Second year curriculum

Objective: The second year of the Quantitative Economics Master programme is focused on specialization courses to complete a Master's dissertation.
 

Second Year Courses of Erasmus Mundus Joint Master QEM

60 ECTS credits are required and are allocated as follows:

• 36 ECTS Credits of Scientific Courses: Second-year combines core and elective courses. The core courses are offered every year. The elective courses vary by year and university. For specific information on second-year courses offered by each partner University see the following links:

  • Barcelona, Spain

  • Paris, France

  • Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

  • Venice, Italy

  • Warsaw, Poland

  • Kansas, USA

In addition, each university offers Special Topic Reading Course (up to 4 ECTS credits per year) and Weekly Seminars (up to 4 ECTS credits per year).

• 4 ECTS Credits of Foreign Language Courses: Each semester, students take courses in French, Italian, Polish, or Spanish as a foreign language. These courses are mandatory and 2 ECTS credits are awarded for these courses, which corresponds to approximately 50 hours of language classes and cultural excursions. These courses are graded either pass or fail.

• 20 credits of Master's Dissertation: Students are required to prepare a master's dissertation during their fourth semester under the joint supervision of two advisors from the specialization universities. Students must then defend their dissertation in front of a joint committee composed of members from both universities.