D.Phil and PRS Economics- Oxford

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Oxford's Econ. is actually very prestigious, that's why. Perhaps it's not as well known on this newsgroup due to Oxford not having a single honours Econ. degree at undergrad level. There have been no less than 9 Nobel Prize winners in Econ. associated with Oxford. Also, for journal citations, and this is what the LSE uses to show that it has the best Econ. dept in Europe, Oxford is 2nd place -ahead of Cambridge. Overall, for journal citations, the difference between Oxford and LSE is negligible. Also, Oxford has an excellent MPhil programme from which many people transfer onto the DPhil, so that too is one of its attractions.

I'v just got offer to do MPhil in Econ in Oxford, but I won't hav enough funding to continue to DPhil after the 2 years and so hav to work 4 several years before returning, do you know whether the MPhil is seen as a stand-alone Master in the job-market? Or it's just another half-way-house same as 1-year Masters in other unis, disliked by most employers?

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Mphilstudent

Hi,
I got accepted to the Mphil at Cambridge, Oxford, Msc at LSE as well as several top - 30 US econ departments for a first year Ph.D. ...
I was wondering whether anyone could commnet on the comparability of the UK degrees above...
Is the Cambridge Mphil more like the LSE Msc or the Oxford Mphil....
Anyone have an IDea what kind of Job one can get after this kind of a degree.....
E.g, is it possible to get a decent private sector or international organization job ?

Thanks for your reply

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eiffel

Which US econ departments did you get admitted to? Haven't the deadlines for responding passed?

What kind of econ are you interested in? Is there anyone you'd like to work with? What is your ultimate goal?

US econ departments are mostly geared towards producing academics. While it's not unheard of people going into the private sector/international organizations, it's not encouraged, either.

Will money be an issue, presumably since most US PhD acceptances offer funding too?

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haardti

SHENW

Also, for journal citations, and this is what the LSE uses to show that it has the best Econ. dept in Europe, Oxford is 2nd place -ahead of Cambridge. Overall, for journal citations, the difference between Oxford and LSE is negligible.

That's not correct. According to all publication/citation criteria, regardless of which ranking you look at, LSE is far ahead of anybody else in the UK. However, taking into account the different department sizes, Essex/LSE emerge as the two leading UK departments, with Cambridge and Oxford having much less per-capita impact-weighted publications (they are virtually equal to each other). UCL and others can then be found between Essex/LSE on the one hand and Cambridge/Oxford on the other.

Obviously, much depends on the particular specialism you're interested in. LSE is a typical "US" department covering most mainstream subfields. Essex is very good in labour economics and game theory, UCL in econometric theory, Cambridge and Oxford in economic history and methodology.

David

D.Phil and PRS Economics- Oxford

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