One-year General Master (60)

If you come from another discipline and are looking to deepen your knowledge of economics, you can also join the 1-Year program.

A one-year General Master's degree typically refers to a graduate program that allows students to explore various academic disciplines without specializing in one specific field. This type of degree is often pursued by individuals who want to broaden their knowledge and skills in multiple areas or who are unsure of their career path and want to gain a well-rounded education.

Program structure - ECON2M1 (FR / EN)

• 2 options of specialization - 30 credits
• 3 electives - 15 credits
• 1 thesis - 15 credits

The Economics School of Louvain (ESL) is based at UCLouvain Belgium in Louvain-la-Neuve. It offers top-quality Master's programs in ECONOMICS taught by leading academic professors, offering a wide range of advanced and interdisciplinary courses in Macroeconomics / Public Economics / Labour Economics / Industrial Organisation / International Economics / Family Economics / Development Economics/ Econometrics / Game Theory/ Social Choice Theory / Economics of Poverty / The Economics of the Third Sector/ Behavioural Economics.

ESL provides among the best preparations for Ph.D. programs and high-level professional careers. Alumni praise ESL for the availability of its professors and quality of their teaching.

The Economics School of Louvain builds on the strengths of two of the most prestigious Belgian Universities, namely,

• the Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain) &
• the University of Namur (UNamur)

ESL's key assets comprise

Teaching and research excellence (ESL is in the top 10 in Europe, 1st Belgian economics department in the Tilburg University top 100 worldwide economics schools research ranking) A strong international experience: ESL has developed a network of partner universities for exchanges and double/joint degree master programs A high level of research underpinning teaching is carried out in internationally renowned centers