Doctor of Philosophy in Economics

McMaster’s community of scholars includes faculty, postdoctoral fellows, research assistants, and graduate students. Through this program, students will become independent, professional economists using state-of-the-art methods to analyze economic phenomena. Areas of specialization include Econometrics, Growth and Monetary, Health, International, Labour, Population, and Public Economics.

We admit 5-8 PhD students each year, which results in small classes and intensive interaction between students and faculty. PhD students may choose a co-op option (formally called Work Integrated Learning) associated with this program after passing the comprehensive exams.

Student must have: Master’s Degree; B+ minimum average, based on previous graduate work.

Language Requirements

Applicants are required to submit evidence of their proficiency in the English language as part of their application. The most common evidence is a score on one of the following exams:

TOEFL: minimum score of 92 (internet based), 237 (computer based) or 580 (paper based), minimum of 20 per band; for the Faculty of Engineering a minimum score of 88 (internet based) or 213 on the (computer based) or 550 (paper based)

IELTS (Academic): minimum overall score of 6.5, with at least 5.5 in each section

CAEL: minimum overall score of 70, with at least 60 per band

MELAB: minimum score of 85

PTE Academic: minimum score of 63; for the Faculty of Engineering a minimum score of 70

York University course: YUELI Level 6 with a minimum final grade of B

University of Toronto course: Academic Level 60 with a minimum final grade of B

Application deadline is Jan/30.