Master in Economics, ME (2024/2025): English track – Setting the individual study plan

1. In the 1st semester of the 1st year, the student must choose 6 ECTS from the “Elective Methods and Techniques for Applied Economics”.
2. In the 2nd semester of the 1st year, the student must choose 12 ECTS from the “Elective Area of Applied Economics” and 6 ECTS from the “Elective Methods and Techniques for Applied Economics”.
3. In the 1st semester of the 2nd year, the student must choose 12 ECTS from the “Elective Area of Applied Economics” and 12 ECTS from the “Elective UPorto (master level)”.
4. The “Elective Area of Applied Economics” is organized into two areas of specialization:
   • Markets and Microeconomic Policies;
   • Macroeconomics and Financial Economics.
   Of the total of 24 ECTS from the “Elective Area of Applied Economics”, the student must complete a minimum of 18 ECTS from electives in one of the two specialization areas
5. The list of electives from the “Elective Area of Applied Economics” and from the “Elective Methods and Techniques for Applied Economics” is defined annually by the Scientific Council of FEP upon proposal of the Scientific Committee of the ME (CCME).

Electives

B. Elective Area of Applied Economics (choose B.1 or B.2)

B.1 Markets and Microeconomic Policies (minimum 18 ECTS)

B.2 Macroeconomics and Financial Economics (minimum 18 ECTS)

C. Elective Methods and Techniques for Applied Economics (minimum 12 ECTS)

D. Elective UPorto (maximum 12 ECTS)

In the Elective UPorto (master level) the student can choose:

• from any course in the “Elective Area of Applied Economics”;
• from any course in the “Elective Methods and Techniques for Applied Economics”;
• from any 2nd cycle course offered at FEP or at the University of Porto.