AFEPA Programme - Mobility, Courses and Dates
Study Plan
The AFEPA Master's programme is a 120 ECTS programme. Our students study a minimum of two semesters at a first main partner university and another two semesters at a second main partner university including Master thesis. All our students participate in two joint summer schools organized by main partner universities.
AFEPA Partners
AFEPA students spend their two academic years in the programme at main partner universities at which the second year is different from first year university. It is also possible for our students to spend a shorter study period for writing their thesis in their second academic year at an associated academic partner.
Academic Calendar
The AFEPA academic year generally lasts from September 1 until August 31 of the following year but varies according to the academic calendar of the individual partner university.
Mobility tracks
All four main partner universities in the programme can be first-year and second-year universities. You are free to choose your first-year university based on your academic interest. First-year students will be asked in December of their first year to voice their preference for their second year.
The ultimate decision is made by the AFEPA consortium considering the universities’ minimum requirements with regard to ECTS in economics, student’s academic performance, its research interests and a fairly even distribution of students among partner universities in addition to the student’s preference.
The study programme consists of:
- Mandatory courses in microeconomic theory and quantitative methods - 30 ECTS
- Optional courses in thematic fields - 54 ECTS (optional courses may form a major of 30 ECTS in a thematic field)
- Master Thesis - 30 ECTS
- An internship between or during the first or second year may be taken for a 6 to 15 ECTS depending on the partner university
- Summer School - 6 ECTS
The Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR) at the University of Bonn (UBonn) in Bonn, Germany is responsible for AFEPA courses in Bonn. The research areas of ILR are economic and agricultural policy, environmental policy, economic modelling of agricultural systems and food markets.
SMEA-Alta Scuola di Management ed Economia Agroalimentare (Graduate School in Agricultural and Food Economics) at UCSC is one of the leading Italian schools
in the field with a Europe-wide reputation. It has many years of experience
in research concerning agricultural economics and policy, the industrial
organization of the food sector and the analysis of the functioning of the food
supply chain.
The research activities of SLU’s Agricultural and Food Economics unit in the Department of Economics concern the assessment of agricultural and trade policies, modelling of agri-food markets, and other issues related to agriculture, resources. The unit of Environmental Economics focuses on effects of policy instruments on carbon emission in a long-term perspective; bio-energy and climate change; compliance with environmental regulations and design of environmental policies.
Students can spend a shorter exchange study period (one quarter) for writing their thesis as part of their second academic year at an associated academic partner. The Master thesis topic needs to be in correspondence with the second year university if an associated academic partner is involved.
Pontificia Universidad Católica in Santiago, Chile
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain
African Economic Research Consortium in Nairobi, Kenya
The AFEPA academic year generally lasts from September 1 until August 31 of the following year but varies according to the academic calendar of the individual partner university. Students should arrive a few weeks before the start of the academic year at their first year university to participate in orientation sessions, complete administrative obligations (e.g., registration, insurance, rental contract, residence permit) and get acclimatized to the new environments before the academic year starts.
University of Bonn (UBonn)
Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Contact
AFEPA Coordination Office
University of Bonn
Institute for Food and Resource Economics
Nussallee 21
D-53115 Bonn
Email: Info@afepa.eu
