Tel.：＋86-755-84273454/84273417
Email：msecon@cuhk.edu.cn
Address：Room 527, Teaching A, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 2001 Longxiang Avenue, Longgang District, Shenzhen, China.
Partnership Masters Program in Economics
CUHK-Shenzhen and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) are establishing a partnership between master's degree programs in economics, which starts in the fall of 2018. This joint program offers a unique opportunity for students to receive world-class education from a prestigious US program and obtain knowledge about the Chinese economy and practical trainings/internships/job opportunities in China. All classes are conducted in English. UW-Madison will award the degree of Master in Economics to students that successfully complete all credit requirements after they transfer some credits taken at CUHK-Shenzhen.
Students will be offered two Master degrees after successfully completing the graduate studies at both UW-Madison and CUHK-Shenzhen.
UW-Madison:
30 credits in total with a minimum of 21 credits taken in Madison
Students who have completed a semester of courses at CUHK-Shenzhen as Associate Students would be expected to graduate from UW-Madison after two additional semesters of coursework at UW-Madison.
CUHK-Shenzhen:
36 credits in total with a minimum of 18 credits taken in Shenzhen
Students who have completed two semesters of courses at UW-Madison would be also expected to graduate from CUHK-Shenzhen after one more year of coursework at CUHK-Shenzhen.
Study Plan (for reference only)
Year 1
Fall Term — CUHK-Shenzhen
Quantitative Methods in Economics
Advanced Microeconomics
Advanced Macroeconomics
Business Economics and Machine Learning
Spring Term — UW-Madison
ECON 701: Microeconomics I
ECON 690: International Financial Economics
ECON 704: Econometrics I
Electives
Summer Term — UW-Madison
Students may have the following two options: Option A: Stay at UW-Madison and take courses Option B: Participate in internship (0 credits).
Year 2
Fall Term — UW-Madison
ECON 708: Microeconomics II
ECON 705: Econometrics II
Electives
Graduate from UW-Madison
Spring Term — CUHK-Shenzhen
Advanced Programming for Economics
Electives
Summer Term — CUHK-Shenzhen
Electives
Fall Term — CUHK-Shenzhen
Graduate Internship (off campus)
Graduate from CUHK-Shenzhen
Curriculum
UW-Madison offers the following master's courses：
| Core Courses | Elective Courses |
|---|---|
| ECON701 Microeconomics I | ECON442 Macroeconomic Policy |
| ECON704 Econometrics I | ECON460 Economic Forecasting |
| ECON708 Microeconomics II | ECON475 Economics of Growth |
| ECON705 Econometrics II | ECON521 Game Theory & Economic Analysis |
| ECON702 Macroeconomics I | ECON548 Economics of Health Care |
| ECON666 Issues-International Finance | |
| ECON690 Data Analytics for Economists | |
| ECON690 Economics of Machine Learning |
CUHK-Shenzhen offers the following master's courses:
http://msecon.cuhk.edu.cn/en/page-course_information.html
Tuition Fee
Tuition Fees: CUHK-Shenzhen and UW-Madison are responsible for setting and collecting tuition/fees through their own university. Fulltime Enrollment Tuition at UW-Madison is currently $2000-$2200 US dollars per credit.
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Tel.：＋86-755-84273454/84273417
Email：msecon@cuhk.edu.cn
Address：Room 527, Teaching A, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 2001 Longxiang Avenue, Longgang District, Shenzhen, China.
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