Which master's specialisation suits a BA graduate in Economics and Philosophy?

An Economics and Philosophy combination is genuinely rarer and more flexible than either subject alone, so the decision here is less about eligibility and more about which career direction actually appeals to you.

Your Strongest Options

• Public Policy or Political Economy: combines economic reasoning with the ability to think about institutions, ethics and justice, opening government, think tank and policy consulting roles.
• Behavioural Economics or Behavioural Science: sits directly at the intersection of your two subjects, blending economics with psychology and decision theory toward research, consulting or product roles.
• Applied Economics: the most natural continuation if you enjoyed the economics side of your BA and have reasonable quantitative preparation.

If Earning Potential Is Your Priority

Finance or Financial Economics is worth considering if private sector income matters most to you, though you may need to strengthen your mathematics and statistics beyond what a typical BA Economics covers before applying.

A Word Of Caution On Eligibility

Do not choose a master's purely based on its title. Many MSc Economics, Finance and Data Science programmes abroad expect specific undergraduate coursework in calculus, linear algebra, probability or econometrics, and a BA Economics degree can vary considerably in how much of that it actually covered.

My Advice

In my experience, students with this exact combination often default to a plain MSc Economics without realising how strong their philosophy training makes them for public policy or behavioural economics specifically, fields that explicitly value the ethical and institutional reasoning a philosophy degree builds. Check your own calculus and statistics background honestly before committing to a heavily quantitative route.