MA in Economics

Central Department of Economics (CEDECON) has been awarding fellowship each year for top two students, one male and one female. CEDECON has also made provision for freeship for students. Of total students enrolment, twenty percent students are getting freeship each year which include partial waiver of tuition fee.

NRB and TU Scholarship

Students studying M. A. Economics are awarded scholarships by Nepal Rastra Bank and Tribhuvan University annually on the basis of merit.

RESEARCH GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/MEDALS

Fellowships

Since 1990, two or more Research Grants are annually provided by the CEDECON to the faculty members on the relevant economic issues from Tara Pad Chaudhuri Research Trust contributed by late Emeritus Prof. Chaudhuri. Similarly, faculty members are also benefiting from the research grant from Achut Nath Research fellowship as well.

Medals

Tara Pad Chaudhuri medals are awarded to the students scoring highest marks in economics of B. A. and M. A. in the final examination of TU. Similarly, Khagendra Man Singh Pradhan. Gold Medal is awarded to the students securing highest marks in Master’s in economics.

Short Term Student Exchange Programme

Students securing top position, distinction or first class first will be provided an opportunity to pursue short term non degree course at various universities abroad as per the bilateral agreement between TU and the concerned universities. Recently, students have been getting this opportunity from Osaka Sangyo University and Saitama Universities, Japan.

Eligibility for Admission

The students having Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) degree with majoring economics from TU or any other universities recognised by TU are eligible to apply for M. A. Programme. However, the students with mathematics, statistics and management background may also apply.

Students, willing to study MA in economics at Central Department of Economics (CEDECON) are required to submit application upon receiving a call to apply from the Office of the Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Application form will be available from the Administration Section of the department on payment of specified fees. Students are required to get through entrance examination organised by Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, TU in beginning of December. Generally, academic session will start from January to October each year.

 

For SEMESTER SYSTEM

M.A. Economics First and Second Semester Curriculum.pdf

For Annual System

Master of Arts (M.A.) Programme for ECONOMICS

For the M.A. in Economics, there will be ten papers of which eight papers will be compulsory and two papers will be from among the optional papers. The student has to take one optional paper in the first year and another optional paper in the second year. The listing of the papers is as follows:

First Year Papers:

Compulsory Papers
I	Eco.-531	Microeconomic Analysis	100 marks
II	Eco.-532	Quantitative Techniques	100 marks
III	Eco.-533	Economics of Development and Planning	100 marks
IV	Eco.-534	A. Research Methodology _________50 B. History of Economic Thought_____50 OR C. Basic Economics _____________50	100 marks
Optional Papers ( any one )
V	Eco.535-1	Economics of Agricultural Development	100 marks
	Eco.535-2	Mathematical Economics	100 marks
	Eco.535-3	Population Economics	100 marks
	Eco.535-4	Industrial Economics	100 marks
	Eco.535-5	International Economics	100 marks
	Eco.535-6	Environmental and Natural Resources Economics	100 marks
	Eco.535-7	Economics of Tourism	100 marks

Second Year Papers:

Compulsory Papers
VI	Eco.-536	Macroeconomic Analysis	100 marks
VII	Eco.-537	Monetary Economics	100 marks
VIII	Eco.-538	Public Economics	100 marks
IX	Eco.-539	Economy of Nepal	100 marks
Optional Papers ( any one )
X	Eco.540-1	Economics of Energy	100 marks
	Eco.540-2	Economics of Human Development	100 marks
	Eco.540-3	Health Economics	100 marks
	Eco.540-4	International Finance and Economic Co-operation	100 marks
	Eco.540-5	Transport Economics	100 marks
	Eco.540-6	Thesis Writing	100 marks

Note: Optional papers and thesis writing to be offered during any academic session shall be fixed by the concerned Economics Department.