The Department of Economics is one of the partners in the Erasmus Mundus Master program European Master in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis (AFEPA). The program is a collaboration between five European Institutes and financed by the EU commission.
General issues
The official webpage of the programme will provide information on general issues, such as application, deadlines, pre-requisites and academic program at the partner institutions. You can find it at the AFEPA page of the coordinating institute: Université Catholique de Louvain. Below you will find information about the courses at SLU.
Courses offered
Within the Erasmus Mundus Program AFEPA the department of Economics at SLU offers courses in Economics and in Business Administration. All courses are on advanced level except NA0151.
All courses offered in the program at SLU, Department of Economics:
General issues
The official webpage of the programme will provide information on general issues, such as application, deadlines, pre-requisites and academic program at the partner institutions. You can find it at the AFEPA page of the coordinating institute: Université Catholique de Louvain. Below you will find information about the courses at SLU.
Courses offered
Within the Erasmus Mundus Program AFEPA the department of Economics at SLU offers courses in Economics and in Business Administration. All courses are on advanced level except NA0151.
All courses offered in the program at SLU, Department of Economics:
| Code |
Subject |
Course |
ECTS |
Semester |
Period |
| FÖ0271 |
BA/EC |
Quantitative Finance - Theory and Applications |
15 |
1 |
1 |
| FÖ0304 |
BA |
Cooperatives and other Agri-Food systems |
15 |
2 |
3 |
| FÖ0307 |
BA |
Environmental and Social Responsibilty Marketing |
15 |
1 |
1 |
| FÖ0310 |
BA |
Financial Accounting |
10 |
2 |
4 |
| FÖ0328 |
BA |
Strategic Management |
15 |
1 |
2 |
| FÖ0331 |
BA/EC |
Production Economics |
15 |
1 |
2 |
| NA0116 |
EC |
International Food System Analysis |
7,5 |
1 |
1 |
| NA0125 |
EC |
Analytical Methods |
7,5 |
1 |
1 |
| NA0126 |
EC |
Applied Supply and Demand Analysis |
7,5 |
2 |
4 |
| NA0127 |
EC |
Econometrics |
7,5 |
2 |
3 |
| NA0130 |
EC |
Environmental Policy |
7,5 |
2 |
4 |
| NA0135 |
EC |
Microeconomic Theory |
7,5 |
1 |
1 |
| NA0138 |
EC |
Policy Evaluation |
7,5 |
2 |
4 |
| NA0139 |
EC |
Probability Theory and Statistical Inference |
7,5 |
2 |
3 |
| NA0140 |
EC |
Topics in Microeconomic Theory |
7,5 |
1 |
2 |
| NA0142 |
EC |
Time Series Analysis |
7,5 |
2 |
3 |
| NA0151 |
EC |
Agricultural Policy and International Trade |
15 |
2 |
3 |
| EX0537 |
EC |
Independent Project/ Degree Project in Economics |
30 |
2 |
3+4 |
Notes: At SLU each year is divided into four periods and for each period a full time course will give 15 ECTS. When a course is of 7,5 ECTS the student shall choose two courses. Marked as gray are courses that make out part of the obligatory courses. A course code starting with FÖ is a course in Business Administration (BA), marked with NA is a course in Economics (EC), and EX is an independent project. Two courses count as advanced courses in both Business administration and in Economics: FÖ0271 and FÖ0331.
Practical Matters
Contact
Contact person at the department of Economics, SLU: Kristina Hedman Jansson
Application and admission
The application to the program is made through the coordinating institute Université Catholique de Louvain .
Travel
The closest international airport is Stockholm Arlanda. There are trains leaving from Arlanda to Uppsala more or less every half hour. Find out more here.
Travel visa – residence permit
Non EU-citizens need a Visa or a Student residence permit (Schengen visa/residence permit allows for travelling in the EU).
Accommodation
SLU will assist incoming students in finding a room. For more information on living costs please visit the “Study in Sweden” .
More information
Incoming exchange students to SLU are recommended to visit the international student site. For more general information about studying in Sweden including all practical details on visa etc., please visit the website: “Study in Sweden” , and continue to the information on “Living in Sweden".