This course aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the highly dynamic global economy, offering professionals and highly-skilled students advanced training in the specialized areas of which it is composed. The University of Barcelona serves as a hub for the dissemination of the tools covered during the course.Participants will develop a greater awareness of the importance of internationalization, learn to use International networking case studies' tools, and acquire the skills to use a flow studies' tool to define the world's economy.BRICS is the acronym used for a group of five major emerging national economies, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which are a crucial part of the global economy. The main aim of the course is to familiarize students with the phenomena occurring in these countries, as a means of defining the economy trajectory of these nations and contemporary economic policy.This course is the third and final part of a series of complementary courses, which provide students with a greater understanding of international economic relations in an increasingly globalized world, focusing specifically on the international economic arena.

Course leader
Ramon Torrent Macau. University Professor of Public Economics, Political Economy and Spanish Economy . Universitat de Barcelona

Target group
International Students and Professionals interested in the topic

Course aim
This course aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the highly dynamic global economy, offering professionals and highly-skilled students advanced training in the specialized areas of which it is composed. The University of Barcelona serves as a hub for the dissemination of the tools covered during the course.Participants will develop a greater awareness of the importance of internationalization, learn to use International networking case studies' tools, and acquire the skills to use a flow studies' tool to define the world's economy.

Credits info
2 ECTS 20 hours

Fee info
EUR 400: Vat includedRegistration can be completed online or in person.Registration opens on 9 February and closes seven days before a course starts.The registration office opening hours are Monday-Friday 10 am-2 pm and 4 pm-8 pm at the Jeroni Granell building (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 582). EUR 360: Early bird registration discount*We offer reduced prices for University of Barcelona Students, Special Partners (even fee waiver), International Networks where the University of Barcelona belongs, and early bird registration discount.

Scholarships
The University of Barcelona has agreements with other Universities to waive fees of these courses, please ask your institution.

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