Masters in Economics

violindad
Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:57:42 +0000

Good econ master’s programs in Canada: U of Toronto, UBC, and Queens. Students regularly use these prior to PhD’s (since a masters degree in Canada is usually mandatory prior to starting a PhD and is not the resort of the PhD failure as it is in the US). U of Toronto has a doctoral-stream master’s which allows students to transition straight into their PhD at U of T if their master’s year goes well.

All three schools are fairly competitive for admission (I have heard of a number of US students getting rejected from UBC’s masters and simultaneously getting accepted into good (i.e. top 30) US PhD programs. Most US terminal master’s will not be as competitive for admission.