• Masters in Economics at the University of Victoria is offered as a 12-months program by the Department of Economics.
  • The University of Victoria also ranked 2nd in Maclean’s top Canadian Comprehensive Universities 2019.
  • Department of Economics focuses on essential issues like poverty, climate change, housing markets, financial crises, immigration, health care, and much more.
  • This Master’s program provides a rigorous foundation in economic theory and econometrics, supplemented by electives with an applied focus. 
  • A flexible MA program can be completed in a minimum of 12 months.
  • Students can explore any subfield of economics including: environmental, resource and climate change; labour economics, economics of indigenous people, development economics, finance and applied econometrics 
  • All students are required to defend their thesis or extended essay in a final oral examination.