Best Economic Universities of Europe

April 19th, 2007
Tags: Economic Universities, Economic Education

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London School of Economics, University of London

London School of Economics rankings:
Times Good University Guide: 4th best in the world, 1st in the UK (Economics, Accounting, Finance), 2nd in the UK (Business studies, Politics, Social Policy, Sociology, Geography), 3rd in the UK (Anthropology and Philosophy).
THES (2006): 17th in the world
(overall), 4th best in Europe, 3rd in the world (social sciences), 19th in the
world (arts and humanities).
Guardian’s
2006 University Guide: 3rd best university in the UK.
Sunday Times University Guide: 3rd best in the UK.
Financial Times European Masters Ranking: 8th (MSc Management Program)

London School of Economics is considered best university in the UK dedicated to social sciences. It has a great deal of departments with a plenty of faculties, its library is the biggest in the world of social science libraries. LSE is highly popular with foreign students, coming from the USA, Europe and Asia to pass highly competitive tests for vacant undergraduate and graduate programs and become sufficient and demanded specialists in different fields of science. Average competition is approximately 12 persons per place.

The Department of Economics at the LSE is one of the largest economics departments
in the world, with over 50 faculties (1000 students), covering all mainstream areas of modern economics. It is the leading research department and, besides educational and research activities, it acts as a policy advisor to governmental bodies and editor of many famous economic journals.

The list of LSE Econ Department alumni is rich in prominent names of world-known economists: Friedrich Hayek, James Meade, Sir Arthur Lewis, Ronald Coarse, Amartya
Sen - all of them are Nobel Prize Winners.

LSE Economic Department offers its student high-quality economic education with focus on particular fields, with great number of graduate and undergraduate programs. Nearly 3/4 of its students come from overseas - and not for nothing:
LSE graduates are ighly demanded at the labor market, and employed in wide range of national and international organisations, in government, international institutions, business and finance.

Web-site: http://econ.lse.ac.uk

Oxford University

Oxford University rankings:
Times Good university Guide: 1st in the UK (2003-2007).
Sunday Times: 1st in the UK (1997-2005).
Guardian’s University Guide: 1st in the UK (2005-2006).
THES(2006): 3rd in the World (after Harvard and Cambridge).

Oxford University is the oldest in the English-speaking world, for it was established in the XII century. Now its department of economics is the best in the United Kingdom, for extra high quality of education, focus for a diverse and internationally renowned group of academic economists, for the highest "Spend per student" score and many other factors.

Admission to the Oxford University is a complex and protracted process. It is carried out by the individual colleges working with Oxford. The selection of Oxford applicants is based on achieved and predicted exam results, candidate sumitted written work, interviews, and, in some subjects, written tests prior to the interview.

Because of high volume of applicants, they are not permitted to apply both to Oxford and Cambridge in the same year.

Among Oxford alumnies are 8 kings, 47 Nobel Prize winners, 3 Fields Medallists, 25 British Prime Ministers, 28 foreign presidents and prime ministers, 7 saints, 86 arcbishops, 18 cardinals and 1 pope.

Web-site: http://www.economics.ox.ac.uk

Tilburg University

Tilburg University Rankings:

• # 1 in Europe in Economics research by the European Economic Association in 2002 and 2003
• # 3 in Europe in Business Research according to a ranking of the School of Management of the University of Texas, Dallas in 2005
• # 1 in the Netherlands in Economics in Elsevier?s Higher Education Review 2004
• AACSB International accreditation for business programmes since 2002
• # 1 worldwide with the most international Executive MBA in the Financial Times 2005
• # 11 in the world in Executive MBA programmes in the Financial Times 2005

Tilburg is a high school in Netherlands, specialized in economics and law. We’ll presume to cite its mission:
Offering a challenging and inspiring environment to students, staff and alumni, Tilburg University is an authentic university, which considers academic freedom to be of paramount importance and continuously strives for innovation. Through its excellent academic programmes and research in the behavioural and social sciences, Tilburg University aims to contribute to the quality of society, both nationally and internationally. This is achieved by educating individuals
for responsible positions in society, and by contributing to socially sustainable solutions. Tilburg University finds its inspiration in a rich tradition that offers room for reflection and which encourages awareness for philosophy of life in relation to science.

As a matter of fact, Tilurg University has much to offer to its prospective students for Bachelor and Master programs. Its business programms are accredited by AACSB International , high quality 1-year graduate degrees that are recognised worldwide, International network: more then 180 partner universities on all continents. Besides, compact campus with excellent facilities: wireless internet, high-tech library, internet cafes, language centre.

According to some economic journals is one of the best economic departments in Europe. At the moment it shelters 10′000 students (of wich 700 are foreigners), 1′700 staff, 170 full professors. It produces 1′500 Master’s degrees and 60 PhD degrees annually.

Web-site: http://www.tilburguniversity.nl

University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge Rankings:
THES (2006): 2nd in the World, 4th in Social Sciences, 1st in international academic reputation.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Ranking: 2nd in the World.
Sunday Times League Table: 1st of British universities (1997-2006)
UK government Research Assessment Exercise: 1st in the UK.

Cambridge University is the second oldest university in the English world. Together with Oxford it forms the best educational pair in the UK, often referred to as Oxbridge. Affiliates of Cambridge University have won a total of 81 Nobel Prizes, more than any other university in the world and more than any country in the world except the United Kingdom and the United States.

In addition to a long distinguished tradition in the humanities and the arts, the University of Cambridge is especially known for producing prominent scientists and mathematicians. This distinguished list includes Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, William Harvey, Paul Dirac, J. J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Jane Goodall, James Clerk Maxwell, Francis Crick, Alan Turing, Stephen Hawking, and Fred Sanger.

Web-site: http://www.cam.ac.uk

Erasmus University of Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam rankings:

THES (2006): 34th in Europe and 92nd globally.
Financial Times: 7th MBA program in Europe and 29th in the World.
Economics department is ranked 24th in the World.

Erasmus University is located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It describes itself as an "international knowledge workshop for critical thinking and academic training, driven by a strong focus on current social issues". The university concentrates its expertise on issues of management, organisation and policy in the public and private sectors on the one hand, as well as on the field of sickness and health care.

The university counts as its core tasks: to generate knowledge from research, to share knowledge in education and to transfer knowledge to the community.
Its driving forces are academic curiosity, critical reflection and social engagement.

Erasmus University’s Department of Economics and Management has a very strong reputation in education as well as in research. Its economics programmes and management programmes attract students and postgraduates from all over the world.
The research schools Erasmus Institute for Management (ERIM) and the Tinbergen Institute attract PhD students, research fellows, PostDocs and visiting professors of repute from all corners of the world. Other joint ventures are the English-language programme International Business Administration, the Erasmus Executive Development programme (EED), the Erasmus University Centre for Contract Research and Business Support (ERBS) and the European Institute for Comparative Urban Research (Euricur).

Among its alumni are famous politics, businessmen, economists and scientists.

Web-site: http://www.eur.nl/english

University of Warwick

University of Warwick rankings:

THES (2006): 73rd in the World.
The Sunday Times University Guide: 6th place globally.
The Times Good University Guide: 6th globally.
Guardian University Guide: 8th place globally (2006).

Warwick is currently the best ranked university outside of London and Oxbridge, and the only multifaculty institution aside from Oxbridge to have never been out of the top ten. Warwick was one of the first UK universities to develop close links with the business community, and has been successful in the commercialisation
of research. This commercial approach has resulted in it being nicknamed "Warwick
University Limited".

The University of Warwick is one of the UK’s top 5 research universities (with Oxbridge, Imperial College London and the London School of Economics).

Warwick is particularly renowned for its research in mathematics,statistics, business and management, economics, english language and literature, and theatre studies in which it received top ratings of 5* in the Research Assessment Exercise.

Web-site: http://www.warwick.ac.uk

University of Toulouse I

University of Toulouse is on of the oldest universities in Europe. It is famouse for its University Toulouse I of Social Sciences, and particularly for its programs in business, economics, accounting, law and political science.

It is located in the heart of the city of Toulouse, in southwestern France, and boasts an age-old academic tradition which goes back to 1229.

The teaching policy privileges a pragmatic approach and high-quality job opportunities
while promoting adequate teaching programmes.

"Our vocation is to provide training for the business executives of the future. Achieving excellence in the field of research plays a central role at UT1 in the development of exchanges, in the evolution of teaching methods and cooperation with business partners.

Web-site: http://www.univ-tlse1.fr

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat

Ludwig-Maximilians-University is located in the heart of Munich. It currently consists of 18 faculties of which faculty of economics is considered to be one of the est in Europe.

Nowadays the LMU Munich is part of 24 Collaborative Research Centers funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is host university of 13 of them. It also hosts 12 DFG Research Training Groups and three international doctorate programs as part of the Elite Network of Bavaria. It attracts an additional 120 million euros per year in outside funding and is intensively involved in national and international funding initiatives.

LMU Munich has a wide range of degree programs, with 150 subjects available in numerous combinations. 16% of the 47,000 students who attend the university come from abroad.

In 2006 the results of Excellence Initiative for promoting top university research and education were announced and the Ludwig Maximilians University has won the 1st place.

Web-site: http://www.uni-muenchen.de

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