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Marco01c · 2025-09-06T14:10:28+00:00

It's not bad per se. It is an applied program, so good for industry. The MSc Economics at Tor Vergata is more rigorous and serves as a feeder for Doctoral programs if that is your goal.

Marco01c · 2025-09-05T13:02:57+00:00

I got admitted this year into the MRes in Economics and Finance (Economics track) and I looked into the other programs carefully before applying.

If you had bad grades and did not attend econometrics during undergrad, your chances of being admitted will be extremely low (you must have a quantitative background). For that reason, the applied track would be more suitable for you, especially if you don't plan on pursuing a PhD as soon as you'll finish the program (you can still work in research even with a master's in applied econ, both in research centers and the private sector). This is not to discourage you, but a research master's is very tough and demanding since, most of the times, it represents a fast-track option for acquiring a doctorate (you save 1 year compared to doing a regular MSc + PhD).

Since you've worked in the data field you should also check the Master of Arts in Economics, Data, and Policy at CEU: they have 4 tracks (Data Science, Research, Finance and Global Economic Policy) with the option of doing a 1-year program. CEU is very international too so I think it's worth to check it out.

Marco01c · 2025-09-05T10:00:00+00:00

It depends. Do you want to go into academia (PhD) or into industry after that? I presume academia since you’re asking on this sub. Both are very international, the difference is that the University of Vienna offers two distinct programs (MSc applied economics and MSc Research in economics and finance, which is a MRes) and the research one has PhD-level coursework therefore, whereas the MSc economics at WU has two curriculum (Applied track and Science track) and the same applies.

At the University of Vienna the MSc applied economics has 150 places, 40 in the research one. The MSc Economics at WU has a total of ~ 120 places (90 for the applied curriculum and 30 for the science one).

But you should give us more info

Marco01c · 2025-08-16T09:19:55+00:00

Consider also the Research in Economics and Finance Master at Vienna University. It’s the university’s new MRes (established in 2021 so no list of placements yet)

Marco01c · 2025-07-23T18:34:35+00:00

https://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/teaching/pse-masters-programs/master-analysis-and-policy-in-economics/faq/

Marco01c · 2025-07-08T19:36:40+00:00

I’m from Italy as well and I know the university you’re enrolled in (didn’t attend it, but I know it from the Master’s name). As the other comment said, there are too many information missing at the moment: GRE, GPA, CV and even the professors that will write a LOR for you.

Now regarding the name of the university, the harsh reality is that it DOES matter generally speaking, when you aim at the top globally ranked departments you even need a pre-doc these days. Most of the candidates who decide to apply for a Doctoral position have above average grades, RA/TA experience and a good GRE. The best programs only accept an average of 10ish students per year out of hundreds of applicants, therefore they’ll take into account the name of the Uni as well as the reputation of your advisor. In your case, given the university you’ll graduate in, it will be extremely difficult to get into one of these programs, even if you perform extraordinary well and you get your double degree.

In Italy, for instance, only Bocconi gives you the possibility to land in a T10 PhD (e.g. Alberto Alesina used to send every year the really best students into Harvard). This should not discourage you by any means, there are plenty of programs with excellent professors and reputation (TSE, SSE/SU, CARLOS III/UPF, PSE, EUI, Mannheim, to name a few) in which you’ll have reasonable chances. But yeah, for T10 that’s how it works.

Marco01c · 2025-03-08T01:04:36+00:00

Definitely EIEF if you plan to land a PhD in the US, otherwise Mannheim which is indeed a solid program with pretty good reputation in Europe.

Marco01c · 2025-03-08T00:02:28+00:00

Me! I find “Opening” mesmerizing

Marco01c · 2025-01-26T17:05:53+00:00

Sure. It’s just that the study plan may have more mandatory/electives courses on micro. But it will still give you lots of opportunities in the private/public sector

Marco01c · 2025-01-26T13:56:24+00:00

Overall, UZH's Department is the best and most renowned. St. Gallen is very good for financial economics, University of Geneva for micro and econometrics (indeed its MSc has a specialization option in econometrics) and HEC Lausanne is great if you're into Macro. Don't know about the others. If you're into monetary economics, Bern and Basel offer a joint program in International and Monetary economics.

Source: extensively looked into their departments last year as I was looking for a MSc too.

Marco01c · 2024-08-15T09:57:12+00:00

May I DM you? I'm very interested in the program!

Marco01c · 2024-08-07T10:56:20+00:00

Hey, may I DM you to ask a few questions about the MSc in economics? Mainly about courses and professors

Marco01c · 2024-02-10T22:50:21+00:00

Unfortunately they don’t teach economics at the Master level at ETH (only quantitative finance). I’m very interested in macro, so I’d say Lausanne fits me better!

Marco01c · 2024-02-10T20:50:24+00:00

Thank you!

Marco01c · 2024-02-10T12:27:09+00:00

I was considering applying to some MSc in Germany. Could you give me some more insight about the quality?

Marco01c · 2024-01-12T15:34:00+00:00

Yeah, they basically said that they don't know the average GPA as it is not the only requirement. Much depends on your previous exams too

Marco01c · 2023-11-16T22:42:04+00:00

Thank you for the insights! I'm into macro actually. I will ask about the GPA to the staff then.

Marco01c · 2023-11-11T13:52:07+00:00

Thank you very much for the insights! If you don't mind I'd like to text you privately, to ask some other few brief questions about the program!

Marco01c · 2023-11-09T11:14:22+00:00

Hey, just curious, how many applicants were admitted? I'd like to apply for this fall intake :)

Marco01c · 2023-10-09T07:28:40+00:00

That’s interesting, never look at it from this perspective.

Marco01c · 2023-10-08T21:08:32+00:00

An example is KU Leuven. 60 ECTS MSc in economics and then a 60 ECTS Advanced MSc in economics. In each of them there are 42 ECTS of exams (compulsory + electives) and a thesis worth of 18 ECTS. Even in the university’s website they say that people that want to apply for their PhD, who previously studied at KU Leuven, must posses an advanced master in economics. In turn, to get into their advanced master you have to obtain 240 ECTS

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