MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics

at London School of Economics

The programme comprises ten months of full-time study. You take three compulsory courses and a fourth elective course. You are also required to attend an introductory course.

Please note ten-month full time master's programmes are not compliant with the Bologna process, which may affect the extent to which they are recognised. For more information, see Bologna process).

Advanced Microeconomics
Focuses on the emphasis to mathematical methods following a proof-based approach, and provides a firm grounding in classical microeconomic theory as well as a variety of recent developments from behavioural economics and other fields.

Advanced Macroeconomics
Provides a thorough grounding in macroeconomics. This will include assessing the business cycle and the main techniques used to analyse modern macroeconomics models.

Econometric Analysis
Covers advanced treatment of the theory of estimation and inference for econometric models.

Courses to the value of one unit from a range of options

Minimum entry requirements for MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
 

• First class honours degree or equivalent with strong technical background in engineering, physical science, econometrics, statistics, mathematics, economics or other similarly quantitative fields.
• Competition for places at the School is high. This means that even if you meet our minimum entry requirements, this does not guarantee you an offer of admission. 
• If you have studied or are studying outside of the UK then please have a look at our Information for International Students to find out the entry requirements that apply to you.

GRE/GMAT requirement

GRE is required for applicants without a UK undergraduate degree. GRE scores must be no more than five years old on 1 October 2022.  You must include full and percentile test scores for all three sections with your application. Typically we expect you to score over 163 in the quantitative section of the test. A higher score will count in your favour, but other information, such as examination results and references will also matter in the overall evaluation. We recognise that if your first language is not English, the verbal test will be more demanding and we view your score on that basis.

Every graduate student is charged a fee for their programme.

The fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It does not cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

Tuition fees 2022/23 for MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
Home students: £31,584
Overseas students: £32,208

Quick Careers Facts for the Department of Economics
Median salary of our PG students six months after graduating: £43,500 

Top 5 sectors our students work in:

• Financial service activities
• Legal and accounting activities
• Management consultancy activities
• Education
• Public administration and defence

The data was collected as part of the Graduate Outcomes survey, which is administered by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Graduates from 2017-18 were the first group to be asked to respond to Graduate Outcomes. Median salaries are calculated for respondents who are paid in UK pounds sterling.

Our former students are employed as economists in a wide range of national and international organisations in government, international institutions, business and finance. In recent years, our graduates have gained employment in organisations such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, NERA Economic Consulting, PwC, Deloitte, Compass Lexecon, McKinsey, IMF, World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bundesbank, Bank of England, and HM Treasury.

Approximately one third of students proceed to PHD programmes at LSE or other leading universities such as MIT, Princeton, Stanford, UC Berkeley, NYU, Northwestern, UPenn, Columbia, Yale, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, Wharton, Kellogg, Berkeley Haas, UCLA, Michigan, Duke, Caltech, Wisconsin-Madison and Cornell.