BScApplied Economics
| Study location | Hungary, Budapest |
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| Type | Bachelor, full degree studies |
| Nominal duration | 6 semesters (3 years) (180 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | BSc (BSc Applied Economics) |
| Course code | Economic Science |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) Your diploma must be legally recognised in accordance with Hungarian Law (Act C, 2001, Recognition of Foreign Certificates and Degrees). This means your qualification must be deemed at least “equivalent” to a Hungarian high school diploma (for entry onto a BA/BSc) or a Hungarian Bachelor’s degree (for entry onto an MA/MSc/MBA). If you have one of the following with the scores stated, you are exempt from needing to sit our internal mathematics exam: The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take verified copies of the entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. |
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| Language requirements | English The following secured English language tests with the minimum scores stated are accepted as proof: |
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| Other requirements | A motivation letter must be added to your application. |
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Overview
Analytical, compelling, world-changing. Value, production, distribution and consumption; microeconomic markets and macroeconomic systems.
Programme description
Get familiar with relevant concepts, principles, models, theories and methodology of modern economics. We will provide you with the analytical methods used by economists working in business, policy and research.
Our BSc Applied Economics programme will familiarise you with with many exciting concepts and tools, like: how to model the real world; how to develop your data analysis skills and quantitative competences; and how to improve your problem-solving abilities and critical thinking?
It includes studying a wide variety of concepts, participating in major group projects and presentations – making you the perfect asset to any company, public or private organisation.
Problems you will study in class include:
-How to forecast the price of food.
-Which processes influence consumption and how.
-What the consequences of an increase in the consumption tax are.
-The role of government in different markets.
-Factors that led to the collapse of the Peso-Dollar exchange rate.
-How the global economy and international monetary systems work.
-How to incentivise people to take care of their environment.
-How to make the world a better place from a social point of view.
Upon graduation, you will be able to examine the underlying incentives of social phenomena to try to extract meaning from data, to making models and forecasts and then find the explanation to major issues.
Our programme is internationally recognised and integrated.
Entry requirements:
High school graduation
B2 Level English (see above)
Entrance exam:
Yes
Type of entrance exam:
Written test
Entrance exam location:
Online
Entrance exam description:
The Admission Board will evaluate the application materials (qualification(s), GPA, English proficiency, letter of motivation, work/activity experience) and based on a shortlist, applicants will be contacted to participate in a mathematics test.
Career opportunities
Our graduates have secured positions including:
-Insurance Product Developer
-Project Manager
-Real Estate Market Expert
-Risk Analyst
-Market Analyst.
Our graduates graduates are working at prestigious organisations, including:
-Hungarian Competition Authority
-Raiffeisen.
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