Overview

The Graduate School at Indiana University Bloomington requires doctoral students to complete 90 credit hours, with approximately half of these hours as formal Economics coursework.

Features

If you have conducted graduate work elsewhere, you may transfer all or part of that work and receive credit at Indiana University (with the approval of the director of graduate studies).

Up to 30 hours may be transferred and counted toward the 90 hours required for the Ph.D. However, graduate work done elsewhere is not automatically transferable.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

In addition to the formal course work required for our Ph.D. degree, you are required to participate in at least one workshop.

Our department encourages graduate students to present papers at workshops and scholarly meetings, and to publish their research.

You can gain teaching experience by enrolling in a course specifically designed for training in the teaching of economics, assisting in large undergraduate courses, and by teaching their own smaller courses.

In the third year of your study, you are required to write, under the guidance of a preliminary advisory committee, a substantial research paper.

The paper is expected to be of sufficient quality to be a basis of a dissertation chapter.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

90 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Bloomington, United States

Disciplines

Economics View 116 other PhDs in Economics in United States

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Academic requirements

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English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Please have official transcripts sent directly from all undergraduate institutions attended, as well as from any graduate programs (if applicable).

Please have your official academic records in the original language from every postsecondary school you have attended, whether or not you obtained a degree, sent to OIS. If the original is not in English, also include a certified, literal translation. Records must be issued by the registrar or record-keeping official from the institution at which the work was completed.

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Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

30748 USD / year

≈ 30748 USD / year
Out-of-State

30748 USD / year

≈ 30748 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

10766 USD / year

≈ 10766 USD / year

Living costs

Bloomington

United States

1071 - 1733 USD / month

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

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