Top Universities in India for Economics Master's

Past
years, we had seen a plethora of parents forcing their children to
pursue in either Engineering or Medical streams as their Degree. But now
it seems the trend has changed. It might be due to the trend of not
getting jobs even after doing such engineering degrees. Yes, still
parents send, but the percentage has come down. Now students mostly
pursue their degree in what they like. They choose streams other than
Engineering and Medical, like Economics, Designing, Commerce,
Mathematics, Physics, etc. Nowadays Economics is also a trending and
evolving subject, which has to do plenty of things with our day to day
lives. The demand for Economics is rising, so as the demand for better
institutes. Earlier, only students from Arts and Commerce background
used to choose Economics as their Career, but now in India the even
students from the science stream opt for Economics. This article is
specifically for the Undergraduate students who are currently pursuing
Economics or those who wish to pursue Economics Masters Program.
The
top universities basically treat Economics purely quantitative, so it
is advisable that the ones who are willing to pursue their career in
these universities must have a good grip in mathematics as well as
statistics. Most of these universities look for your subject foundation.
In Economics, the main focus areas are Microeconomics and
Macroeconomics, every university listed here requires to have intensive
undergraduate level knowledge on these topics.
The
following are the list of the top universities in India which offers
Master of Arts/Science in Economics and Quantitative Economics.
- Indian Statistical Institute
- Delhi School of Economics
- Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Indira Gandhi Institute for Research and Development
- Madras School of Economics
- Gokhale Institute for Economics and Political Science