MSc in Business Economics
Course Overview
The MSc in Business Economics at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a research-informed master's inside the Accounting, Finance & Economics faculty, written for senior economists, pricing managers, regulatory-affairs leads and consulting managers targeting City-adjacent economics practice. Across one year full-time (two years part-time online) it consolidates senior applied-economics competence — regulatory work, competition analysis, pricing supervision, applied econometrics — and closes with a substantial dissertation or sponsor consulting project.
Study runs on-campus in central London, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or by distance learning from 2026. The programme closes with either a dissertation on a research question of the student's choice or a sponsor consulting project with a UK regulator, consultancy or PLC economics team.
Key Features
- Designed around SBE senior track, RES working papers and GES practitioner materials.
- Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC calls, or distance learning.
- Dissertation supervision from working senior practitioners.
- Sponsor consulting project option with a UK regulator, consultancy or PLC economics team.
- Applied econometrics teaching at senior level — panel data, causal inference, ML basics.
- Executive-application coaching in the final term for consulting and Whitehall-facing roles.
What You Will Learn
The MSc is written around what a senior applied economist actually delivers — a defensible regulatory response, a competition-analysis submission, a pricing supervision recommendation, a publishable research paper. You will graduate able to consult on a City-adjacent economics-heavy brief.
- Applied econometrics — panel data, causal inference, IV, DiD.
- Regulatory economics — CMA, Ofcom, Ofgem, Ofwat.
- Competition analysis at senior level.
- Pricing supervision and dynamic pricing.
- Behavioural economics applied to UK contexts.
- Macroeconomic reads at senior level.
- Industrial policy and geoeconomics.
- Basics of machine-learning methods for economists.
- Research methods and academic-practitioner writing.
- Dissertation or sponsor consulting project.
Who This Course Is For
- Senior economists consolidating an academic credential.
- Pricing managers stepping into head-of-pricing roles.
- Regulatory-affairs leads at UK PLC and mid-market employers.
- Consulting managers targeting regulated-industries or competition-economics.
- Whitehall policy leads building an applied-economics credential.
Career Pathways
Graduates typically move into head-of-economics, head-of-pricing, senior-regulatory-economist and consulting-manager roles across UK consultancies, PLCs, Whitehall and industry bodies. The master's supports applications but does not by itself guarantee job offers or visa outcomes. Typical destinations include:
- Business Economist (senior)
- Pricing Manager (senior)
- Commercial Strategy Analyst (senior)
- Sector Economist (senior)
- Consulting Economist (senior)
- Regulatory Economist
The MSc in Business Economics is the natural step toward Society of Business Economists senior membership and doctoral study.
Entry Requirements
- A UK 2:2 honours degree in economics, finance, mathematics or a related discipline, or an equivalent international qualification. Applicants with three years of substantive professional economics or commercial-analysis experience may apply on a portfolio route.
- 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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