Master in Economics - Professional Focus
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
30 Mar 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
15 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 835 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* The annual regular tuition fee is €835, but it can vary from zero to more than €4,000, depending on the student’s economic status, nationality and other factors.
Introduction
The Professional Master is a high-quality program designed to offer training to pursue a high-level professional career by integrating a large set of subjects in economics. It provides the needed skills and tools to become a “problem solver” by understanding economic analysis and its applications to real-life situations.
- Master 120 in economics / Professional Focus / General Orientation - ECON2MS/G
- Bilingual (FR/EN)
- Programme organised with the University of Namur (part of options and electives taught at UNamur - 20km away from Louvain-la-Neuve)
A 2-year program - 120 credits (FR / EN)
Structure Over the 2 Years
- Core Course - 5 credits
- Professional Focus - 30 credits
- 3 Options of Specialization - 45 credits
- 4 Electives - 20 credits
- 1 Thesis - 20 credits
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Curriculum
Core Course - 30 credits
1 econometrics course among the following 3 :
- LECON2031 Applied Econometrics: Time series - UCLouvain
- LECON2033 Applied econometrics: microeconometrics - UCLouvain
- ECONM826 Applied econometrics - UNamur
1 reflective learning course among the following 3 - 5 credits
- LECON2421 - History of economic and social development - UCLouvain
- LECON2061 - Philosophy and epistemology of economics - UCLouvain
- ECONM907 - Institutional Foundations of Markets - UNamur
Thesis - 20 credits
Professional Focus - 30 credits
1 course - 10 credits
LECON2806 - Using economic tools to solve global challenges
1 seminar of contemporary economic issues (SACTU) among 4 - 5 credits
- LECON2446 SACTU I - Energy transition and climate change - UCLouvain
- LECON2373 SACTU II - Macro-Financial consequences and economic policy implications of the energy crisis and climate change - UNamur
- LECON2382 SACTU III - European Economic Policy in Africa - UCLouvain
- LECON2820 SACTU IV - Global Commodity Markets: Recent Developments and Policy Issues - UNamur
Fall 3 or Spring 4
1 internship (15 credits) OR 1 International Exchange (30 credits)
If Internship, add 4 Elective courses (see under for the whole list of Options)
Options - 45 Credits
3 OPTIONS of SPECIALIZATION (OS) among the following 11 - 30 credits (1 option = at least 3 courses = 15 credits)
English or Bilingual (FR/EN) taught at UCLouvain or UNamur
- OS2 Macroeconomics: Structural Policies (FR) - UNamur
- OS4 Finance: Monnaies (FR/EN) - UCLouvain
- OS5 Development: Poverty and Institutions (EN) - UNamur
- OS10. Firm's strategies (EN) - UCLouvain
- OS9. Economie et société (FR/EN) - UCLouvain
- OS6. Macroeconomics: Cycle and Conjuncture (EN) - UCLouvain
- OS3 Finance: Markets (EN) - UNamur
- OS6. Development: Growth and Globalisation (FR/EN) - UCLouvain
- OS7. Economics of Public Intervention (EN) - UNamur
- OS8. Labor and Human Resource Economics (FR/EN) - UCLouvain
- OS1 International Economics (EN) - UCLouvain
1 seminar of economic analysis (SAE) among the following 4 courses - 5 credits (Descriptions are available via the ESL intranet)
- LECON 2476 SAE I - Digital Economy: EU Policies - UNamur
- LECON 2486 SAE III - Applying Behavioral Insights in Practice - UCLouvain
- LECON 2416 SAE II - Economics of Inequality - UCLouvain
- LECON 2824 SAE IV - Gender Discrimination - UNamur
Boot Camp
The Bootcamp is Mandatory for all Newcomer (students) registered in an ESL master’s in economics.
- 5 modules of 3 hours each (2 hours Theory + 1 hour Practice)
- 2 instructors in Methodology & Statistics
- Exercises given by ESL Data Analyst
- Attendance Mandatory for the 5 modules
Module 1 Stata (Introduction)
- Data import and collection automation
- Data management
- Automatic reporting
Module 2 Stata (Advanced)
- Descriptive statistics and graphs
- Advanced data management
- Programming tips
Module 3 R (Introduction)
- Data import and collection automation
- Data management
- Descriptive statistics and graphs
Module 4 R (Advanced)
- Advanced data management
- Programming tips
- Automatic reporting
Module 5 Scientific writing using LaTeX
- Introduction to LaTeX syntax
- Most common packages Using LaTeX locally and online
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Program Admission Requirements
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