How long is the MSc in Economics?

One year full-time, with a two-year part-time route via online or distance learning. The MSc in Economics closes with a dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone.

Is the MSc in Economics recognised by UK employers?

Yes. The MSc in Economics is designed around Royal Economic Society, Society of Business Economists postgraduate benchmarks and GES senior-economist competencies, credentials UK regulators, City firms and think tanks engage with.

What are the entry requirements for the MSc in Economics?

A UK 2:2 honours degree in economics or a quantitative discipline, or three years of substantive UK analytical experience on the portfolio route, plus IELTS 6.5 for non-native English speakers.

How much does the MSc in Economics cost?

Tuition varies by route and domicile. Contact LSIBM admissions for the current schedule and postgraduate bursary eligibility for the MSc in Economics.

MSc in Economics | LSIBM London | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MSc in Economics at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a one-year UK Master's for graduates and mid-career analysts moving into senior economist roles at UK regulators, City banks, consultancies and the Government Economic Service (GES). Sitting in the Accounting, Finance & Economics faculty, the programme covers advanced econometrics, applied macro and micro at Master's level, and a research-informed dissertation on a live UK economic question defended in front of a working senior economist.

The MSc is designed for economics graduates progressing into economist tracks, GES candidates preparing for senior progression, and mid-career analysts formalising a portable Master's. Content is designed around the Royal Economic Society and Society of Business Economists postgraduate benchmark and GES senior-economist competencies, and study is available on-campus in central London, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or by distance learning. The programme engages with live UK evidence — Bank of England Monetary Policy Reports, OBR Fiscal Outlooks, ONS labour releases and CMA merger decisions — and is reviewed against Royal Economic Society senior-track membership and Government Economic Service full-economist recognition.

Postgraduate teaching runs at senior-practitioner tier with a diagnostic in week one, weekly research-informed seminars led by working senior practitioners (Big Four partner, PLC non-executive, CIPD or CIM Fellow, CFA charter-holder), a fortnightly practitioner clinic and a summative dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defended in front of a UK professional panel. Every route is mapped to UK professional-body competencies and closes with executive-application coaching in the final term. Online cohorts share the same intake calendar and supervisor allocation as the on-campus route.

Key Features

Curriculum designed around the Royal Economic Society and Society of Business Economists postgraduate benchmark and GES senior-economist competencies.
Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
Dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone — choice at cohort start.
Fortnightly senior-practitioner clinic with a UK consultancy chief economist and a working regulator senior economist.
Executive-application coaching for GES economist progression and City-bank economist roles in the final term.
Structured dissertation supervisor allocation from cohort start.
Structured route toward Royal Economic Society senior-track membership and Government Economic Service full-economist applications.
Assessment combines a rolling analytical portfolio with a summative dissertation or sponsor consulting project.

What You Will Learn

The MSc teaches the senior applied economist's craft — designing a research question that a UK regulator would fund, running econometric estimation to peer-review standard, and writing a policy dossier that changes the room.

Advanced microeconomics — game theory, mechanism design, contract theory at Master's level.
Advanced macroeconomics — DSGE modelling, growth theory, open-economy models at Master's level.
Advanced econometrics — panel, IV, DiD, RDD, machine-learning inference.
Programme evaluation — Green Book, Magenta Book, matching methods.
UK monetary and fiscal policy analysis at senior level.
Regulatory and competition economics at senior level.
Behavioural economics and UK Nudge Unit case studies.
Economics research methods — publication craft.
Coding for economists — R, Stata, Python at senior level.
Dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defence.
Building advanced econometric models in R and Python against ONS, Bank of England and OECD data.
Reading a Bank of England Monetary Policy Report and defending a written senior-analyst position.
Producing a cost-benefit analysis note to a UK Green Book standard.
Writing a short economics-and-competition brief in a CMA-recognisable senior format.
Writing a defensible dissertation on a UK-facing economics research question.

Who This Course Is For

Economics graduates progressing into economist tracks.
GES candidates preparing for senior progression.
Mid-career analysts formalising a portable Master's.
Consultancy analysts moving into economist roles.
International candidates preparing for a UK senior economist career.
Mid-career UK regulatory analysts preparing for a senior specialist economist role.

Career Pathways

Graduates typically progress into senior economist and analyst roles across UK regulators, consultancies, central government and think tanks. The MSc supports applications but does not by itself guarantee an offer. Typical destinations include:

Economist (GES)
Senior Economic Consultant
Regulatory Economist
Bank Economist (City)
Policy Analyst (senior)
Research Fellow (think tank)
Senior Regulatory Economist
Head of Economics (junior)

The MSc articulates directly into a PhD in Economics or a senior applied-economist role.

MSc graduates step onto Royal Economic Society senior-track routes, Government Economic Service full-economist applications, or PhD progression at a UK research-intensive department.

Entry Requirements

A UK 2:2 honours degree in economics or a quantitative discipline, or an equivalent international qualification. Applicants with three years of substantive UK analytical experience may apply on a portfolio route; numeracy diagnostic set at application.
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.

Apply for the MSc in Economics

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