University

Introduction I studied for a part-time Master’s in Applied Mathematics at Imperial from October 2021 to October 2023, while continuing to work at 80% capacity at the Bank of England. In this blog, I’ll write about my personal experience studying this Master’s part-time. I hope this is useful for prospective part-time students - I know that when I was applying, I struggled to find anyone’s personal experiences and would have found it useful to hear about. ...

Introduction I studied for a Master’s in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics (EME) at the London School of Economics from 2019 - 2020. Prior to starting the Master’s, I knew from speaking with other students and professors that this Master’s had a reputation for being very technical, and that it would be an intense year. Indeed, LSE’s official page for the program reads The MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics is a technically rigorous programme designed to meet the needs of those who have a strong quantitative background wishing to study economics. It is aimed at mathematicians, statisticians, physical scientists and engineers, as well as graduate economists. ...