A UK masters degree with distinction, or its international equivalent, in economics.

If you do not hold a masters, or if your masters is in another subject, you will not normally be admitted directly to the PhD.

Our programme is designed to enable you to pursue your academic interests, and learn the latest methods in research, while providing thorough training in modern economics. As important as your topic is the ability to match your topic with our supervision team. We will not admit a student, where we cannot provide the very best supervision. Therefore, you should think carefully about whether your topic matches our research interests.

During the application process, you will be asked to provide a research summary that briefly outlines your research interests and why you feel they fit with those of the School.

The criteria we will use to decide upon admission will include:

the quality and rigour of your training in core economics areas.

your performance at undergraduate and postgraduate level

our ability to offer supervision in your chosen area of research

the quality of your research summary and the strength of the

match to the research priorities of the School

our assessment of any previous independent work (such as
your masters dissertation or extended project)

In exceptional cases, we may consider prior independent research experience as a positive factor for admission.
IELTS: total 7.0 (at least 6.5 in reading and listening, and 6.0 in all other sections)
TOEFL-iBT (including Special Home Edition): total 100 (at least 23 in listening and reading, and 20 in speaking and writing). We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.