Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree QEM (EMJMD): Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics
The QEM Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics is a Master's programme
- with a duration of two academic years (120 ECTS credits).
- it is expected that the student carries out their entire course work attending at least two universities of the QEM Consortium: Université catholique de Louvain-ESL - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Università Ca’Foscari Venezia - SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Note: The mobility track and a joint curriculum are defined and fixed for each accepted candidate during the admission process.
Students can choose to apply for the Erasmus Mundus Programme QEM (Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics) and profit particularly from close cooperation between five leading European universities:
- Université catholique de Louvain-ESL
- Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Università Ca’Foscari Venezia
- SGH Warsaw School of Economics
A standardized curriculum at all partner universities, joint degrees and longer student exchanges at partner universities are only a few characteristics of the renowned program. See all the details here:
Erasmus Mundus Programme QEM (Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics) and the list of courses offered at UCLouvain
General Objective
The programme aims at enabling excellent graduates to deal successfully with complex economic problems accross international and cultural boundares and offers two orientations to train either high-level researches in economics or "economic engineers".
Program structure
The QEM Master is divided into four semesters of study, with a mandatory mobility of at least one semester.
In the first year,
- focuses on core courses including Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics and Mathematics (Probability, Statistics and Optimization).
- all students enrolled to the QEM program spend the first semester in the same university, either in Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne or in Ca' Foscari University of Venice
- the second semester(30 credits) is spent in any partner university (mobility track): Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UCLouvain-ESL - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - Warsaw School of Economics.
The second year
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focuses on specialization and is spent in one of the five consortium universities: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UCLouvain-ESL - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - Warsaw School of Economics.
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there are several areas of specialization on offer, such as:
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- International Economics
- Finance
- Econometrics
- Mathematical Economics
- Game Theory
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economics
- Public Economics
- Political Economy
- Insurance
- Finance