PROGRAMME OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES MPHIL “ECONOMICS”

Department of Economics PROGRAMME OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES MPHIL "ECONOMICS"

The Postgraduate Programme in Economics of the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (MPhil “Economics”) was created in order to form social scientists who will produce new knowledge in economics as members of the academic and research community.

We hope that the graduates of the programme will have knowledge of the major theoretical issues and the most important analytical methods of contemporary economic thought, adopt an innovative approach, understand the differences between different schools of economic thought, and have the ability to relate theoretical approaches to economic and social policy issues. The MPhil “Economics” enables its graduates to continue directly to studies at the doctoral level.

The programme has specific characteristics that make it unique among the postgraduate programmes offered in economics in Greece.

These are:

• The public and tuition-free character of the programme.
• The quality and tradition of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, which has historically been the cradle of political economy and economics in Greece.
• A demanding and focused two-year (four-semester) curriculum with a parallel emphasis on the analytical method and quantitative tools of the mainstream current of economic science and
• Insistence on a pluralistic approach with particular attention to non-orthodox traditions of economic thought and the social dimension of economic science, especially economic policy.