Master of Advanced Studies in Economics Ph D

Master of Advanced Studies in Economics Ph. D in Economics programme coordinator: Prof. Jo Swinnen September 24, 2018

Admission and registration 2 Faculty of Economics and Business

Registration • Registration after admission only • International students: International Admission Office at Naamsestraat 63 • Belgian students and EEA students with Flemish degree: Registrar’s office at Naamsestraat 22 (or KU Loket when former KU Leuven student) 3 Faculty of Economics and Business

MASE versus Doctum Colloquium • Students who pass for the MASE get an official Master degree (KU Leuven diploma) • Students who pass for the MASE with at least distinction are admitted to the Ph. D programme, under the condition that they have a promotor. • Students admitted directly to the Ph. D programme follow the MASE programme as a Doctum Colloquium. The student does not get an official MASE degree, he/she gets a certificate from the Faculty. 4 Faculty of Economics and Business

MASE versus Doctum Colloquium • Students who already followed an Advanced Research Master programme can get a reduced Doctum Colloquium programme or be exempted for the Doctum Colloquium. • Exemptions for individual courses in the Doctum Colloquium are possible, under the condition that the courses already followed are at an Advanced master or Ph. D level • Students need to have distinction in the Doctum Colloquium to continue with the Ph. D programme. 5 Faculty of Economics and Business

Programme 6 Faculty of Economics and Business

Where to find the courses? Master of Advanced Studies in Economics programme: Programme guide on: https: //onderwijsaanbod. kuleuven. be//opleidingen/e/CQ_50268787. h tm#activetab=diploma_omschrijving 7 Faculty of Economics and Business

MASE programme: Core courses • • • Master’s project Advanced Econometrics Dynamic Methods Advanced Microeconomics II Advanced macroeconomics II Research Workshop Students have to take all these courses. If a student has already taken one or more of these courses, he/she cannot take the course again. In that case the student takes additional courses from the list of Electives. 8 Faculty of Economics and Business

MASE programme: Electives • Students supplement their programme with electives to a minimum of 60 credits. • Non of these courses can be followed by students who have already taken this or a similar course and no exemptions can therefore be given for one of these courses if it has been added to the Individual Study Programme • In addition to he list of elective courses, electives can be taken from other Research Master Programmes at KU Leuven or other universities. 9 Faculty of Economics and Business

Submission of the programme • MASE students submit their programme through ISP (KU Loket), the courses are automatically registered in Toledo as well • More information and procedure: https: //feb. kuleuven. be/eng/leuven/students/administration-and-regulations 1/ISP_IES • Doctum Colloquim students submit their programme with a form in their KU Loket, Ph. D progress file. They have to enroll manually for the courses in Toledo. Doctoral student DO NOT submit their programme in ISP. 10 Faculty of Economics and Business

Ph. D progress tool • EEA Doctoral students with a Flemish degree send me, as soon as they are registered, a (preliminary) title of their Ph. D, the name of their promotor and the starting-date of their Ph. D. With this information I can activate the personal Ph. D progress file. • Students who applied through the International Admission Office should add some information in their KU Loket, Research, Ph. D application. After completing this, the personal Ph. D progress file will be active. • More information about the Ph. D Progress tool on: https: //feb. kuleuven. be/research/Ph. D/Economics/progress_tool_ec 11 Faculty of Economics and Business

Ph. D progress file • It is important to check this Ph. D progress tool regularly through the course of the Ph. D • In this tool you find an overview of all the milestones which you need to achieve throughout your Ph. D. First milestone is the submission of the DC • The tool indicates the deadline and possible approval date of each milestone. When a deadline is coming close, you will be notified by email. • Tab texts: this tab shows the title of your Ph. D as well as the summaries. You can modify the summaries yourself throughout your Ph. D 12 Faculty of Economics and Business

Further questions? Questions: Annie. Vercruysse@kuleuven. be (room HOG 00. 117) More information about the Ph. D programme on: https: //feb. kuleuven. be/research/Ph. D (doctoral regulations of the KU Leuven/Faculty and general information) and https: //feb. kuleuven. be/research/Ph. D/Economics (information about the Ph. D in Economics, steps you need to take, forms you need to submit etc…) 13 Faculty of Economics and Business

Ombudsperson • Ombudsperson Master of Advanced Studies in Economics: Kurt De Cock https: //feb. kuleuven. be/eng/leuven/students/contact_scc_ombuds • Ombudsperson Ph. D students: Prof. Katrien Antonio 14 Faculty of Economics and Business

Questions? 15 Faculty of Economics and Business