Attention, Experience and Influence
Business Economics
Optimization for Social Good
Topics in Applied Economics I: Gender Economics
Topics in Macroeconomics IV: Cities and the Geography of Growth
Topics in Macroeconomics V: Agglomeration and Economic Geography

Term 3

Master Project

Electives

Careers

  • Consulting Firms
  • Financial Services
  • Government & Authorities
  • International Organizations / Non-profits
  • Research & Academic Institutions
  • Other Industries

Examples of recent Economics placements:

  • Accenture − Data Analyst − Munich, Germany
  • Bloomberg − Data Analyst/Researcher − London, United Kingdom
  • Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA) − Junior Economist − London, United Kingdom
  • Compass Lexecon − Analyst − Paris, France
  • European Central Bank (ECB) − Trainee in Monetary Policy Strategy Division − Frankfurt, Germany
  • European Central Bank (ECB) − Traineeship − Frankfurt, Germany
  • Frontier Economics − Analyst − London, United Kingdom
  • Goldman Sachs − Macro Research Internship − London, United Kingdom
  • Inter-American Development Bank − Research Fellow − Washington DC, United States
  • J.P. Morgan − Junior Economics − London, United Kingdom
  • JPAL − Policy and Research Analyst − Lima, Peru
  • KPMG − Financial Risk Management Consultant − Barcelona, Spain
  • OECD − Traineeship − Paris, France
  • Oxford Economics − Graduate Programme − London, United Kingdom
  • The Brattle Group − Research Analyst − London/Brussels, United Kingdom
  • UBS − Investment Banking Analyst − London, United Kingdom
  • United Nations (UN) − Consultant − Montevideo, Uruguay
  • University of Zurich − Research Assistant − Zurich, Switzerland
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