University College Dublin

Course Description

• This program is offered by UCD School of Economics, Ireland’s leading economics department, led by internationally reputed experts in their specializations who closely interact with students through smaller class sizes, seminars, and direct supervision
• This one-year course provides high-quality quantitative training in economics, a focus on advanced research methods, and a supervised research thesis
• School members play a significant role in debating economic policy issues and in contributing to the formulation of economic policy
• Students get a rigorous grounding in using mathematical and statistical methods to derive, test, and apply formal economic models
• In addition to core modules in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics, students have the option of completing a two-term specialization in either Statistics or one of Behavioural Economics, Law and Economics of Competition, Environmental and Energy Economics or Development Economics