ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management
Masters in Monetary and Financial EconomicsLisbon, Portugal
DURATION
3 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 2nd phase : 31/03/25| 3rd phase - 15/05/25
Key Summary
Introduction
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The Masters in Monetary and Financial Economics (MEMF) is an international-level program that follows the best European practices in the area. As such, the selection criteria of applicants are demanding and this exigency level is kept along the course. Thus, the MEMF is not compatible with a weak background and with a low-effort profile, as we expect students to be prepared to spend a minimum of 3200 effort hours in 2 years.
The effort required by MEMF students is strongly valued in the labor market. Employers especially recognize MEMF graduates with a strong background in econometrics and quantitative methods, competence in macroeconomics and monetary economics, and a large capacity to face new challenges.
Exigency, competence, and rigor. These have been the leading principles of the MEMF for more than two decades and so they will be.
The aims of the Master (MSc) in Monetary and Financial Economics are:
- Providing advanced knowledge in the monetary and financial fields, based upon the most relevant results achieved by the scientific community,
- Initiating its students in scientific research, by practicing the appropriate techniques and methodologies, and
- Preparing the senior staff in monetary and financial institutions linked to financing the economy and the monetary policy issues. This MSc gives direct access to the doctoral program in Economics at ISEG.
Admissions
Curriculum
Organization
The masters’ study program is spread across 4 semesters with a total of 120 ECTS, 42 of them (12 in the third semester and 30 in the fourth semester) correspond to a dissertation. All the compulsory and elective option course units with origin in this MSc use English as their work language. Course units originated in other MSc will use the working language chosen for that particular program.
The “Training Positions MEMF – Bank of Portugal” program provides the opportunity to work as a trainee in the Economic Research Department of the Bank of Portugal to the best students in the MSc. Its main goal is to produce a dissertation supervised by a doctor in the department.
The master's program has as Scientific Advisor Prof. Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the European Central Bank and previous program director.
MSc Monetary and Financial Economics Course Units
1st year – 1st semester
- Econometrics
- History of Economic Thought
- Macroeconomics
- Mathematical Economics
- Microeconomics
1st year – 2nd semester
- Foundations of Financial Economics
- Monetary Policy
- 2 Elective option units
- Free option unit
2nd year – 1st semester
- 2 Elective option units
- Free option unit
- Thesis (Seminar)
2nd year – 2nd semester
- MSc Final Work (Thesis)
Elective Options
- Banking and Insurance
- Behavioural Finance
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Econometrics
- Financial Mathematics
- Financial Options
- International Financial Markets
- Macroeconomics and Monetary Theory
- Monetary and Financial History
- Numerical Methods in Finance
- Public Finance in the Economic and Monetary Union
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Ideal Students
Target Audience
The MSc in Monetary and Financial Economics is intended to complement and deepen first cycle education provided by a degree in Economics or Finance. The main objective is that students learn how to analyze problems in a rigorous and constructive way, developing their ability to assess the contribution of research in Monetary and Financial Economics to solve the problems in the area and to use advanced empirical and theoretical tools in Economics and Finance.