Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis (AFEPA) - Master´s Programme

Published: 30 October 2023

Information for those studying on the Master's programme (two-year) in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis (AFEPA). On these pages you will find information about the programme, contact details and the documents governing the degree programme.

To be admitted to the Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis – Master’s programme, the student has to apply through the AFEPA Consortium. For more information on how to apply, please see the AFEPA website, www.afepa.eu

The Department of Economics is one of the partners in the Master program European Master in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis (AFEPA). The program is a collaboration between four European Institutes and three international assoicate partners.

ACADEMIC COVERAGE

This is the only programme in Europe that focuses on policy analysis in Agriculture, Food and Environment. During two years of advanced studies economics and policy issues are covered and the students attend courses at at least two of the participating universities. After the degree the student can work in international organizations, for governments or in the private sector with policy design and analysis.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Students have the opportunity to apply for Erasmus+ scholarships to finance their second year abroad. The Erasmus+ programme offers university students a possibility of studying or doing an internship abroad in another country for a period of at least 2 months and maximum 12 months per cycle of studies.

THE UNIVERSITIES 

The AFEPA progamme is jointly organised by four European main partner universities: the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) in Milano, Italy, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Sweden, the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn (UBonn) in Germany, and the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium.

The partnership also includes three associated partners: the Pontifica Universidad Catolica (PUC) in Chile, the University of Alberta (UAlberta) in Canada and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Spain. These seven partner universities are recognised worldwide for the quality of their educational programme and scientific achievements. Find more information at the official homepage of the programme or in the student handbook 2017   

Welcome Letter

Congratulations on your place at the Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis (AFEPA) - Master´s Programme! We look forward to meet you here in Uppsala this autumn!

The autumn semester 2023 begins with roll call and study information.

Date: Monday 28 August

Time and place: On the pages for new students, you will find information about the study start and when the roll call for your programme begins.

On these pages, you will also find all the information you need as a new student at SLU, including information about the orientation days. The orientation days are not mandatory but we recommend that you attend them. They take place at the end of August, before the semester starts, and provide essential and useful information about your stay in Sweden and your studies at SLU.

You will start your studies with the courses Microeconomic theory (NA0135) and Analytical methods (NA0195). Please note that both these courses are held at Uppsala University. On the course pages you will find schedules for your classes and course messages. Timetables and reading lists for the courses will be published at least four weeks ahead of time.

Please make sure to also read the programme-specific information for new students: Link to programme-specific info

I will by e-mail contact all of you that have been accepted to start AFEPA at SLU well before the semester starts.

Once again, we are very happy to welcome you to our master programme and look forward to meeting you on August 28th!

 

Ruben Hoffmann

Director of studies for Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis (AFEPA) - Master´s Programme at SLU

 

Admission to latter part

Here you will find information about admission to latter parts of SLU programmes and how you apply.

In autumn semester 2020 the available places on the programme are:

  • Year 2: 0 places

Selection

If there are more qualified applicants than available places when the application period has ended, than the applicants are ranked according to how many credits they can transfer to the degree. When the applicants have equal credentials, lottery is applied.

Syllabus

Course schedule academic year 23/24

Year 1

Analytical Methods

2023-08-28 - 2023-10-30
7.5 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

Microeconomic Theory

2023-08-28 - 2023-10-30
7.5 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

Production economics

2023-10-31 - 2024-01-14
15.0 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

Econometric Theory

2024-01-15 - 2024-02-14
7.5 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

Applied Econometrics

2024-02-15 - 2024-03-19
7.5 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

Environmental Policy

2024-03-20 - 2024-04-25
7.5 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

Policy Evaluation

2024-03-20 - 2024-04-25
7.5 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

Topics in Econometrics

2024-04-26 - 2024-06-02
7.5 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

Year 2

AFEPA internship

2023-08-28 - 2024-01-14
7.5 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

Quantitative finance

2023-08-28 - 2023-10-30
15.0 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

Macroeconomic Theory

2023-10-31 - 2024-01-14
7.5 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

AFEPA internship

2024-01-15 - 2024-06-02
7.5 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

AFEPA internship

2024-06-03 - 2024-09-01
7.5 hp
Beskrivning av grafiken nedan

If you would like to apply for this programme

This page is for students currently studying on the programme. If you are not currently a student but would like to apply, you can read more about the programme’s content and the application process here.


Programme Study Directors

 

Programme Study Director AFEPA

Ruben Hoffmann, researcher
Department of Economics
ruben.hoffmann@slu.se, 018-67 17 37