Master Development Economics at Cairo University

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The aim of the Masters in Development Economics is to train students into highly qualified analysts of economic development issues. Its purpose is to reflect the growing demand for experts capable of addressing the challenges of economic development, evaluating the economic policies of developing countries and analyzing the economic relations between unequally developed countries.
The Masters’ program offers rigorous training in analytical and quantitative economic methods. Its goal is indeed to equip talented students with a solid foundation for applied research. The program is however geared to both future academics and future practitioners in the field of development economics and international economics.

Structure

The Masters’ lasts for two academic years. Each academic year is divided into two fourteen-week semesters. The Master comprises 16 courses (7 in the first year and 9 in the second year). There is also a thesis seminar where each student presents the work related to his or her thesis.

In the summer after the second year, subject to attaining a minimal academic performance, students can be offered a summer internship either as a research assistant in a faculty member’s project or at a private or public institution or international organizations.

The Masters’ thesis is an original research piece in the field chosen by the student. Each student is assigned an adviser who helps him or her in identifying a suitable research topic and oversees the whole process. The Masters’ thesis defense takes place at the end of semester four.

At the end of the second year, students obtain a Masters’ degree in development economics from University Paris 1 PanthĂ©on-Sorbonne.

Courses are delivered by professors from Cairo University and University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne in English.