Research courses

During your PhD, you’ll learn from dedicated teachers with expertise in a wide range of areas, including macroeconomics, microeconomics, energy economics, health economics and econometrics.

What we are researching

In the Research Excellence Framework 2021, we ranked top 10 for world-leading research and 6th for real-world impact.

  • Behavioural economics
  • Big data and resampling techniques
  • Blockchain and cryptocurrency
  • Central banking
  • Choice under uncertainty
  • Duration models
  • Econometric identification
  • Empirical revealed preference
  • Financial economics
  • Games theory
  • Heterogeneous agents in macroeconomics
  • International trade and international economics
  • Labour economics
  • Learning and imperfect information in macroeconomics
  • Macroeconometrics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Mechanism design
  • Models of household decision making
  • Monetary economics
  • Optimal taxation
  • Quantiles regression
  • Quasi-experimental methods
  • Rational choice theory
  • Spatial econometrics
  • Strategic experimentation
  • Strategic voting
  • Structural modelling
  • The consumer choice model
  • The econometrics of auctions.

Find a course

Find out more about applying to Surrey.

Expert support

Our Doctoral College supports the academic and professional development of postgraduate researchers to ensure our world-leading research continues to grow. There is also an extensive Researcher Development Programme run at university level.

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