The Barcelona GSE debuts in the Top 100 institutions worldwide, based on institutional reputation and research impact in this subject area.
Barcelona GSE is now included in QS Rankings for Economics & Econometrics
Master’s Degrees
Master Degree in Economics and Finance
Economics Program
Marta Reynal-Querol
Program Director
Eulàlia Nualart
Deputy Director
77
students from 31 countries
Filippo Ippolito
Program Director
Xavier Freixas
Steering Commitee
José-Luis Peydró
Steering Commitee
28
students from 21 countries
Master Degree in Specialized Economic Analysis
Competition and Market Regulation Program
Rosa Ferrer
Program Director
Juan José Ganuza
Steering Committee
Massimo Motta
Steering Commitee
16
students from 10 countries
Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell
Program Director
18
students from 10 countries
Jaume Ventura
Program Director
Fernando Broner
Steering Committee
Antonio Ciccone
Steering Committee
46
students from 23 countries
Hugo Rodríguez- Mendizábal
Program Director
Albert Marcet
Scientific Director
15
students from 12 countries
Master Degree in Data Science
Christian Fons-Rosen
Program Director
Omiros Papaspiliopoulos
Scientific Director
25
students from 17 countries
Master’s class profile
225
Intake of students
54
Nationalities
25
Years old (average age)
Gender
Academic Background
Countries of Origin of Master’s Students 2018-19
Most represented countries:
Spain (35), Italy (21), United States (20), Peru (14), Germany (13), United Kingdom (12)
Class of 2018 Career Placement
The annual report includes results for the previous academic year’s cohort, six months after their graduation.
Distribution of Professional and Academic Placements
Professional Placements by Industry
Doctoral Study
Distribution of Academic and Professional Placements by Program
94% of the Class of 2018 reported obtaining a job or entering a postgraduate program within 6 months of completing the Barcelona GSE Master’s
Examples of 2018 Professional Placements
Africa, Asia, Oceania
Armenian State Revenue Committee
Central Bank of the Russian Federation
CoinFi
Grab Taxi
Harvard’s DRC research office
Halofina
Indian-Political Action Committee (I-PAC)
Indian School of Business
Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Iraq Oil Report
Japanese Embassy in Tbilisi
Nielson
Own Company
Russian Foreign Trade Academy
RXP Services Limited
United Nations
United Nations Capital Development Fund
Central and South America
Banco BCP
Central Reserve Bank of Peru
Economic and Finance Ministery
Federal Telecommunications Institute
GPR Economía S.A
Hilti
Inteligencia Económica
Innovation Lab of the Ministry of Education in Perú
JPAL
Macroconsult S.A.
Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros del Gobierno del Perú (Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru)
Europe
Accenture
BBVA
Banca d’Italia
Bank of England
Caixa Bank
Compass Lexecon
European Central Bank
European Commission
Kvika Banki
Mayato
Ministry of Finance od the Slovak Republic
OECD
Oxera
PwC
Telefonica
Unilever
Valdani, Vicari & Associati
North America
BC Children’s Foundation
International Baccalaureate
J.B. Hunt
Legal Services Corporation
Mexican Central Bank
National Bank Investments Inc.
Princeton University
Rutgers University
Talent Beyond Boundaries
TD Securities
The University of Virginia Nudge4 Solutions Lab
World Bank
Examples of 2018 PhD Placements
Europe
Athens University of Economics and Business
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
Cass Business School
Copenhagen Business School
European University Institute
LMU Munich
Queen Mary University of London
Tilburg University
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
University of Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
University of Trento
University of York
North America
Boston University
Brown University
69 career recruiting events for Master’s students
Recruitment talks 2018-19
Accenture
AlixPartners
Banc Sabadell Credit Modelling
Banc Sabadell Research
Banco de España
BBVA Research
Beabloo
Bluecap Management Consulting
Caixabank
CEPA
Charles Rivers Associate (CRA)
CMA
Compass Lexecon
Copenhagen Economics
Credit Suisse
CRESTLINE
E.CA Economics
EBRD
ECB
EIB
EU Institutions (European Commission and European Parliament) Factset
Frontier Economics
ILO
Instiglio
Jacobs
JPAL
Kantox
Kernel Analytics
Laterite
Lisbon Council
McKinsey Analytics
Nera Economics
ODI
OECD
Open evidence
OXERA
Oxford Economics
Primagas
PwC Data & Analytics
PwC Economics
RBB Economics
S&P Global
Saint Gallen Symposium
Schibsted Media
SIRIS Academic
Social Point
Societe Generale
Telefonica Research
The Analysis Group
The Brattle Group
UBS
World Bank
WTO
Career Seminars 2018-19
Careers in European Institutions
Careers in Investment Banking
Careers in International Organizations
Careers in Think Tanks
Communications skills
Cover letter
CV workshop
Interview preparation
Job search
Market Insights for Economics
Market Insights for Finance
Market Insights for Competition and Market Regulation
Market Insights for Economics of Public Policy
Market Insights for International Trade, Finance, and Development
Market Insights for Macroeconomics Policy and Financial Markets
Market Insights for Data Science
Networking skills
PhD Information session
Career Services visited 83 target employers in 11 cities
Doctoral Programs
Graduate education at the Barcelona GSE rests upon the foundations of two renowned international doctoral programs: GPEFM at UPF and IDEA at UAB.
Graduate Program in Economics, Finance and Management (GPEFM)
International Doctorate in Economic Analysis (IDEA)
Doctoral Program Graduate Placements 2019
Bank of England
Bank of Italy
Bank of Lithuania
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France (post-doc)
Higher School of Economics, Russia
Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China
Toulouse School of Economics, France
University of Bologna, Italy
University of Liverpool, UK
University of Namur, Belgium
University of Nottingham, UK
University of Warwick, UK
Uppsala University, Sweden
6th Barcelona GSE PhD Jamboree
The Barcelona GSE PhD Jamboree is an opportunity for students in both PhD programs in the Barcelona GSE community to show off their research, exchange ideas, and receive feedback on work in progress. The Jamboree is organized and led by GPEFM and IDEA students.
Invited alumni speakers
Antonio Mele (GPEFM ’09)
University of Surrey
«On the Perils of Stabilizing Prices when Agents are Learning.»
Christopher Rauh (IDEA ’14)
University of Montreal
«Socio-Economic Gaps in University Enrollment: The Role of Perceived Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns»
Jamboree Organizers 2019
Adrian Ifrim (UAB and Barcelona GSE)
Karolis Liaudinskas (UPF and Barcelona GSE)
Marta Morazzoni (UPF and Barcelona GSE)
Ruben Pérez Sanz (UAB and Barcelona GSE)
Highlights from this year’s Jamboree
The Jamboree receives support from the Severo Ochoa Program.
Financial Aid and Scholarships
Master Program Scholarship Sponsors 2018-19
The support of prestigious companies and institutions enables the Barcelona GSE to offer tuition waivers based on academic merit to outstanding students applying to any of its master programs.
Thanks to these sponsorship agreements, students received either full- or partial-tuition scholarship awards.
38% of students across all of the master programs received some type of funding in 2018-19.
Some students receiving financial aid were selected to receive scholarships from competitive programs created by Barcelona GSE sponsors:
Continuing Education
Summer Schools
Banking Summer School
Xavier Freixas (UPF and Barcelona GSE), Director
José-Luis Peydró (UPF and Barcelona GSE), Director
CREI Macroeconomics Summer School
Alberto Martin (CREI, UPF and Barcelona GSE), Director
Data Science Summer School
Omiros Papaspiliopoulos (ICREA-UPF and Barcelona GSE), Director
Development Economics Summer School
Raül Santaeulàlia-Llopis (MOVE, UAB and Barcelona GSE), Director
Digital Economy Summer School
Juan-José Ganuza (UPF and Barcelona GSE), Director
Finance Summer School
Filippo Ippolito (UPF and Barcelona GSE), Director
Labor Economics Summer School
Maia Güell (University of Edinburgh), Director
Macroeconometrics Summer School
Luca Gambetti (UAB and Barcelona GSE), Director
Microeconometrics Summer School
Sergi Jiménez-Martín (UPF and Barcelona GSE), Director
628
participants from 79 countries
13th annual Barcelona GSE Summer School
Professional Courses
Competitive Effects of Mergers
Massimo Motta (ICREA-UPF and Barcelona GSE), Director
Data Science Winter School
Omiros Papaspiliopoulos (ICREA-UPF and Barcelona GSE), Director
Quantitative Methods for Competition Analysis
Massimo Motta (ICREA-UPF and Barcelona GSE), Director
Frank Verboven (University of Leuven), Director
95
participants from 32 countries
“The course was very rigorous and covered targeted material and Python programs that may act as a springboard for more reading and learning on the topic…[it] highlighted to potential Data Scientists that one needs rigorous theoretical understanding of the behavioral models, as opposed to simply programming some lines of code.”
Konstantinos Pouliakas
Expert on Skills and Labour Markets
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)
Data Science Winter School 2019