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If you're really into micro, and political economy especially, you should probably consider ECARES. It has a two year Research Master, with a strong faculty in micro theory and political economy.
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Ph.D. in Economics in Europe-Searching safety option
eBopBob replied to Tiger's topic in PhD in Economics
Have a look at the Belgian universities: ECARES (ULB), Louvain, and Leuven. -
The issue for the OP is that this often is not possible in UK universities unless you're on a joint honours programme (i.e., Maths and/with Economics), in which case you have to apply for entry to prior to beginning university (it is the UK/UCAS way). Scottish universities are more flexible because they follow a more similar system to the US for undergraduate. English universities, however, are quite rigid for the most part in determining which modules you can and cannot take. This is one reason a lot of UK students seem to opt for doing an MSc before embarking on PhD applications in the US. But equally, US university adcomms are aware of the situation. UK students are admitted to US PhD programmes despite not having the "traditional US style one-year maths courses", ie despite only having UK maths for economics type modules.
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Out of interest, how come Manchester, and what are your research interests?
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As above, you'd get the best response from the University in question. So it would be best to email the University of Manchester admissions team. But more generally, 1. This varies university by university, but overall in the UK, you submit referees email addresses and they are asked separately to email or upload to a system their reference letter for you. 2. Some universities have departmental funds for students, which may or may not be conditional on teaching (depending on the type of funding). Otherwise, you could always consider ESRC funding, which is research council funding awarded on a competitive basis (and sometimes, but not always, requires prior backing from a potential supervisor). ESRC funding means you do not have to take on any teaching responsibility, but many do for extra money. 3. It is not necessary, but highly recommended you have an idea of who is relevant to your particular interests.
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Master of Economics - Programs not requiring extensive Econ courses
eBopBob replied to jeng's topic in PhD in Economics
A number of the two year econ programmes in Europe you should be fine with given your strong mathematical background. Also have a look at ECARES. -
Similarly, the mathematical analysis appears very similar to: MA203 Real Analysis MA203 Real Analysis
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For rankings by field, your best bet is: https://ideas.repec.org/top/ Scroll toward the bottom where it says "Top institutions by field".
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The only you can find out if you are eligible to enter without an MSc, or that your RA experience could be deemed equivalent, is if you actually email them. But, on the face of things, you wouldn't have the macro/econometrics sequences, and so it does seem unlikely that you'd be able to enter without an MSc. As above, it comes down to the fact that you often begin your research as opposed to spending two years on courses. Regarding your other questions, in truth, your best bet is to contact recent graduates from Australian/New Zealand universities and ask them regarding placements, advice for applications, etc.
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If your interests are in macro/finance, then probably go to Cambridge for Giancarlo Corsetti.
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Have you looked into Belgian MSc programmes as a stopgap? ECARES/ULB and UCLouvain are rigorous, typically place well and are very affordable, all things considered.
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It will all depend on what your research interests are. Barcelona is great at macro/international while UC3M is great in micro/IO. Admittedly I do not know much about Bonn.
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I would argue, if you can afford Boston, then go for it.
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What is the UK school?
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Hey all A random question- which relatively good programmes are there that have deadlines in Jan/Feb of 2016? Preferably with a focus on international economics and econometrics. The ones I know of are: Boston University Purdue Georgetown UBC, Canada Vanderbilt Notre Dame Any others? Cheers