

Madras School of Economics provides courses under the departments of commerce, science, management and economics. These courses are offered at the level of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs.
The programs offered by this institute include MBA, BA in Economics, MA in General Economics, MA in Financial Economics, MA in Applied Quantitative Finance, MA in Actuarial Economics, MA in Environmental Economics, PGDM in Finance, PGDM in Research and Business Analytics, MSc in Data Science, and PhD in Economics.
The students who want to apply to any of the programs mentioned above must go to the official website to check the eligibility criteria. If the eligibility criteria are fulfilled, students are requested to pay the one-time admission fee of INR 5000 and submit all the required documents before the last date.
To get admission in the PGDM programs, the students must complete their bachelor's degree with a minimum of 55% marks or students in their final year of graduation can also apply to the program. Students should also have a valid score of CAT/XAT/MAT, etc.
The cost of doing these courses will vary depending on the level of the degree and the specialisation being pursued. The approximate fees will be in the range of INR 66,000 to INR 12,00,00.
BA Economics Hons is the course that MSE offers at the undergraduate level. This course was offered from the academic session of 2022-23. The fee for this course is INR 66,000 per semester, which is inclusive of the tuition fee, exam fee, etc. Students are also required to pay INR 5000 as a one-time, non-refundable fee.
Course Name | Duration | Fee per semester (INR) |
Bachelor of arts in economics | 4 Years | INR 66,000 |
These are all the courses that MSE offers at the postgraduate level, with the duration of the course and its fee structure. The MSE offers courses in postgraduate studies at MA, MSc, MBA and PGDM with various specialisations like general economics, financial economics, applied quantitative economics and research and business analytics.
Course Name | Duration | Fee per semester (INR) |
MA in general economics | 2 Years | INR 1,12,875 |
M.A. in Financial Economics | 2 Years | INR 1,12,875 |
M.A. in Applied Quantitative Economics | 2 Years | INR 1,12,875 |
Ma in actuarial economics | 2 Years | INR 1,12,875 |
MA in environmental economics | 2 Years | INR 1,12,875 |
PGDM in research and business analytics | 2 years | INR 12,00,000 |
PGDM in Finance | 2 years | INR 12,00,000 |
Msc in data science | 2 years | INR 2, 30,375 |
MBA in research and business analytics | 2 years | INR 12,00,000 |
MBA in Finance | 2 years | INR 12,00,000 |
MSE offers one course at the level of PhD. The duration of the course will vary from student to student. But it generally takes 3-5 years to complete a doctoral course. It offers a PhD in economics.
Course | Duration | Fee |
Phd in economics | 3-5 years | - |

