Top Universities in India for Economics Master's

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.

  1. Indian Statistical Institute
  2. Delhi School of Economics
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru University
  4. Indira Gandhi Institute for Research and Development
  5. Madras School of Economics
  6. Gokhale Institute for Economics and Political Science