M-ECOES
Program 2023-2024
Research Master in Economics and Statistics -M-ECOES – 120 ects
COMMON CORE COURSES
BLOC 1- 1st year – 60 ects
ECON-S427 Graduate Macroeconomics I – 10 ects – Fabio Blasutto
ECON-S428 Graduate Econometrics I – 10 ects – Germain Van Bever
ECON-S510 Graduate Microeconomics I – 10 ects – Georg Kirchsteiger
STAT-F404 Graduate Statistics – 5 ects Thomas Verdebout
STAT-F407 Stochastic Models – 5 ects – Marten Janssens or Jennifer Alonso Garcia
ECON-S429 Graduate Econometrics II – 5 ects – Alejandra Ramos
ECON-S430 Graduate Macroeconomics II – 5 ects – Robert Kollmann
ECON-S431 Graduate Microeconomics II – 5 ects – Luca Paolo Merlino
BLOC 2 – 2nd year – 60 ects
MEMO-S522 Research Seminar and Master Thesis – 25 ects – Luca Paolo Merlino
ECON-S504 Research Methods and Research Communication – 5 ects – Philip Verwimp
OPTIONAL COURSES
30 credits to be chosen in 2 modules (Min. 10 and max. 20 credits in each chosen module).
> Economics - 10 to 20 credits
ECON-S519 Graduate Microeconomics III – 5 ects – Georg Kirchsteiger
ECON-S453 Impact Analysis – 5 ects – Olivier Sterck
ECON-S452 Environmental Economics – 5 ects – Estelle Cantillon (not in 2023-2024)
ECON-S513 Behavioral Economics – 5 ects – Georg Kirchsteiger
ECON-S432 Advanced International Trade – 5 ects – Filippo Biondi
ECON-S451 Advanced Industrial Organisation – 5 ects – Mattia Nardotto
ECON-S460 Advanced Topics in Microeconomics – 5 ects – Micael Castanheira (not in 2022-2023)
ECON-S320 Advanced Topics in International Economics – 5 ects – Mathieu Parenti
(course already offered in ECON P)
ECON-S461 Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics – 5 ects – (not in 2023-2024)
> Statistics 10 to 20 credits
STAT-F420 Topics in Mathematical Statistics I – 5 ects – Thomas Verdebout
STAT-F418 Topics in Nonparametric Smoothing – 5 ects – Maarten Jansen
STAT-F507 Time Series Analysis II – 5 ects – (Not in 2023-2024)
STAT-F408 Computational Statistics – 5 ects – Maarten Jansen
INFO-F422 Statistical Fondations of Machine Learning – 5 ects – Gianluca Bontempi
Other courses in any Belgian university upon approval by the doctoral school
MASTER THESIS