Overview

The sort of questions addressed are the following. What drives recessions and expansions? How can we forecast business cycle dynamics? How do the economic effects of unexpected events (shocks) propagate through the economic system? What monetary, fiscal and macroprudential policies can be put in place to address them?

Key Facts

Overall this Professional Focus - Two Years programme from The Economics School of Louvain ESL strand has a strong quantitative and data-oriented component and will provide the students with an understanding of the models and the econometric techniques used to understand the causes of business cycle dynamics and the policy responses enacted, as well as technique to forecast its evolution.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Money and Finance

Macroeconomics

Labour and Human Resource Economics

International Economics

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-09-13 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2027-03-31 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Disciplines

Economics View 20 other Masters in Economics in Belgium

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

a bachelor’s degree in the same subject from a community university;

a master’s degree in the same subject but with a different focus from a community university;

a bachelor’s or master’s degree from a community university, haute école, or école superieure (“études supérieures de type long”), by virtue of a decision by the academic authorities and subject to the additional requirements they establish;

a degree similar to one of the above, awarded by a Belgian higher education establishment, by virtue of a decision by the academic authorities and subject to the additional requirements they establish;

a foreign degree recognised as equivalent to a master’s degree that confers eligibility in accordance with the above-mentioned decree, a European directive, an international convention or other legislation, and subject to the same requirements.

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Tuition Fees

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835 EUR / year

≈ 835 EUR / year
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EU/EEA Nationals

835 EUR / year

≈ 835 EUR / year

Living costs

Louvain-la-Neuve

Belgium

750 - 1115 EUR / month

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