University Malaysia Putra

The Faculty of Economics and Management or FEP is an excellent institution offering advance studies in economics. Since its inception in 1974, the Faculty has established a strong tradition of interdisciplinary teaching, research, and innovative scholarship.

From its initial strengths in agribusiness, agricultural economics, and natural resource economics, the Faculty has broadened its disciplines to include mainstream economics, finance, accounting and business management, in response to the industrial needs of the nation. FEP consists of four departments: Department of Economics, Department of Hospitality and Recreation (formerly the Department of Natural Resource Economics), Department of Management and Marketing, and Department of Accounting and Finance. The Department of Economics administers the undergraduate honors degree program (Bachelor of Economics) as well as joint honors degree programs with other departments. The Department of Management and Marketing administers the Bachelor of Business Administration program, while the Department of Accounting and Finance administers the Bachelor of Accounting program.

Currently the faculty is staffed by 18 Professors, 15 Associate Professors, 54 senior lecturers, 40 lecturers and 35 tutors in various fields of economics, management, finance and accounting. The academic staff members have considerable experience in teaching, research, consultancies and student supervision. The Faculty is supported by a large number of reputable staffs with expertise in various fields of analytical and applied economics, finance, accounting, and business management. The Faculty is committed to achieve excellence in teaching and research at the international level. The Faculty offers a wide range of graduate courses in Economics and Management, in collaboration with the Graduate School of Management where students have the option to choose relevant courses based on interest and area of specialization.

In the field of Economics, the Faculty is widely recognized, both, for the high quality and the breadth of its research output as shown by the three consecutive assessments of research quality conducted by the higher education funding bodies in Malaysia. Members of the Faculty publish regularly in leading national and international economic journals. Our research strategy focuses on the development of economic theory and empirical studies using advance econometric methods. The objective of the faculty is to produce research that advances economic or econometric theory and offers innovative approaches on issues of concern to economic policy makers.

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