Erasmus Mundus Master QEM: Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics
The QEM Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics is a Master's programme
- with a duration of two academic years (120 ECTS credits).
- it is expected that the student carries out their entire course work attending at least two universities of the QEM Consortium: Université catholique de Louvain - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Università Ca’Foscari Venezia - SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Note: The mobility track and a joint curriculum are defined and fixed for each accepted candidate during the admission process.
Program structure
The QEM Master is divided into four semesters of study, with a mandatory mobility of at least one semester.
In the first year,
- focuses on core courses including Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics and Mathematics (Probability, Statistics and Optimization).
- all studentes enrolled to the QEM program spend the first semester in the same university, with a turnover among institutions to manage this first semester.
For the academic year 2019-2020, the Fall Semester will be organized in Paris, France - The second semester(30 credits) is spent in any partner university (mobility track): Barcelona - Paris - UCLouvain - Venice - Warsaw.
The second year
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focuses on specialization and is spent in one of the five consortium universities: Barcelona - Paris - UCLouvain - Venice - Warsaw.
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there are several areas of specialization on offer, such as:
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- International Economics
- Finance
- Econometrics
- Mathematical Economics
- Game Theory
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economics
- Public Economics
- Political Economy
- Insurance
- Finance