Information for Prospective Applicants
The Department of Economic History offers five MSc programmes lasting one year full-time or two years part-time, designed to provide specialist training for students who have studied Economic History or another social science at ungeraduate degree level. The variety of our MSc programmes and their wide range of courses, combined with a compulsory dissertation, enables students to deepen their knowledge in Economic History and compile a programme to meet their particular study and career interests.
Detailed information on programme structure, entry requirements, fees and more can be found below.
Our programmes
MSc Economic History
Explore economic development, business growth, financial markets, government roles, and globalisation from an historical perspective.
MSc Economic History (Research)
The MSc Economic History (Research) offers in-depth training, equipping students to research economic issues from a historical, interdisciplinary perspective.
MSc Financial History
Provides students with a historical and interdisciplinary perspective on the main challenges facing the global monetary financial system, and capital markets.
MSc Political Economy of Late Development
Combine the study of the processes, policy and practice of contemporary development with the study of long-run global processes of growth and divergence.
LSE-Leipzig Double Degree in Global Studies and Economic History
This is an interdisciplinary, research-based programme offered by the Leipzig University and LSE.
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