Got offers from both programs and deciding which one to take. Which programme is better in terms of
1) Quality?
2) Reputation (both of faculty and of programme)?
3) Which one is more respected in the world of academia/private sector?
I get the impression that the Cambridge economics department is getting stronger but don't know how true that is.
I DON'T plan on doing a PhD. Thanks for your help
Oxford program is stronger AFAIK. I think any difference in reputation is insignificant between these two at the MPhil level.
This is perhaps something people might have said 10 years ago. But today it is out of date and does not take into account recent improvements at Cambridge and the exodus from Oxford.
This is perhaps something people might have said 10 years ago. But today it is out of date and does not take into account recent improvements at Cambridge and the exodus from Oxford.
No, I am familiar with both of the two programs and my information is up to date, thank you.
Oxford is the better department. By far the most relevant difference is that Oxford is two years and Cambridge one. Do the one which fits in better for you in that regard.
If you don't want to do a PhD presumably you want to go into industry/public sector. In which case both are probably seen equally.
At Oxford they move at to be honest quite a slow pace on the MPhil - spend all of the first year doing just three courses (Micro, Macro, Econometrics), and then take summer off and come back to do a thesis in the second year.
At Cambridge this is all done in a single year - more sensible.
At Oxford they move at to be honest quite a slow pace on the MPhil - spend all of the first year doing just three courses (Micro, Macro, Econometrics), and then take summer off and come back to do a thesis in the second year.
At Cambridge this is all done in a single year - more sensible.
Dude do you have any clue what you're talking about
Oxford MPhil
yr 1: Micro, Macro, Econometrics.
yr 2: five option courses, You will take at least one advanced course and at least one field course. Thesis: 30,000 words with original research. It can be incorporated into a DPhil thesis, if you continue with your studies.
Places: 64
Applicants: 499
(most recent year)
Cambridge
Five compulsory modules
Two optional courses
A dissertation of up to 10,000 words
Places 63
Applicants: 377
(most recent year)