Economics

A COMPREHENSIVE AND VERSATILE MASTER'S PROGRAMME

The Master's degree aims to deepen fundamental and cross-cutting knowledge in the field of economics, concerning macroeconomics, microeconomics and econometrics. At the same time, it has a markedly flexible nature. Students are given the opportunity to specialise in an area that suits their profile and interests. This flexibility can also be found in the wide range of optional curricular units, which cover, not only more specific topics in economics, but also other areas of knowledge, such as quantitative methods, management, sociology, history, law and information systems. Finally, the student can choose between carrying out a Work Project or a Curricular Internship.

A EUROPEAN AND INCLUSIVE MASTER'S PROGRAMME

The current structure of the Master's curriculum is in line with the guidelines of the European Education model set out by the Bologna Process. The students are required 90 ECTS credits in order to obtain the Master's degree, which corresponds to a duration of one year and one semester for full-time students.

The FEUC students who have completed their Bachelor’s degree in Economics before the Bologna Process came into effect (pre-Bologna candidates), can be exempted from four optional subjects and one compulsory subject (specialisation) for a total of 30 ECTS, enabling them to complete their master's degree in just one academic year.

Students who are finalists of the FEUC's Bachelor’s degree in Economics may enrol in curricular units for the Master's degree in Economics, within the ECTS limits applicable to the degree. They may then enrol on the Master's programme, at which point they will be in a position to complete the master's in just one academic year, or even less, depending on the course units they have taken as individual courses.

AN ACCOMPANIED MASTER'S PROGRAMME

The Master's in Economics is taught by graduate lecturers, professors from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra and guest specialists from other institutions, who encourage a culture of proximity to the students, supporting them throughout their studies, particularly when carrying out Work Project or Curricular Internships. At this final stage of their studies, the lecturers guide and accompany the students in choosing a theme and carrying out their Work Project.

Master's students are integrated into the Faculty's regular research activities, and are given the opportunity to take part in seminars, workshops and conferences on a wide variety of topics, and to participate in their lecturers' own research projects.

A MASTER'S PROGRAMME THAT HAS PROVEN ITSELF

The FEUC's Master's in Economics is a programme characterised by great dynamism in scientific production, as evidenced by the numerous high-quality dissertations produced in the pre-Bologna period. In the new era, i.e., from the 2007/2008 academic year onwards, more than four hundred Works Projects and Internship Reports have already been approved. A significant number of these works have subsequently been reviewed and presented at international conferences as well as published in international scientific journals.