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PhD Economics at Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

Programme overview

The PhD in Economics requires at least 72 credit hours: 24 of first-year core, at least 30 of fields and electives and at least 24 of dissertation research. Students pass two preliminary exams after the first year and complete a third-year research paper.

Faculty: Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts  |  Department: School of Economics  |  Duration: Four-year sample plan  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Atlanta, GA, United States

What you will study

Core courses include ECON 7004 Mathematics for Economists, ECON 7012-7013 Microeconomic Theory I-II, ECON 7022-7023 Econometrics I-II and ECON 7025 Empirical Research Methods. Fields include environmental economics, industrial organization and international economics.

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Application information

Entry requirements

International applicants (Georgia Tech graduate admissions): TOEFL iBT overall 4.5 with Reading, Listening and Writing at least 4 and Speaking at least 3.5 under the scoring used from January 2026 (earlier scale: 90 overall, 19 per section), or IELTS Academic 7 overall with at least 6.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 5.5 in Writing; scores are valid for two years, Duolingo is not accepted, and applicants with a degree from a regionally accredited US institution or an English-medium or approved-country degree can be exempt; individual programmes may set higher scores.

Requirements published at faculty level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications use one online graduate application (gradapp.gatech.edu) for all programmes and campuses; deadlines vary by programme and are published on each programme page.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.gatech.edu/

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