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mojito08 · 03-10-2008, 01:59 PM

hey guys! Is anybody here doing masters at UPf or even PhD? If so, can someone share experiences about their way of explaining and lecturing there? be as honest as poosible! any info (inside/outside) is appreciated.

thanks!

philipe · 03-10-2008, 02:11 PM

a friend of mine who is at cemfi (so i don't know how trustable the info is) told me upf admits a lot (a lot!) of people to the masters program, so the environment among students become very competitive... they often invite students who are in the bottom of the class to quit the program, so you can imagine what goes on... anyways, if you like to study and can handle the pressure, go for it! it is an awesome place to be. i can't tell about the phd program.

fp3690 · 03-10-2008, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by philipe

a friend of mine who is at cemfi (so i don't know how trustable the info is) told me upf admits a lot (a lot!) of people to the masters program, so the environment among students become very competitive... they often invite students who are in the bottom of the class to quit the program, so you can imagine what goes on... anyways, if you like to study and can handle the pressure, go for it! it is an awesome place to be. i can't tell about the phd program.

Your friend is so wrong. They admit very few people, to the point that you get to have classes by Gali with another 20 people at the most.

mojito08 · 03-10-2008, 03:09 PM

maybe there is some difference between MRes and Msc?...anyway, any comments are welcome!

philipe · 03-10-2008, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by fp3690

Your friend is so wrong. They admit very few people, to the point that you get to have classes by Gali with another 20 people at the most.

in the msc?

fp3690 · 03-10-2008, 03:30 PM

Yes, in the MSc.

italos · 03-10-2008, 05:28 PM

Well I will go there for CREI's summer school but this is something different. Any one knowns something about this school?

econphp06 · 03-10-2008, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by fp3690

Your friend is so wrong. They admit very few people, to the point that you get to have classes by Gali with another 20 people at the most.

There were 80 students three years ago... !

fp3690 · 03-10-2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by econphp06

There were 80 students three years ago... !

The program functions under the umbrella of GPEFM (graduate program in economics finance and management). Probably, it was 80 students altogether.

sajora · 03-10-2008, 08:02 PM

upf does accept quite a few students for msc (link: Graduate Programme) and getting into the phd is very competitive... as far as i heard from people which did their msc there, the professors do not care about the students. not even at the phd level... however, the upf phd program has a very good reputation in europe.

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philipe Attending Tinbergen! Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 91	a friend of mine who is at cemfi (so i don't know how trustable the info is) told me upf admits a lot (a lot!) of people to the masters program, so the environment among students become very competitive... they often invite students who are in the bottom of the class to quit the program, so you can imagine what goes on... anyways, if you like to study and can handle the pressure, go for it! it is an awesome place to be. i can't tell about the phd program.

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mojito08 Eager! Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 43	maybe there is some difference between MRes and Msc?...anyway, any comments are welcome!

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fp3690 TestMagic Guru-in-Training Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 519	Yes, in the MSc.

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sajora Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1	upf does accept quite a few students for msc (link: Graduate Programme) and getting into the phd is very competitive... as far as i heard from people which did their msc there, the professors do not care about the students. not even at the phd level... however, the upf phd program has a very good reputation in europe.

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