MSc — 2025 entry Economics (Econometrics and Big Data)

Get ahead in the data-driven world of finance with this masters programme. It'll equip you to excel in handling complex datasets and apply machine-learning and econometric techniques that central banks, businesses and finance companies use to identify trends and extract value. 

Key course information

Typical offer
2:1 minimum
Start date
September 2025
Attendance
Full-time
Duration
1 year
UK fees
£11,400
Overseas fees
£21,800
Subject area
Economics
Campus
Stag Hill

Why choose
this course?

  • Policy-makers, such as central banks, businesses and finance companies, increasingly use large and complex datasets to further their aims and discover trends and extract value. There is now a need for professionals with the right theoretical and practical knowledge who can handle the data using the right machine learning and econometric estimation techniques. This masters will give you the training to work in this expert field.  
  • Our MSc in Economics (Econometrics and Big Data) will help you build on your undergraduate studies to develop advanced capabilities in this discipline with an emphasis on quantitative techniques and their applications using big data. 
  • The programme is designed to prepare you for a range of careers in which  econometrics and machine learning skills are required to analyse complex economic problems and provide innovative solutions. Graduates of the programme are also well placed for further study in economics or econometrics. 
  • In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, Economics was ranked in the top 10 in the UK for world-leading research and achieved an overall ranking of 6th for real-world impact and 8th for research environment.
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Statistics

Top 10 in UK

In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), Economics was ranked in the top 10 in the UK for world-leading research

6th for real-world impact

Economics achieved an overall ranking of 6th for real-world impact and 8th for research environment in REF 2021

11th in the UK

For economics and econometrics in the Times Higher Education World Subject Rankings 2024 

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