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Awarding body:

Essec Asian Center

Start Date:

Sep-10

Modules:

The courses are Introduction to Finance and Portfolio Theory (20 hours), Mathematics for Economics and Finance (20 hours), Microeconomics (30 hours), Advanced Microeconomics for Economics and Finance (27 hours), Econometrics for Economics and Finance (27 hours), Macroeconomics (27 hours), Applied Statistics (30 hours), Game Theory (27 hours), Advanced Micro-Econometrics (27 hours), Time Series Analysis in Economics (27 hours), Advanced Macroeconomics (27 hours), Advanced Microeconomics (27 hours), Research Seminar 1: Professor Seminar (27 hours), Research Seminar 2: Student Seminar (27 hours), Reading Seminar on Specialized Subjects (30 hours), and five electives from Economics of Information, Corporate Governance, Numerical Methods, Monetary Economics, Environmental Economics, Economics of Education, Health Economics.

Cost:

10000 € per year for first 2 years (European Union student: 5000 € per year), after two years 2400 € per year (exceptional waiver when student in non-residence)

Duration:

4 Year(s)

Study mode:

Full time

Course description:

This concentration provides students with a solid grounding in economic theory, as well as the analytical and statistical tools needed to conduct high-quality theoretical and empirical research. The programme is conducted jointly with the University of Cergy-Pontoise (Paris), one of the leading French universities in Economics and Finance, which allows for a wide range of courses/seminars as well as research facilities, varied experiences, and supervision for students.

Entry requirements:

Applicants should have an outstanding (four year) bachelor’s degree (BA, BSc or equivalent) or higher qualification (a master’s degree would be an asset). French students can apply with “Bac +4” or more and European students with a Master in Research (MRes). Successful applicants would gain exemption from certain courses/seminars and depending on their background, would follow a sequence of courses/seminars covering approximately one year instead of two. The program is open to top students from business and economics schools, but also from fields such as engineering, hard sciences, psychology, sociology, philosophy, etc. They should have GMAT or GRE scores and TOEFL scores.

Application deadline:

31-Jan-10 15-May-10

Application details:

Applicant must submit the application form online. They must submit three letters of recommendation; statement of purpose; copies of high GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) or GRE (Graduate Record Examination) scores; and TOEFL scores.

While Hotcourses makes every effort to ensure course information is correct at time it is submitted, all information is indicative only and course details are subject to change. Please check all details with ESSEC Asian Center.