MSc in Applied Economic Analysis

Course Overview

The MSc in Applied Economic Analysis at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) prepares senior economists to lead full evaluation, impact assessment and regulatory-economics engagements inside Whitehall, regulators and consultancies. Sitting in the Accounting, Finance & Economics faculty at master's level, the programme runs one year full-time on-campus in central London, two years part-time online, or by distance learning, closing with a dissertation or sponsor consulting project.

The programme is designed around Government Economic Service senior-economist and Society of Business Economists senior competencies. You will graduate ready to lead a Whitehall or regulator evidence programme, defend a technical model to peers, and step into a senior economist appointment in the City or Whitehall. The sections below detail modules, audience and progression.

Key Features

• Curriculum designed around Government Economic Service senior-economist and SBE senior competencies.
• Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or by distance learning.
• Fortnightly senior clinic with Whitehall, regulator and City consulting economists.
• Substantial dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defended in front of a working panel.
• Structured executive-application coaching in the final term.
• Assessment blend of exams, an econometrics portfolio and a defended capstone.

What You Will Learn

Applied economics at master's level is taught as senior craft — evaluation design, applied econometrics, sensitivity, defensible narrative, regulator engagement.

• Advanced applied econometrics — panel, IV, DiD, RD, quasi-experimental design.
• Structural and reduced-form modelling at working practitioner level.
• Stata and R workflow discipline for a Whitehall or regulator evidence pack.
• Green Book five-case appraisal at senior level.
• Regulatory economics — CMA, Ofgem, Ofcom, Ofwat, FCA case work.
• Sector deep dive — energy, transport, financial services.
• Behavioural economics in senior policy design.
• Communicating econometrics to non-technical policy senior audiences.
• Leading an evidence team through submission and peer review.

Who This Course Is For

• Applied economists targeting senior-economist appointments.
• Regulator staff moving into economics-lead roles.
• Consulting economists moving into partner-track engagements.
• Government analysts preparing for Government Economic Service senior grades.
• International economists planning a UK-based senior career pivot.

Career Pathways

Graduates typically move into senior applied economist, regulatory economist and consulting senior roles across Whitehall, regulators, City consultancies and think tanks. Typical destinations include:

• Senior Applied Economist
• Regulatory Economist
• Policy Economist (senior)
• Impact Assessment Manager
• Consulting Economist (senior)
• Head of Sector Economics

The MSc in Applied Economic Analysis supports Society of Business Economists senior membership and Government Economic Service senior progression.

Entry Requirements

• A UK 2:2 honours degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent international qualification. Applicants with three years of substantive professional experience in the discipline may apply on a portfolio route; strong quantitative aptitude is expected.
• GCSE English Language at grade 5/C (or equivalent) is required for domestic applicants; international applicants meet the language rule below.
• IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
• A short statement of intent (600 words) explaining research or applied interests, plus two references (one academic, one workplace or professional-body).

Why Study at LSIBM

The London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a specialist business-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. Postgraduate cohorts run in small tutor-visible groups, are shaped by working senior practitioners (partner-level at a Big Four firm, Fellow-level at CIM or CIPD, CFA charter-holders in investment routes) and close with a substantial dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defended in front of a working panel.

London puts the City, Canary Wharf, Whitehall, Companies House, the FCA, the Bank of England, the West End and the major consulting, banking and multinational headquarters within a short tube ride of every classroom. LSIBM postgraduates attend a fortnightly senior-practitioner clinic and a structured executive-application coaching programme in the final term.

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