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Where can I persue M.Sc in Economics in India? Suggest me some university undertaken by government


Nishant Kashyap 9th Mar, 2019
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Nupur Sehji 11th Mar, 2019

Hello Nishant

Masters in Economics is mostly offered under Arts. However few of the best Universities offer this programme under M.Sc. details of which are mentioned below:


1.Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai

M.Sc. Economics is a 2-year programme involving a successful completion of either 16 courses and a Master’s thesis. It is aimed at all those with necessary quantitative prerequisites who would like to be grounded in economic analysis.

Admission Eligibility:

Minimum qualification for admission to M.Sc. programme includes one of the following degrees or their equivalents: B.A./B.Sc. in Economics/B.Com./B.Stat./B.Sc. (Physics or Mathematics)/B.Tech./B.E. with at least a second division for Economics discipline and first division for other disciplines. The applicant must have studied mathematics at the higher secondary or higher level.

Placement:

In the past, M.Sc students from IGIDR have been placed in the corporate sector – a selected list of companies is provided in the section on past recruiters.  Students from our M.Sc. program have also been admitted into prestigious Ph.D. programs abroad, e.g. Columbia University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Carnegie Mellon University.

Fee Structure:

M.Sc. students have to pay a tuition fee of  Rs.16,000/- per semester. All students would be provided with residential accommodation towards which they have to pay hostel fee of ` 200/- per month, and water and electricity charges as per actual. The tuition fee may be revised from time to time.


2. Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and Delhi

Eligibility:

3-year Bachelor's degree in any discipline and have passed the 12th standard examination with Mathematics as a subject.

Stipend ₹5000/- per month paid to the students. (Offered at Kolkata and Delhi).

ONLINE APPLICATION ENDS ON 12TH MARCH 2019. HURRY!

https://www.isical.ac.in/~admission/

Placement:

Placement process at ISI Colleges is excellent. The pre-placement talks and/or screening tests must be conducted before the placement process, according to mutually convenient dates, without conflicting classes and examinations. On official sites there is no mention of the names of the  companies hiring students.


3. IIT Kanpur

The M.Sc. Program is guided by qualified and experienced professors, who are doctoral fellows from world-renowned institutions. They train students in conventional economics, sciences, technology, management and policy-making, and also provide practical challenges in the form of term papers, research projects, corporate internships etc.

Eligibility:

The Economics program starts with admitting students who have cleared the grueling Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted by the IITs, thus shortlisting the top 2% of some of the best minds of the country.

Achievements:

A team of 4 students selected among top 7 teams out of 1800 participants to participate in the National Finals of the "CIMA Global Business Challenge 2011", conducted by Chartered Institute of Management Accounting(CIMA) in collaboration with Barclays.

A team of 5 students represented India at Amsterdam in an international Econometric Competition, competing with the world-renowned institutions such as University of Cambridge, London School Of Economics and University of Oxford.


4. Symbiosis School Of Economics, Pune

The MSc in Economics programme provides an all-inclusive path to meticulously understand and apply Economic Theories and their application to Economic Modelling and Forecasting in the real world.

Admission Eligibility:

1. B.Tech and B.E. graduates may also apply. Graduates from any statutory university with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade (45% or equivalent grade for SC/ST) at graduation level.

2. Students appearing for final year examinations can apply but their admission will be subject to obtaining a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade (45% or equivalent grade for SC/ST) at qualifying examination.

Fee Structure:

Academic Fee (per annum) Rs. 2,12,000  ;   Institute Deposit (Refundable) Rs. 10,000 =                 Total Rs.2,22,000.

Placements:

Government Organizations like  NABARD, Pune; NIPFP, Delhi ; NIUA, Delhi ; RBI-Mumbai ; RBI-Pune; Research Information System, Delhi.

Research Institutes  such as Foreign Exchange Dealers Association of India, Mumbai ;IndiaSpend, Mumbai;  InGovern Research Services Pvt Ltd, Bangalore; Institute for Human Development, Delhi; Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.


Other than the abive there are few more institutes of IIT , that offer M.Sc. in Economics, and their admission criteria is same as that of IIT Kanpur, mentioned above.


All the best!

Srishti Mehta 10th Mar, 2019
Hello dear

Some of the Colleges you can refer for you desired course are

Indian institute of statistics (Delhi, Kolkata, west Bengal)

Central university of Tamil Nadu

Symbiosis school of economics

Madras school of economics

Indira Gandhi institute of development and research (IGIDR)

Indian institute of technology, Kharagpur

TERI university



Hope this might help you.

Thanks for contacting us.










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Neha Tolia 9th Mar, 2019

Hello aspirant,

Here are some of the best colleges in India for msc in economics...

. Hansraj College , New Delhi

. St Stephen's college, New Delhi

.Shri Ram College of commerce, New Delhi

. Loyola College, Chennai

.St Xavier's College,  Mumbai

.Ashoka college, Haryana

Good luck

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