The Master of Business Economics (MBE) Program is an interdisciplinary program offered by the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Social Science in collaboration with the Goodman School of Business.
The program combines academic learning with practical experience through two Co-op work terms and the academic course work covers a broad range of areas such as economic theory, econometrics and aspects of economics and business administration including international payments, industrial organization, finance, business strategy, marketing and human resource management.
Recent MBE students are pursuing careers with Employment and Social Development Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Scotiabank, Royal Bank, Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of the Solicitor General, Competition Bureau, Service Canada, Statistics Canada and Walker Industries.
We have a number of graduates who have also decided to pursue a Ph.D. in Economics at McMaster, Ottawa, and Guelph, to name a few.
Watch
Learn more in this video from Graduate Program Director Jean-Francois Lamarche.
Please see this video’s accompanying PDF.
Each Fall semester, the department holds a Graduate Studies & MBE Information Session. Please follow the department news for updates on the upcoming session.
Details
The portal for the Fall 2025 cohort will open late Fall 2024. Thank you for in your interest in our MBE.
Successful completion of a four-year Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in a relevant discipline, with a minimum average of B+. Applicants are strongly encouraged to have taken econometrics, mathematical economics, advanced macroeconomics, and microeconomics at the undergraduate honours level but strong applicants from other disciplines will also be considered. This typically implies that that a Bachelor degree in Economics is the preferred path for admission consideration. Brock’s equivalent to those courses are respectively ECON 3P90, ECON 3Q91, ECON 4P13 and ECON 4P14. Applicants must demonstrate proficiency in English and suitability for Co-op placement, if applicable.
The Graduate Admissions Committee will review all applications and recommend admission for a limited number of suitable candidates.
Part-time study is not available. Our program starts in September of each year. Along with your MBAB course, you will take a Math and Stats review course during the first 3 weeks of the Fall term. The remainder of the term will have you take your ECON courses and finish your MBAB course.
Information on tuition fees and ancillary fees can be found by visiting this link. Note that students doing a coop term are not charged the full fees. Instead a coop fee is charged.
For 2024-2025, MBE students will receive a funding package that typically contains:
- Graduate Fellowship: $8500 (domestic) and $15500 (internationals) paid over 3 terms, applied directly to tuition.
- Graduate Assistantship: approximately $8600 for 2024-25 (this is employment income, and is paid bi-weekly to your personal bank account; for two terms. The Graduate Assistantship provides payment for you being a Graduate Teaching Assistant. We provide yearly training to all our TA with the aid of the CPI.
Domestic applicants should consider applying for national and provincial scholarships:
Please note that the funding packages typically do not fully cover the tuition fees nor the living expenses and that the amounts may change.
On this link you will find the MBE Graduate Calendar which includes a list of faculties involved in the program, a program description and requirements as well as course descriptions.
The Master of Business Economics (MBE) with Co-op program is a 20 months work integrated learning academic degree program. All students enrolled are required to complete two 4-month full time co-op work terms in the middle of their degree program following the guideline from Co-operative Education and Work Integrated Learning (CEWIL) Canada.
At Brock, the goal of co-op education is to help our co-op students attain fundamental skills, knowledge and confidence that are necessary for their future career journey.
In the last 10 years, over 300 MBE co-op students completed a co-op work experience.
Top Five MBE Co-op Employers (based on number of hiring)
- Ontario Federal and Provincial Government
- Statistics Canada
- Scotiabank
- Meridian Credit Union
- Hydro One
Learn more
Jean-François Lamarche
Associate Professor
Office: Plaza 443
905-688-5550 x3328
jfl@brocku.ca
On this page you can find a template showing how your MRP should look like in its final form. You can also find a zip file that includes the required LaTeX files to obtain the correctly formatted document.
A list of recent MRPs can be found on that same page. If you are in search of a topic don’t hesitate to talk to any of the professors or to the graduate program director.
Areas of interest
- Economic research
- Policy analysis
- Statistical and data analysis
- Strategic interactions
- Market structures
- Financial research and analysis
- Emerging markets
- Development economics
- Asset evaluation and management
Career opportunities
- Economist (Agricultural, Finance, Health, Labour, Trade, etc)
- Statistical and data analyst
- Financial or historical researcher
- Market researcher
- Investment banking analyst
- Insurance agent/broker
- International trade specialist
- Journalist
