New Delhi: IIT Kanpur has announced a new two-year Master of Science (MSc) program in Economics discipline for the academic session 2023-24. Admission to this program will be done based on marks secured by applicants in the GATE or JAM entrance exam.
As per IIT Kanpur, the MSc in Economics is specially designed for candidates who wish to acquire core competencies as professional economists. The program aims to leverage the unique combination of expertise at the frontiers of economics and technology at IIT Kanpur.
IIT Kanpur MSc Economics Program 2023 will offer interested participants advanced skills in emerging interdisciplinary areas. Candidates from both economics and non-economics backgrounds can apply for this program by submitting their applications on the official website.
Referring to the launch of the program, IIT Kanpur Director, Prof Abhay Karandikar wrote on Twitter: “I am happy to announce the introduction of a new two-year Master of Science program in Economics starting academic session 2023-24.”
The tweet further reads, “The curriculum has been created to give students the abilities they need to become professional economists as well as to use the special mix of knowledge at the cutting edge of economics and technology to teach advanced skills in newly developing interdisciplinary fields.”
To apply for this program, candidates need to appear for GATE or JAM examination either in economics (GATE-HSS (Economics) or JAM-Economics) or in any other discipline. The shortlisting of applicants will be done on the basis of GATE/JAM scores.
Under this program, candidates will have a total of 11 compulsory courses and 9 elective courses. The elective courses of this program will be offered by the department of economics as well as by other departments. The courses will include approximately 180 credits.
The compulsory courses include courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, mathematical methods in economics, applied probability and statistics, econometrics, game theory and computational methods in economics.
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