The Scottish Doctoral Programme in Economics is a high-quality postgraduate programme in economics, run jointly by eight Scottish universities. The coursework year is taught by selected staff from all eight institutions. The University of Stirling participates fully in this programme, providing both teaching and research supervision. The aim of the coursework year is to produce sufficient grounding in mainstream economics to be able to produce high-quality research either within a research or commercial environment. Delivery and Assessment Mechanisms Assessment of the units is by examination and coursework.
Teaching is almost entirely through lectures.
No formal links. Students graduating from this course have an excellent employment record in universities, national and international governmental organisations, financial institutions and other areas of business and commerce. The Doctoral Programme coursework year has mode A recognition from the ESRC and has some ESRC quota places available.