Your complete guide to a PhD in Econometrics

Everything you need to know about studying a PhD in Econometrics

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Econometrics is the study of economic phenomena and tests various theories and economic models based on large sets of data. The results are used to make financial decisions and implement economic policies. Econometrics relies on concepts and principles from other areas, like Mathematics, Economic Theory, and Statistics.

There are two main Econometrics branches: Theoretical Econometrics and Applied Econometrics. The former tries to develop new methods and testing systems, while the latter takes the Econometrics theory and applies it to solve problems related to business, unemployment, economic growth, financial predictions, and so on.

An Econometrics degree usually includes subjects like Probability Theory, Micro and Macroeconomics, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Analysis, Finance, Statistics, Operations Research, Regulations and Antitrust, International Economics, Modelling, etc.

Graduates of Econometrics degrees can work in insurance companies, banks, marketing companies, governmental institutions, consultancy firms, and more.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, United States 1
Harvard University Cambridge, United States 2
Stanford University Stanford, United States 3
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, United States 4
London School of Economics and Political Science London, United Kingdom 5
Princeton University Princeton, United States 6
University of Chicago Chicago, United States 7
University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom 8
Yale University New Haven, United States 9
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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, United States 12
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, United States 13
New York University New York City, United States 14
Northwestern University Evanston, United States 15
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Milano, Italy 16
UCL London, United Kingdom 17
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, United States 18
University of California, San Diego San Diego, United States 19
National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore 20
University of Toronto Pickering, Canada 21
Cornell University Ithaca, United States 22
Duke University Durham, United States 22
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR) 24
London Business School Camden Town, United Kingdom 25
Melbourne Business School Melbourne, Australia 25
University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada 25
University of Warwick Coventry, United Kingdom 25
Australian National University Canberra, Australia 29
Brown University Providence, United States 30
The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 30
Peking University Beijing, China 32
University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia 32
Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona, Spain 34
ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland 35
The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR) 36
Tsinghua University Beijing, China 36
Boston University Boston, United States 38
California Institute of Technology - Caltech Pasadena, United States 38
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Stockholm School of Economics Stockholm, Sweden 41
University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands 42
University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, United States 43
Erasmus University Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands 44
Monash University Clayton, Australia 45
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, Hong Kong (SAR) 46
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, United States 47
University of Sydney Sydney, Australia 48
University of Zurich Zürich, Switzerland 49
Tilburg University Tilburg, Netherlands 50
Boston College Newton, United States 101
City, University of London London, United Kingdom 101
Freie Universität Berlin Berlin Steglitz, Germany 101
Humboldt University Berlin Berlin, Germany 101
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, United States 101
Keio University Minato, Japan 101
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) Moscow, Russia 101
Lund University Lund, Sweden 101
NHH Norwegian School of Economics Bergen, Norway 101
Osaka University Osaka-shi, Japan 101
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Sciences Po Paris, France 101
Singapore Management University Singapore, Singapore 101
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Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Yaffo, Israel 101
Texas A&M University College Station, United States 101
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel 101
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Tor Vergata University of Rome Roma, Italy 101
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Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland 101
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University of Adelaide Adelaide, Australia 101
University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada 101
Frankfurt University of Applied Science Frankfurt am Main, Germany 101
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University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland 101
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University of Montreal Montréal, Canada 101
University of Navarra Pamplona, Spain 101
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, United States 101
University of Oslo Oslo, Norway 101
University of Rochester Rochester, United States 101
University of Sao Paulo São Paulo, Brazil 101
University of St. Gallen (HSG) St. Gallen, Switzerland 101
University of the Andes Bogotá, Colombia 101
University of Vienna Vienna, Austria 101
University of Virginia Charlottesville, United States 101
University of York York, United Kingdom 101
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands 101
WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Vienna, Austria 101
Zhejiang University Hangzhou, China 101
American University Washington DC Washington, D. C., United States 151
Arizona State University Tempe, United States 151
Athens University of Economics and Business Athens, Greece 151
Autonomous University of Madrid Alcobendas, Spain 151
Central European University (CEU) Vienna, Austria 151
Fundação Getulio Vargas Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 151
University of Göttingen Göttingen, Germany 151
George Washington University Washington, D. C., United States 151
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, United States 151
Kobe University Kobe, Japan 151
National Autonomous University of Mexico Coyoacán, Mexico 151
New Economic School (NES) Moscow, Russia 151
Queen Mary University of London London, United Kingdom 151
Renmin University of China Beijing, China 151
RWTH Aachen University Aachen, Germany 151
Saint-Petersburg University Saint Petersburg, Russia 151
Sapienza University of Rome Roma, Italy 151
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Shanghai, China 151
Simon Fraser University Burnaby, Canada 151
Sogang University Seoul, South Korea 151
Tecnológico de Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico 151
The University of Exeter Exeter, United Kingdom 151
The University of Milan Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 151
Complutense University of Madrid Madrid, Spain 151
University Sains Malaysia George Town, Malaysia 151
University of Bath Bath, United Kingdom 151
University of Calgary Calgary, Canada 151
University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand 151
University of Florida Gainesville, United States 151
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Heidelberg University Heidelberg, Germany 151
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University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal 151
University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 151
University of Notre Dame South Bend, United States 151
University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand 151
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University of Sussex Brighton, United Kingdom 151
University of Turin Turin, Italy 151
University Paris Dauphine Paris, France 151
Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden 151
Utrecht University Utrecht, Netherlands 151
Wageningen University and Research Wageningen, Netherlands 151
Waseda University Shinjuku, Japan 151
York University Toronto, Canada 151
Aalto University Helsinki, Finland 201
Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France 201
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Charles University Prague, Czech Republic 201
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European University Institute Florence, Italy 201
Ghent University Ledeberg, Belgium 201
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México Mexico City, Mexico 201
Iowa State University Ames, United States 201
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Karlsruhe, Germany 201
Kingston University London Borough of Sutton, United Kingdom 201
KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden 201
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Trondheim, Norway 201
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RMIT University Melbourne, Australia 201
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TU Berlin Berlin, Germany 201
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ESSEC Business School Cergy, France 251
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Rice University Houston, United States 251
Royal Holloway University of London London, United Kingdom 251
The New School New York City, United States 251
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Tokyo Institute of Technology Meguro, Japan 251
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University of Wollongong Wollongong, Australia 251
University Putra Malaysia Kampong Baharu Balakong, Malaysia 251
Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) Warsaw, Poland 251
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Bucharest University of Economic Studies Bucharest, Romania 301
Corvinus University of Budapest Budapest IX. kerület, Hungary 301
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Ecole normale supérieure (ENS) Paris, France 301
Hong Kong Baptist University Kowloon, Hong Kong (SAR) 301
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Powai, India 301
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Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Copenhagen, Denmark 301
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Virginia Tech Blacksburg, United States 301
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Wuhan University Wuhan, China 301
Auckland University of Technology Auckland, New Zealand 351
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Catholic University of Portugal Lisbon, Portugal 351
Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg, Sweden 351
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Concordia University Montréal Montreal West, Canada 351
Ewha Womans University Seoul, South Korea 351
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Brazil 351
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Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan 351
Lingnan University Tuen Mun, Hong Kong (SAR) 351
METU Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey 351
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens, Greece 351
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Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark 51
Autonomous University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain 51
Bologna Business School Bologna, Italy 51
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Dartmouth College Hanover, United States 51
École Polytechnique Palaiseau, France 51
Fudan University Shanghai, China 51
Georgetown University Washington, D. C., United States 51
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Institute for European Studies - Universite Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium 51
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Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands 51
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Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore 51
HSE University Moscow, Russia 51
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