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How should trade be managed to promote both social welfare and the interests of workers and firms? How should merger policy be managed to balance the interests of merging firms and others that share the industry? How should financial markets and financial instruments be designed to promote economic stability and growth? If your first degree isn't in economics, or your economics training doesn't provide sufficient experience for our MSc courses, MA Economics may be for you.

What will a post COVID-19 world look like? Can you predict when the economy will recover? How will we adapt to overcome the challenges posed by pandemic uncertainty? Economics isn't optional to study right now: it's vital to our future well-being in a post COVID-19 world.

Our three-year pathway in the Department of Economics for the PhD economics degree gives you the chance to ask difficult questions, break intellectual boundaries and create new solutions to issues of global concern. You work closely with our creative and committed academics - researchers who are pioneering new solutions to these issues, inspiring your own research.

How do investors make their decisions? How do firms arrange their finances? Our MA Financial Economics is designed for those whose first degree isn't in economics but who want to understand the financial aspects of economics in greater depth.Are you particularly interested in the financial aspects of economics? Do you want answers to questions such as, what drives stock prices? How should assets be allocated among a portfolio of possible investments? How do international financial markets work? Is it true that they suffer from systemic risk? If so, welcome home.

How do firms choose which markets to enter? How should contracts be designed to maximize incentives? Our MA Financial Economics is designed for those whose first degree isn't in economics but who want to understand industrial strategy, management as well as core economics in greater depth.

Discover the problems that face the developing world through a variety of perspectives. Our MA International Development explores the most pressing issues in international development throughout a range of social scientific standpoints.

How does trade affect the global economy? What determines international flows of capital? Our MA International Economics is designed for those whose first degree isn't in economics but who want to understand trade, international finance as well as core economics in greater depth.Maybe you're particularly fascinated by the international aspects of economics? Do you want to study the economic interactions between countries and understand the economics of international trade? Do you want to examine the effects of market conditions on the level and distribution of welfare and economic growth? If so, welcome home.

Please be aware that this course is temporarily suspended for the 2024-25 academic year only.Would you like to develop expertise in theoretical and applied issues of international economic relations? Our MSc International Economics gives you this knowledge, plus a critical awareness of the integration of theory, data, and analysis in relation to international economics.

Please be aware that this course is temporarily suspended for the 2024-25 academic year only.Why are banking and finance so important for our economy? How do banks work? How do their activities affect business cycle fluctuations or even economic crises? And how can economic policy, particularly monetary policy, steer the banking sector and the overall economy towards desirable outcomes? If you wish to pursue a career in the financial industry, central banks, civil service or academia, MSc Money and Banking is for you.

Are you looking for a career in the emerging industry of Financial Technology? Electronic stock markets, mobile banking, cryptocurrencies, robo advisors, copy trading and peer-peer platforms are transforming the financial services sector.