Compulsory courses
These courses are compulsory for first-year PhD researchers and MRes students.
For each compulsory course there are additional exercise classes by teaching assistants.
The background course on Mathematics and the background course on Probability and Statistics run intensively in August and September, while the other compulsory courses (divided in 3 modules) run twice a week from early September till end of March. The Macroeconomics module will start in Teaching Block II (in November) and will continue until the end of May.
In addition, a 5-class methods course will run in Teaching Block III in the Spring.
Advanced Courses
During the first, second and third year, PhD researchers are required to pass 8 advanced courses to be chosen with the agreement of the supervisor/advisor. First-year researchers can only attend advanced courses in Block IV.
MRes students are required to pass 4 advanced courses in Block III and IV.
Each teaching block is followed by exams.
Each teaching block is followed by exams – please see overview below:
Teaching Block I |
Teaching Block II |
Teaching Block III |
Teaching Block IV |
26 August – 7 November |
9 November – 20 January |
23 January – 24 March |
27 March – 26 May |
Exam week: 2-7 November |
Exam week: 16-20 January
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Exam week: 20-24 March |
Exam week: 22-26 May
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Registration deadline: 1 September
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Registration deadline: 24 October
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Registration deadline: 9 January
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Registration deadline: 13 March
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Course Registration
If you want to register for a course, please consult the Common Course Catalogue.
Overview
Outline of the Applied Economics and Econometrics sequence - compulsory and advanced courses
Last update: July 2022
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Outline of the Macroeconomics sequence - compulsory and advanced courses
Last update: July 2022
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Outline of the Microeconomics sequence - compulsory and advanced courses
Last update: August 2022
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