Economics entrance blog
What you need before you apply to an MA or MSc Economics in India: deadlines, exam patterns and how the marks work. Every fact shows where it came from and when it was last checked.
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The exams (4)
Exam guide
CUET-PG Economics
One 90-minute test from NTA that feeds MA and MSc Economics admissions at DSE, IGIDR, JNU, UoH, BASE, AUD and other participating universities.
Exam guide
IIT JAM Economics
A three-hour test that fills the MSc Economics seats at IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur and IIT Roorkee.
Exam guide
GATE Economics (XH-C1)
Economics is one of six optional sections in GATE's XH paper, which is 100 marks over three hours.
Exam guide
ISI MSQE
ISI's own two-paper test for the MSQE programme at Delhi and Kolkata.
Which colleges take which exam
List · 7 programmes
Colleges accepting CUET-PG Economics
Universities that fill their economics master's seats on the CUET-PG Economics score, with seats and what each programme is.
List · 3 programmes
Colleges accepting IIT JAM Economics
The IITs that admit to MSc Economics through JAM, with seats and programme details.
List · 1 programme
Colleges accepting GATE Economics (XH-C1)
GATE's economics option is accepted by fewer master's programmes than CUET-PG or JAM. Here is the one we have confirmed.
The colleges (15)
College guide · Delhi
Delhi School of Economics (DSE)
MA Economics, two years
College guide · Mumbai
IGIDR, Mumbai
MSc Economics, two years
College guide · Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
MA Economics, two years (School of Social Sciences and School of International Studies)
College guide · Hyderabad
University of Hyderabad (UoH)
MA Economics, two years
College guide · Sonipat, Haryana
Ashoka University
MA Economics, two years
College guide · Chennai
Madras School of Economics (MSE)
Five two-year MA programmes
College guide · Bengaluru
BASE University, Bengaluru
MSc Economics, MSc Financial Economics and other two-year programmes
College guide · Delhi
Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD)
MA Economics, two years
College guide · Bengaluru
Azim Premji University
MA Economics, two years, 80 credits
College guide · Delhi
IIT Delhi
MSc Economics, two years
College guide · Chennai
IIT Madras
MA Economics stream, two years
College guide · Roorkee
IIT Roorkee
MSc Economics, two years
College guide · Kanpur
IIT Kanpur
MSc Economics, two years
College guide · Kolkata
ISI Kolkata
MS in Quantitative Economics (MSQE), two years
College guide · New Delhi
ISI Delhi
MS in Quantitative Economics (MSQE), two years