We offer interaction opportunities with many of the top researchers in economics, through our extensive seminar and visitor programmes.

Our graduates often go on to be professors in universities where they work to extend and to transmit knowledge of our economies. They also work in industry, the public sector, and in international organisations where they apply their economics knowledge and research capabilities to improve the economic condition of their firm, their industry, their country, or the world in general

SMU’s School of Economics is recognised internationally as a leading centre for economics research. In Tilburg University’s ‘Top 100 Economics Schools Research Ranking,’ based on publications in leading journals, it is ranked 2nd in Asia. It is ranked within the top 5 globally in econometrics.

The PhD in Economics programme is structured to lead you from classroom learning to research and paper writing, with many targets throughout for students to meet. Many of our students graduate with an academic publication in a top journal and our placement record is strong.

Year 1
Students spend their first year completing the following foundation courses.

• Microeconomics I
• Microeconomics II
• Macroeconomics I
• Macroeconomics II
• Econometrics I
• Econometrics II