Overview
The main objective of this Economic History programme at London School of Economics and Political Science is the elaboration of a substantial piece of work that is worthy of publication and which makes an original contribution to the field of economic history.
Features
- The Department is home to by far the largest group of researchers in economic history in the UK and one of the largest in the world.
- This is a pluralistic Department which encourages different approaches to the discipline: quantitative economic history; global history; history of economic thought; historical demography; historical economic geography; international economic history; business history; financial and monetary history; and social history.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- Approaches to Economic and Social History
- Historical Analysis of Economic Change
- Research Design and Quantitative Methods in Economic History
- Thesis Workshop in Economic History
- Economic History
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
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Economics View 84 other PhDs in Economics in United KingdomAcademic requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Merit in LSE’s MSc Economic History (Research) with a minimum of 65% overall, and at least 75% in the dissertation component.
- Direct entry for applicants with an equivalent score in economic history or a similar field (economics, history, and so on) will also be considered, but we expect students to have a completed a dissertation worth at least 20% of the final grade.
- Students are also accepted for the so-called 1+3 programme, a one year MSc in Economic History (Research) followed by a three year research programme.
Tuition Fee
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22632 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 22632 GBP per year during 36 months. -
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4829 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4829 GBP per year during 36 months.
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