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Start your career in economic consulting with a paid internship in our Sydney office. Here’s how our internships work and which courses to take.

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Paid internships in our Sydney office

Interns work alongside experienced consultants on real client projects in energy, climate change, telecommunications, transport, water, natural resources and financial services. Internships run for 3–4 weeks in the summer (December–January) and winter (June–July) university holidays.

What interns do

  • Work in small project teams in one of our sectors
  • Solve complex problems with data, small or big
  • Research the issues and economic challenges our clients face
  • Write up findings in reports and presentations

What to study

Below are the economics courses offered at selected Australian universities that, in our experience, provides a strong foundation for graduate and internship roles at Frontier Economics.

The recommended courses are organised by year level. Students are encouraged to complete as many of these courses as their workload, timetable and capabilities allow, and also subject to meeting course prerequisites.

It is essential that potential applicants check with their university course listings as course availability, prerequisites and recommended sequencing may vary over time. This list will therefore be reviewed and updated periodically.

University of Melbourne

First year

  • ECON10004 Introductory Microeconomics
  • ECON10003 Introductory Macroeconomics
  • ECON10005 Quantitative Methods 1

Second year

  • ECON20002 Intermediate Microeconomics
  • ECON20001 Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • ECOM20001 Econometrics 1
  • ECON20003 Quantitative Methods 2

Third year

  • ECON30010 Microeconomics
  • ECOM30002 Econometrics 2
  • ECON30020 Mathematical Economics
  • ECOM30003 Applied Microeconometric Modelling
  • ECOM30004 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
  • ECON30003 Industrial Economics
  • ECON30011 Economics of Energy & Transport Systems
  • ECON30013 Economic Analysis and Policy
  • ECON30025 Computational Economics and Business

Monash University

First year

  • ECC1000 Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECC1100 Principles of Macroeconomics
  • ETC1000 Business and Economic Statistics
  • ETC1010 Introduction to Data Analysis

Second year

  • ECC2000 Intermediate Microeconomics
  • ECC2010 Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • ETC2410 Introductory Econometrics

Third year

  • ECC3000 Advanced Microeconomics
  • ETC3410 Applied Econometrics
  • ETC3400 Principles of Econometrics
  • ETC3450 Applied Time Series Econometrics
  • ECC3610 Market Design
  • ECC3640 Economics of Climate Change
  • ECC3841 Network Economics
  • ECC3710 Labour Economics

University of Sydney

First year

  • ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics
  • ECON1002 Introductory Macroeconomics
  • ECMT1010 Introduction to Economic Statistics
  • ECMT1020 Introduction to Econometrics
  • ECON1003 Quantitative Methods in Economics

Second year

  • ECOS2901 Intermediate Microeconomics Honours
  • ECOS2002 Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • ECMT2150 Intermediate Econometrics
  • ECMT2160 Econometric Analysis

Third year

  • ECOS3005 Industrial Organisation
  • ECOS3025 Economics of Regulation
  • ECMT3110 Econometric Models and Methods
  • ECMT3120 Applied Econometrics
  • ECOS3013 Environmental Economics

Australian National University

First year

  • ECON1101 Microeconomics 1
  • ECON1100 Economics I (H)
  • EMET1001 Foundations of Economic and Financial Models
  • STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods
  • ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1

Second year

  • ECON2101 Microeconomics 2
  • ECON2016 Economics II (H)
  • EMET2007 Econometrics I: Econometric Methods
  • ECON2125 Optimisation
  • ECON2141 Strategic Thinking: An Introduction to Game Theory
  • ECON2102 Macroeconomics 2

Third year

  • ECON3101 Microeconomics 3
  • ECON3102 Macroeconomics 3
  • EMET3004 Econometrics II: Econometric Modelling
  • ECON3057 Industrial Organisation
  • ECON3127 Computational Methods in Economics
  • ECON3128 Resource and Environmental Economics

University of Queensland

First year

  • ECON1010 Introductory Microeconomics
  • ECON1020 Introductory Macroeconomics
  • ECON1050 Tools of Economic Analysis
  • ECON1310 Introductory Statistics for Social Sciences

Second year

  • ECON2010 Intermediate Microeconomics
  • ECON2020 Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • ECON2050 Mathematical Economics
  • ECON2101 Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • ECON2105 Statistical Theory for Economists
  • ECON2300 Introductory Econometrics

Third year

  • ECON3010 Advanced Microeconomics
  • ECON3330 Econometric Analysis
  • ECON3360 Causal Inference for Microeconometrics
  • ECON3440 Competition Policy and Regulation
  • ECON3700 Environmental Economics
  • ECON3340 Productivity and Efficiency Analysis

University of Adelaide

First year

  • ECON1000 Principles of Economics
  • ECON1003 Mathematical Economics
  • ECON1012 Data Analytics
  • ECON1022 Quantitative Methods for Economic Analysis I

Second year

  • ECON2005 Intermediate Microeconomics
  • ECON2000 Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • ECON2006 Intermediate Econometrics
  • ECON2003 Intermediate Applied Microeconomics

Third year

  • ECON3020 Advanced Economic Analysis III
  • ECON3003 Impact Evaluation Methods for Economic Policy
  • BAFI3024 Econometrics III

University of Western Australia

First year

  • ECON1101 Microeconomics: Prices & Markets
  • ECON1102 Macroeconomics: Money & Finance
  • STAT1520 Economics & Business Statistics

Second year

  • ECON2233 Microeconomics: Policy & Applications
  • ECON2234 Macroeconomics: Policy & Applications
  • ECON2271 Introductory Econometrics
  • ECON2272 Intermediate Mathematics for Economists

Third year

  • ECON3236 Applied Econometric Methods & Data Analysis
  • ECON3315 Machine Learning and GenAI in Economics
  • ECON3381 Financial Econometrics

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