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Financial Economics MRes and MPhil/PhD

UCL (University College London)

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UCL (University College London)

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    UCL (University College London) - Bloomsbury Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    28-SEP-26

  • Duration

    5 Years

Course summary

This is a joint programme between the UCL School of Management and the Department of Economics offering a unique education and research experience to give students an advanced understanding of financial economics. This highly selective programme provides students with the skills needed to conduct insightful and original research, preparing them for an academic career in the field. The MRes and MPhil/PhD in Financial Economics is a five-year programme, run jointly by two of UCL’s leading departments, the Department of Economics and the School of Management, providing you with rigorous quantitative training in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, and finance, taught in the context of cutting-edge research and relevant applications in the field. In your first year, you’ll thoroughly engage with new analytical frameworks and develop the skills to identify relevant, topical, and highly promising research topics within financial economics, leaving you confident to present new ideas for feedback, as well as provide critical feedback to others. The following four years (conditional upon your successful progression from the MRes to MPhil/PhD) will focus on fostering the skills you’ll need to run complex research projects from ideation through to completion, and to eventually present your research findings and methodology to a diverse range of specialised audiences. Your teaching, mentoring, and interpersonal skills will also be developed during this time. The MRes + MPhil/PhD in Financial Economics nurtures future world-leading researchers to push the frontiers of financial economics. We therefore seek graduates who strongly aspire to pursue academic careers in top business schools or departments of economics in world-class universities, or the research groups of international institutions or central banks. This programme is ideal for you if you are intellectually curious, self-disciplined, and passionate about finance, economics, and people. You should be enthusiastic and full of stamina, well-prepared to commit to a rigorous and intellectually demanding research programme.

Tuition fees

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£ 19,300per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

UCL (University College London)

UCL (University College London)

  • University League Table

    13th

  • Campus address

    UCL (University College London) - Bloomsbury Campus, Gower Street, London, Greater London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Economics

    7th out of 76

  • Entry standards

    / Max 223
    175 78%

    9th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    93.0 93%

    2nd

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.07 77%

    55th

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