Indian Institute of Technology,IIT Kanpur has launched masters’ courses in Economics. The Masters of Science, M.Sc Economics course would begin from the next academic year, 2023-24. Candidates need not be Economics graduate. However, they would be required to qualify Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, GATE orIIT Joint Admission Test for Masters or JAM examinations.

IIT Kanpur Director, Abhay Karandikar announced the launch of the program. Taking to Twitter, Professor Karandikar wrote, “The program has been designed to equip students to acquire core competencies as professional economists and to leverage the unique combination of expertise at the frontiers of #economics & technology @IITKanpur to impart advanced skills in emerging interdisciplinary areas’. 

M.Sc Economics from IIT Kanpur – Eligibility, details, and more

The course would begin from 2023. Candidates who are interested can make the changes in theirGATE 2023 or IIT JAM Application. Students who have completed their under graduation with minimum first class are eligible to apply. Students with both Economics and Non –Economic background can apply for the course.GATE or JAM is mandatory. Candidates may appear for either in economics (GATE-HSS (Economics) or JAM-Economics) or in any other discipline. However, they must appear for theGATE 2023 orJAM 2023. Applications for both would close on October 14. Students who are in the final year of their undergraduate course can also apply. Their admission, however, would be contingent to their qualifying the course and meeting the minimum eligibility criteria. The course is designed keeping in mind the present challenges and conditions. As per the official websites, the program would lay emphasis on ‘analysing economic data using modern statistical packages such as STATA and R and on quantitative economic modelling using computing languages such as Python and MATLAB.’

Check out more details onM.Sc Economics Program at IIT Kanpuron the official page.