Descriptif

The Master in Economics is jointlyoffe- red by École Polytechnique, ENSAE ParisTech, ENS Cachan, HEC Paris and theUniversityofParisSud.Theobjective of this two-year program is to provide an advanced training in economics to students who want to become professio- nal economists working in government, central banking, international organizations, consulting, and finance or in academicresearch.

The Master in Economics trainsstudents to have a sound expertise in economics. The program heavily relies on advanced quantitative methods for boththeoretical and empirical analysis. In the first year, studentslearnthemaintoolsusedineco- nomicsandtheirmostimportantapplica- tions. This is, by far, the most important year in the training of aneconomist.

Students who choose to stay for the second year will specialize within subfields of economics (finance, games and decision theory, industrial economics, macroeco- nomics, international economics, public economics, labor economics, sustainable development, and econometrics). By the end of that year, they should be familiar with the research frontier within their main area of specialization.

The Master in Economics is entirely taught in English.