Overview

Doctoral students get the opportunity to interact with more than 50 faculty members, whose expertise cover all the major areas of economics.

Features

The Economics PhD program at National University of Singapore admits around ten students each year.

For admission, a student should have a good honors degree (first class or second upper) or a good masters degree, either in Economics or in a field with a quantitative emphasis, such as mathematics, statistics, physics, engineering, or operations research.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

Microeconomic Theory

Advanced Microeconomic Theory

Macroeconomic Theory

Advanced Macroeconomic Theory

Econometric Modelling and Applications

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Singapore, Singapore

Disciplines

Economics View 4 other PhDs in Economics in Singapore

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Academic requirements

GRE^®

Required

English requirements

IELTS

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Other requirements

General requirements

Your transcript(s) and degree scroll(s) do not have to certified at this stage or sent directly from your university. Please ensure that the transcript information like grading scale is also uploaded.

Your GRE/IELTS/TOEFL score reports can be a scanned copy. You do not have to arrange for the original to be sent to us unless you wish to e.g. if your score report is expiring soon.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

40300 SGD / year

≈ 40300 SGD / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

37900 SGD / year

≈ 37900 SGD / year

Living costs

Singapore

1878 - 3880 SGD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic Applies to you

Living costs

Singapore

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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