Diploma in Market Structures
Course Overview
The Diploma in Market Structures at LSLPE is a UK Level 4 practitioner-foundation qualification running 9 to 12 months on-campus, online and by distance learning. The programme is aligned with Royal Economic Society and Society of Professional Economists guidance and draws case content from Competition and Markets Authority decisions, regulator publications and IFS analysis.
By graduation you will have analysed competitive-market cases, examined mergers and market-power questions and produced a market-structure report on a UK sector. The Diploma is a strong stepping stone into regulatory-analyst and competition-economics roles and a clean articulation route into LSLPE's Advanced Diploma and Higher Diploma economics streams.
Key Features
- Curriculum aligned with Royal Economic Society and Society of Professional Economists guidance.
- Case sequences from CMA merger decisions, Ofgem energy market reviews and Ofcom market notices.
- Data workshops using UK sector datasets.
- Report-style assessment modelled on regulator practice.
- Structured articulation into LSLPE Advanced Diploma and Higher Diploma streams.
- Named programme-tutor support across all three study modes.
What You Will Learn
- Perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition and oligopoly.
- Market-power measurement and concentration indices.
- Merger analysis under UK competition law.
- Regulated markets — energy, water, telecoms and financial services.
- Vertical restraints and distribution economics.
- Digital-market issues and platform competition.
- Introductory econometrics for market analysis.
- Preparation of sector reports for a regulator or consultancy audience.
Who This Course Is For
- Analysts in economic consultancies and regulators.
- Career changers moving into competition-economics roles.
- Graduates seeking a substantive market-analysis grounding.
- Working professionals in strategy, commercial or procurement functions.
- International applicants preparing for UK-facing regulatory roles.
Career Pathways
- Regulatory Economist
- Economic Consultant
- Research Economist
- Economic Policy Analyst
- Financial Economist
- Investment Analyst
- Government Economist
- Behavioural Economist
The LSLPE careers service holds at least one careers day each academic year for Diploma in Market Structures students, connecting them with regulators, consultancies and City analytical teams.
Entry Requirements
- A Level 3 qualification (A-levels, BTEC, Access to HE) or equivalent, OR a relevant Certificate at LSLPE.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
- IELTS 5.5 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers, or equivalent.
- A personal statement outlining your progression aims for the Diploma in Market Structures.
- Applicants with relevant regulatory, competition or commercial-analytics experience are encouraged to reference it at application.
Why Study at LSLPE
LSLPE reads market structures inside a wider law-politics-economics conversation because competition problems are litigated by lawyers, decided by regulators and argued in political terms. Central London places the CMA, Ofcom, Ofgem, Ofwat and City consultancies a short tube ride from every classroom.
Three parallel study modes let progressors, working practitioners and portfolio-route applicants complete the Diploma in Market Structures alongside employment, and the LSLPE careers service links each cohort with real regulatory and consultancy teams.
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