M.Sc. in Theoretical Economics

Admissions

Admission to M.Sc. in Theoretical Economics is either through talents admission route or national university entrance exam (concour) for Iranian nationals. For international students, please seek advice from the international affairs office. The number of students admitted to this major from concour is 18 students for each year.

Requirements

Students must complete 7 core and 3 optional courses according to the lists in the following tables. It is strongly recommended that students take M.Sc. thesis as a substantive piece of research. However, students can choose to take two additional optional courses instead. Please note that not all optional courses are offered during each semester. The usual length of study for this major is 5 semesters but students with a very strong background can finish the major in 4 semesters. Students often start working on their M.Sc. thesis during the third semester and defend it in the fifth semester. There are two strands with different sets of core and optional courses. A theory strand focusing on theoretical courses and the financial economics strand providing specialized courses in finance. The requirements for these two strands are similar and there would be no distinction between the awarded degrees.

The Theory Strand

The Financial Economics Strand