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Finance & Economic Development – (M.Sc.)
University of Glasgow
Business School
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,290 - ≈ € 13,520 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Glasgow / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Glasgow
* Every year a few students from this programme may be selected to collaborate with major development organisations including DFiD and Oxfam as part of their MSc dissertation.
* You will be encouraged to attend our annual series of practitioners’ talks and annual Economics seminar series.
* MSc: 12 months full-time
Teaching is based on formal lectures of two hours per week which also allow opportunities for class discussion. Some courses also involve lab sessions with students using specialised software, for instance in the study of econometrics.
You will take four compulsory courses and select three optional courses from the list below. MSc candidates also write a 12,000-15,000-word dissertation.
Compulsory courses
* Growth and development
* Money, finance and growth
* Financial institutions and markets in developing countries.
* Research methods and dissertation training.
Optional courses
* Aid and development
* Basic econometrics
* Development policy
* Environmental economics
* Financial sector stability and growth
* Foreign direct investment and development
* International finance and money
* International macro economics and policy
* International trade
* Project planning, appraisal and implementation
* The Economics of Inequality and Deprivation
* The IMF, World Bank and economic growth.
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Teaching is based on formal lectures of two hours per week which also allow opportunities for class discussion. Some courses also involve lab sessions with students using specialised software, for instance in the study of econometrics.
You will take four compulsory courses and select three optional courses from the list below. MSc candidates also write a 12,000-15,000-word dissertation.
Compulsory courses
* Growth and development
* Money, finance and growth
* Financial institutions and markets in developing countries.
* Research methods and dissertation training.
Optional courses
* Aid and development
* Basic econometrics
* Development policy
* Environmental economics
* Financial sector stability and growth
* Foreign direct investment and development
* International finance and money
* International macro economics and policy
* International trade
* Project planning, appraisal and implementation
* The Economics of Inequality and Deprivation
* The IMF, World Bank and economic growth.
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Register Now!Requirements
Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified.
If your first language is not English, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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