Master in Economics

Degree awarded

Master of Science (MSc) in Economics & Subject area (if chosen): Behaviour, Economics & Evolution (BEE)

Welcome

Professor Sébastien Houde, Director of the Master in Economics (MScE)

Economics is key to understand today’s world. The main challenges we face today--inequality, climate change, automation, and artificial intelligence--can be effectively tackled with the economic approach to human behavior. This approach assumes humans have stable preferences, engage in maximizing behavior, and the existence of markets that, with varying degrees of efficiency, coordinate individual choices to allocate scarce resources within a society.

The Master in Economics (MScE) at the University of Lausanne is Switzerland’s longest established graduate program in economics. It is internationally recognized due to the excellence of its faculty and the professional success of our previous graduates in the private and public sectors. The MScE spans two years, comprising four semesters. You can specialize by choosing one or two of the following mentions: Data Science, Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Macroeconomic Policy, Microeconomic Policy, Public Economics, and Quantitative Economics. Alternatively, students can acquire a specialization in Behavior, Economics and Evolution (see MScE study plan).

The MScE provides you with the analytical and quantitative skills any professional economist must master (see article 2 in MScE regulations [please include link]). It offers advanced courses on the foundations of economic theory, data analysis, and computation. These foundations allow you to make real analytical and managerial contributions in both public and private sector positions, or in the world of academic research.

The MScE opens you the door to jobs and careers in Consulting, Auditing, Risk Management, Government, Public Organizations (e.g., SECO, FTA), Manufacturing, Banking, Trading, Pension Funds, Consumer Goods, Luxury Goods, Information Technology, and Not-for-profit Private Organizations (e.g., Red Cross, WTO) among others. The MScE also offers an excellent preparation for those who wish to pursue a PhD program in Switzerland or abroad. (see MScE alumini success stories)