Manchester is a leading centre for economics and research-led teaching. Graduate students from across the globe come to study economics at Manchester, attracted by our first-class postgraduate training and supervision in the core and specialist areas of economics. Many famous names from the world of economics have worked here at Manchester, including three Nobel Prize winners. The MSc also provides the option of specialising in the following areas: econometrics environmental economics and health economics. This course will: provide balanced and rigorous training in modern economics theories and techniques at postgraduate level introduce you to key concepts, ideas, tools and techniques via core and optional course units demonstrate and develop your skills by writing a summer dissertation. Upon completion of the course, you should be able to read and understand the leading economics journals, develop economic models of your own from which to derive original results and offer a critique of underlying theories.