9 Master Degrees in Economics in South America for 2024
- Rosario, Argentina
Part time
15 months
Distance Learning
Spanish
The Master in Applied Economics is an academic proposal from the Faculty of Business Sciences of the Universidad Austral that seeks to train professionals with a solid academic and professional base, capable of diagnosing, evaluating and solving economic problems.
- Neiva, Colombia
On-Campus
Spanish
The Master in Economics will have a solid background in economic theory and quantitative methods, and will also develop skills for the analysis of regional problems working in fields such as international economics, industrial organization, regional development, the new economic geography, spatial econometrics, and the economics of the environment. The program brings together first-rate professors who participate in the production of knowledge from their investigative work in economic areas, as well as in consultancy advice at different levels of the public sector, for the development of their teaching activities and thesis supervision. to the productive sector and to national and international institutions.
Master in Development Economics (MED)
Universidad Nacional De Salta / National University Of Salta
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- Salta Province, Argentina
On-Campus
Spanish
The Master in Development Economics (MED) conceives development from a multidimensional perspective, which is why it addresses topics ranging from the Economics of Education to Economic Growth, through the study of innovation, regional development, the environment, poverty, and inequality among many other aspects of economic, social and human development. Any process of economic growth and development requires the deployment of professional capacities, strictly linked to knowledge, which can be created and enhanced by the knowledge offered by a postgraduate program such as the Masters in Development Economics. More specifically, the policies to carry out this process and the quality of the links in the design-execution-evaluation chain of public policies depend crucially on the performance capacities and knowledge of rigorous techniques that allow optimizing the use of the resources they provide. they demand.
- Curico, Chile
On-Campus
Spanish
The Master in Economics (MAEC) is an academic program, aimed at providing knowledge in the areas of applied economics and developing advanced skills and abilities in the areas of microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. To achieve the above, the Program provides solid academic training focused on the application of economic fundamentals and the understanding of current economic problems, with an emphasis on the development of solution proposals based on both theoretical and empirical scientific evidence.
- José C. Paz, Argentina
On-Campus
Spanish
The master's degree is a training space oriented to the agendas of economic development, and its challenges, both at the national level and in its articulation with a regional agenda. It is proposed, in the macro of the multiplicity of existing approaches, to provide knowledge that allows knowing and contrasting different economic visions and debates in aspects such as the role of the state and its policy instruments, as well as the different productive, commercial, and financial strategies national and regional integration. It does so from a multidisciplinary approach and especially from a theoretical-practical nature, from delving into specific historical experiences and reflecting on their results. Within this framework, the following objectives are proposed: Contribute to the training of high-level resources with capacities to apply the theoretical and empirical knowledge acquired for the development of activities for the design, planning, management, and evaluation of policies, programs, and actions aimed at promoting economic development at the regional level. Provide methodologies, techniques, and tools of inquiry and quantitative and qualitative for the analysis of economic development processes in the region, through the performance of comparative studies, diagnoses, and evaluation of policies, programs, and projects. Consolidate an academic space for exchange and reflection on the challenges of economic development in the regional context that contributes to the postgraduate training of professionals prepared for the design of public policy strategies for development. To train in the knowledge of the main theories, concepts, and relationships necessary to understand and analyze the problems of economic development, from a historical and critical perspective.
- Goiabeiras, Brazil
On-Campus
Portuguese
The Graduate Program in Economics at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (PPGEco-UFES), through its Masters and Doctorate courses in Economics, has the general objective of training professionals able to work with academic research in educational institutions, as well as in private companies and in the public sector, through a strong immersion in Economic Theory and Quantitative Methods, with due attention to the events and updates of the Capixaba, Brazilian and International Economy. It also provides the necessary knowledge for students to enter Postdoctoral Programs in the country and abroad. PPGEco-UFES Master's and Doctorate in Economics students acquire analytical and academic skills that give them comparative advantages in the most varied fields of professional practice.
- Cidade Universitária, Brazil
English, Spanish, Portuguese
The Graduate Program in Economics (PPGECON) was created in 2010, having formed its first class through Internal Selection in 2011.
Master of Science in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources in Subantarctic Environment
University of Magallanes (UMAG)
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- Punta Arenas, Chile
On-Campus
Spanish
This Master's program is the first offered in Chilean-Argentine Patagonia (south of Region X) and allows meeting the needs of the southern academic and professional community, contributing to the sustainable development of the region and stimulating basic science programs and applied in the most extensive territory of Chile: Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Province. To meet the general objective of management and sustainable use of resources, the Master's program considers: 1) Include teaching and research in biological conservation in order to reinforce environmental, social, and economic sustainability in biological resource management practices. 2) Study of terrestrial ecosystems because they present essential ecological and biogeographic interrelationships with Antarctic and subantarctic ecosystems. Participation of academics from various disciplines associated with a set of national and international universities and scientific institutions that have competence in the area of sustainable management for the training of researchers who contribute to the knowledge of southern biodiversity, its valuation and conservation, In this way, the training of a specialist in the area of Management and Conservation of Natural Resources in Subantarctic Environments with a high scientific level preparation, capable of teaching and conducting research in the broad field of biological diversity, its ecological functions are sought. and its economic value under management and conservation plans that promote environmental and economic sustainability. This will allow technical advice to state or private organizations.
Master in Socioeconomic Development
National University of Entre Ríos (Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos UNER)
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- Concepción del Uruguay, Argentina
On-Campus
Spanish
Promote research and scientific dissemination in the field of socio-economic development that meets local and regional needs; Contribute to the training of excellence of professionals to act in undergraduate and graduate teaching, as well as in university extension; Train professionals to act in organizations, in planning, and in the development of business strategies; Strengthen the institutional capacities of the province to act in social management and in the production of knowledge that leads to the formulation and evaluation of public policies, in the search for alternatives for local and regional problems; Enable the integration of post-graduation with different undergraduate courses and of the university with society; Contribute to the design of policies, programs, and projects for the socio-economic development of the province and the region; Promote exchange and collaboration with similar programs in the region (Mercosur, UNASur, CELAC, etc.).