IIT Kanpur
A computation-heavy MSc in which students work in STATA, R, Python and MATLAB, filled through JAM.
MSc Economics, two years · Kanpur
Last checked 30 September 2026. Covers: the latest cycle with published details.
Official read on the organiser's or institute's own page. Reported found on third-party sites and still to be checked. Expected not announced yet.
Which exam
| Entrance | JAM in Economics (EN), from the 2026-27 admission cycle onwards OfficialIIT Kanpur M.Sc. Economics |
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Pattern, dates and marking for the exam: IIT JAM Economics.
Seats
| Economics (EN) seats through JAM | 24, alongside 16 for Mathematical Statistics (MS) OfficialIIT Kanpur M.Sc. Economics |
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Curriculum
| Structure | 20 courses, about 180 credits: 11 compulsory and nine elective OfficialIIT Kanpur M.Sc. Economics |
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| Compulsory | Microeconomics, macroeconomics, mathematical methods in economics, applied probability and statistics, econometrics, game theory, computational methods in economics OfficialIIT Kanpur M.Sc. Economics |
| Electives | From the department and others, in areas such as machine learning, monetary economics, public policy and financial economics OfficialIIT Kanpur M.Sc. Economics |
| Tools | STATA and R for data analysis, Python and MATLAB for economic modelling OfficialIIT Kanpur M.Sc. Economics |
Placements
No placement report for this programme is published on the institute's own pages that we could find. Package figures that circulate online are not tied to a named report, so none are printed here.
Faculty
Faculty are listed on the department's own page. Names are not reproduced here yet.
Sources
Prepare for IIT Kanpur through JAM
Sit a full IIT JAM Economics paper under the real timing and negative marking.