Program overview
World Economics is a graduate program under theoretical economics, focusing on how national economies interact, the mechanisms of international trade and finance, and the opportunities and challenges brought by globalization. Core courses include International Economics, International Finance, Development Economics, World Economic History, and Econometrics. You will learn to analyze exchange rate fluctuations, trade policies, multinational corporate behavior, and the logic behind regional economic integration (e.g., the EU, RCEP). Chinese universities have unique advantages in this field: many schools (such as Renmin University, Fudan, Nankai) have faculty directly involved in Belt and Road research or possess rich case studies on China's open economy. If you are curious about questions like "Why did China become the world's factory?" or "Progress of RMB internationalization," this program offers firsthand data and field research opportunities. This program suits students with a solid math background, an interest in economic logic beyond the headlines, and a willingness to read English papers. You don't need to memorize many theories, but you should be comfortable using data to support arguments.