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Department	Division	Degree Sought	Student Intake	Application Period	Timing of Admission Decision Notification	Course Start Date
N/A	N/A	Master's	7			Oct.2010

For these programs, both the Master's Program and Doctoral Program are based upon the standard global curriculum of postgraduate level economics, and are aimed at fostering talented individuals who can creatively solve the problems presented in contemporary economy by learning at the frontlines of economics.
In the Master's Program, students will be required to take the core subjects of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, and Mathematics for Economics, all of which are compulsory during the first year of the program. Then, the students can exercise their options and take specialized subjects such as Advanced Microeconomics, Advanced Macroeconomics, Advanced Econometrics, Financial Economics, Public Finance, Environmental Economics, Public Economics, Industrial Organization, International Economics, and more during the second year. The program is characterized by:
1) Small-group instruction in core subjects, which ensures a basic postgraduate level acquisition of scholastic abilities. 2) A well-balanced array of specialized subjects approached from theoretical, empirical, and political conceptual viewpoints, which helps the students to systematically learn frontline economics.
3) A closely supervised setting for writing the Master's thesis under the academic advisor during the second year. The authors of the best theses will be given the opportunity to present their papers at the research workshop, and will be awarded special recognition. In the Doctoral Program, students will take specialized subjects, join the research workshop, and receive research guidance for their mandatory dissertations. The research workshop is conducted by inviting various eminent scholars specializing in modern economics. When writing the dissertation, each student will be supervised continuously and systematically by one main advisor and two other sub-advisors. Furthermore, the students will be allowed to take part in a variety of research projects conducted by the Department of Economic Engineering in order to practically improve their analytical facilities in specialized and related fields. Research results gleaned from the study of frontline economics will be presented at domestic and international conferences and published as discussion papers and articles. Until the student completes his / her dissertation based on a series of these research achievements, the three advisors will provide thorough guidance. As with the master's theses, the authors of superior dissertations will have the opportunity to be awarded special recognition, and may take up the posts of assistant professor, former research associate, or research fellow.