1. Welcome to the Master programme in Economics!

2. Staff Director of studies
Adam Jacobsson. Office hours: by agreement, room A734, phone: ,
Administrator
Cecilia von Mentzingen. Office hours: Mon-Thur , room A491, phone: ,
Academic Adviser
Peter Langenius. Office hours: Mon - Thu , room A481, phone: ,
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3. Agenda Presentation of an overview of the program
Presentations by some student associations
What is it like to study on the master programme?
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4. Structure of the programme
2 years of studies, 120 HECs (higher education credits)
45 credits compulsory courses
45 credits optional courses
Out of which 15 credits may be in some other field (must be approved by Peter Langenius)
30 credits thesis
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5. About the courses
Courses are mostly taught part-time; students usually take 2 courses in parallel
Each course is 7.5 credits; one semester is 30 credits
The programme is part of a network of master programs – you will meet students from other programmes
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7. “Internship program”
For you final semester you can apply for an internship position (or similar) at an organisation.
Examples of organisations from previous years:
European Commission
Expert Group for Aid Studies
Ministry of Education and Research
Ministry of Finance
National Institute of Economic Research
Swedish Association of Public Housing Companies
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8. For more details and updated info…
… about each course and the Master programme in general, see the homepage at
…if you feel unsure about which courses to pick and which course is a prerequisite for what, talk to Peter…
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9. 2 different degrees Master Degree in Economics
Master Degree in Econometrics (at least 22,5 credits from the optional courses have to be courses in econometrics and the thesis needs to be econometric)
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10. Some advise…
Teaching is very much based on students’ presence at lectures. Even if lectures are mostly voluntarily I strongly recommend you to attend
Lectures often include aspects not provided by the literature
Economics at the Department is to a large extent applied and requires computer skills (statistical softwares, dealing with data, writing term papers, assignments, and finally thesis)
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11. …some more advice Make use of computer labs in different courses!
Difficult to catch up if you miss much
You have the right to a supervisor for the thesis at the fourth semester only. The supervisor has no obligations except at this semester
This is an “integrated” program. Try to follow the sequence of courses. See course syllabi for prerequisites (talk to Peter)!
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12. …finally…
No aides such as calculators, mobile phones etc are allowed on exams (unless otherwise specified)!
Be careful to comply with exam instructions as failing to do so can lead to disciplinary actions.
When writing your thesis, be careful to avoid plagiarism (more about this next year)!
You must sign up for exams in advance!
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13. Source: The alumni survey 2013, see www.ne.su.se
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14. Typical jobs Source: The alumni survey 2013, see www.ne.su.se
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15. “Non-relevant” jobs Source: The alumni survey 2013, see www.ne.su.se
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16. …you are very likely to get a good job!
Tough to get in,
hard to get through,
but if you do….
…you are very likely to get a good job!
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17. Student organisations
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19. What we do: Monitor student equality Monitor the student environment
Evaluate course evaluations
Organize a job fair
Organize social events

20. 15:00 5 sep in A405 Next meeting: Important Facebook pages:
Nationalekonomiska Ämnesrådet
Master Economics – Class of 2018 – Stockholm University
Economics students at Stockholm University

21. Sports with SSIF