It is typically for applicants who haven’t taken sufficiently advanced economics courses during their undergraduate degree, or those who haven’t specialised in economics but have a technical background, such as a good degree in science or maths.
The Pre-sessional Summer Programme covers microeconomics and macroeconomics to an intermediate level. It is delivered every August; students who successfully meet the required level can proceed onto the MSc in September. There is also a subsequent Basic Statistics Course held in early September, although this is not formally examined.
In 2025, the first part of the programme, a self-study Maths course, will start on Monday 30th June and run throughout July. The on-campus component of the programme will run from Monday 28th July to Monday 25th August.
During the admissions process, you may be asked to provide evidence of meeting the English language requirements (available through the following link: English language entry requirements); the deadline for this is Friday 13th June.
