The Department of Economics focuses on research and teaching excellence.
Our research encompasses a broad range of topics and faculty members have published in the very best journals in Economics.
Our graduate and undergraduate programs cover exciting real-world developments and equip students with contemporary analytic skills. Excellent co-op work opportunities combined with classroom learning are key to our students' outstanding record of success.
Undergraduate studies
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Graduate studies
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Research
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Study big data
The Graduate Diploma in Computational Analytics for the Social Sciences and Humanities (CDASH) is open to all faculties.
Events
Master of Peace and Conflict Studies Information Session
The Master of Peace and Conflict Studies (MPACS) is a vibrant, interdisciplinary academic program that empowers students with knowledge and skills to contribute to nonviolent peacebuilding.
Turbulent times call for people who understand systems of violence and conflict, and who are prepared to build peace with justice. MPACS uniquely prepares its graduates to be catalysts for peace at community, institutional, and systemic levels. A rigorous course-based professional degree program, MPACS connects theory, analysis, reflection, and practice. Our distinctive focus is on civil society and community-led change. The program provides graduates with tools to understand sources of conflict, polarization, and systems of oppression, as well as to imagine and support transformative peacebuilding.
Join our community-centered learning environment, and benefit from being part of the University of Waterloo, one of Canada’s premier universities.
MA Economics at University of Alberta
University of Alberta offers two course-based MA programs: a one year MA Economics and a two year MA Economics with a Specialization in Finance. The MA programs are designed to prepare graduates for employment in the private or public sector, or to pursue PhD studies.
Please see the attached one-pager regarding the program.
News
Economics Post-Doctoral Fellow joins the European Commission
Iban Ortuzar Fernandez, Post-Doctoral Fellow (PDF) in the Department of Economics, joins the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission as an Economic Analyst.
UWaterloo, partners launch initiative to drive AI adoption across Canada
Co-directed by Joël Blit (UWaterloo) and Danielle Goldfarb (University of Toronto), CAIAI seeks to reverse Canada’s productivity decline and strengthen competitiveness by accelerating AI integration.
CBC: Proposed Changes to Water Taking Permits
Listen to Professor Roy Brouwer discuss the economic and environmental implications of proposed changes to Ontario's Water Taking Permit on CBC radio's The Morning Show.