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Master of Markets and Competition

Bogotá - presencial

3 semestres

The Joint program between the Department
of Economic Law and the Faculty of Economics

The Master's Degree in Markets and Competition aims to deepen the understanding of the competitive decisions of agents in a market and public competition policy, using concepts economic and legal, to make an approximation to the correct functioning of the markets and its implications on economic efficiency and the well-being of consumers and companies.

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The competencies that the students of the Master in Markets and Competences will develop are:

  • Understanding of the economic incentives that lead market agents to make decisions regarding their competition variables.
  • Understanding of the public policy of competition in Colombia, as well as analysis compared with the regimes of other jurisdictions.
  • Development and application of empirical methods and use of theoretical foundations for the economic and legal analysis of cases related to competition policy.
  • Ability to discuss, based on economic and legal foundations, contemporary issues on free competition.

Why study the Master of Markets and Competition?

Applicant profile

The Master in Markets and Competition is designed to meet the demands of professionals from different disciplines, who due to their professional work, need to develop the skills and abilities necessary to analyze a specific market, making use of economic and legal concepts, to verify, guarantee and monitor compliance with the principles of economic competition.

Graduate profile

The graduate of the Master in Markets and Competition will have the necessary skills to direct studies and formulate public policies aimed at safeguarding free economic competition.

Due to his solid training in empirical methods and theoretical foundations, he will be able to serve as a leader or advisor for integrations and expansion in the business sector, as well as compliance programs related to the free competition regime, in specialized competition law firms, as an analyst regulatory entities or competition authorities and in the formulation of economic competition policy.

Differentiators

  • The Externado University has been ranked among the best 600 universities in the world according to the QS University Ranking, in its annual measurements from 2015 to 2021.
  • Joint Master’s degree from the Faculties of Economics and Law, which guarantees an interdisciplinary approach between legal concepts and economic tools.
  • Innovative program in the country in competition matters.
  • As it is a deepening Master’s degree, the program has a flexible curricular structure that responds to the prior knowledge of each professional.
  • Teaching plant

Privileges

  • Young Researchers Program: Periodically the Faculty of Economics links active students of the Faculty’s Master’s Degrees to the Young Researchers program, which is a job opportunity that allows them to participate directly in teaching or research activities with the Faculty. This participation is independent of the existing relationship between the University and the student, derived from the academic enrollment.
  • Discount policy: Externado University has a discount policy for undergraduate and graduate graduates. More information here
  • Multiple financing options
  • Route service at different times and stops
  • Participation in the different cultural activities (photography club, singing, capoeira, ceramics, oral narration, story Tuesday, among others that you can find HERE)
  • Guidance and counseling service
  • Medical Service- Mediexpress, with a previous evaluation by general medicine in the following specialties: Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Otolaryngology, Orthopedics, Optometry, Urology, Gynecology and Ophthalmology.

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  • Gym service and participation in the different sports offered by the university (swimming, skating, diving, basketball, among others).
  • Loan of different sports venues at the Alcazar headquarters
  • Loan of study rooms, access to computer rooms and other services provided by the university for academic development.

Curriculum

The academic load has been distributed in 45 academic credits to be covered in 3 semesters, that is, a total of 15 per academic period.

study plan

Requirements

To be admitted to the Master in Markets and Competition, you must present the following documents:

1.    Letter of motivation

2.    Copy of the undergraduate diploma

3.    Copy of the undergraduate degree certificate

4.    Original undergraduate qualification certificate

5.    Copy of identity document

6.    Resume

8.    Interview presentation

9.    One (1) digital photo, white background, JPG format.

The documents must be uploaded to the admissions platform at least 3 days before the interview date.

Note: The university reserves the right to suspend or postpone the course according to the reception received by the call for it. Likewise, that of incorporating modifications to the study plan and the teacher’s payroll.