Economics postgraduate study leaflet

Why choose Royal Holloway?

• University of London degree leads to top career opportunities • Ranked among the top, research-led universities in UK • Ranked in the Top 10 for student satisfaction • Academic staff working at the frontiers of their subjects • Vibrant student community • Beautiful 135 acres How to find us The Economics Department is located in the Horton Building on the campus.

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Contact Us Dr Vinay Nundlall Academic Co-ordinator for Postgraduate Studies Department of Economics Vinay.Nundlall@rhul.ac.uk +44 (0)1784 414002 8006 01/16

Horton Building – Department of Economics

For more information about our courses visit: royalholloway.ac.uk/economics

Department of Economics Postgraduate Taught Studies

Masters programmes

The Department of Economics has developed a strong reputation as a world class centre of research and teaching since 1995. The Department is ranked in the Top Ten for research excellence (REF, 2014) having received high scores for research ranked as either ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ and Top Ten (NSS 2015) in student satisfaction.

As one of the UK’s top Economic departments, Royal Holloway offers the following Masters programmes:

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Our academics are internationally renowned researchers with a strong academic background and experience in industry worldwide. As such, we offer a truly international learning experience to offer programmes that reflect the global nature of modern business, finance and economics. Academics have been recognised for teaching ability within the sector.

• MSc Economics

MSc Study Room With a small intake of postgraduate students, there is a strong sense of group identity. The MSc Study Room is a dedicated space for postgraduate study or socialising. It is equipped with desktops, printers and has network ports.

• MSc Economics (2 years)

MSc Trading Room

• MSc Finance

The MSc Trading Room is a simulation trading floor that recreates a trading floor in an investment simulates a real trading floor to provide hands on experience in a dynamic environment for hands on experience.

• MSc Finance (2 years) • MSc Computational Finance More information can be found at royalholloway.ac.uk/economics The Masters degrees share an overall aim of providing you with rigorous training in the analysis of economics or finance, including quantitative techniques and research methods. The two year Masters programmes is offered to people from a noneconomics background with the first year being a conversion diploma.

The MSc programmes are kept small and select to ensure you are provided with personalised academic support. Teaching is usually through a series of well-designed lectures, seminars and workshops with additional tutorials and support from academic staff. You will be continually assessed through coursework and final exams and there will be a dissertation at the end.

Careers and Networking opportunities The Department runs a number of Economic specific careers events each year. Lectures, workshops, practice interview sessions with career professionals and networking events are typical of these events. There are strong links with its alumni who provide invaluable careers advice, contacts and networking opportunities to current students. Talks are hosted regularly by the Department jointly with the Economics Society ranging from Practitioner insights, case studies, careers advise and Q&A sessions.

Employability Here are a selection of the types of organisations that our graduates are employed in: Who employed our graduates?

• Bloomberg • Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) • KPMG • London Stock Exchange • P wC • the Treasury