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University Country Deadline
Aalto University (PhD only) FI 09 Jan
Aarhus University DK XX Feb
Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita di Bologna (PhD only) IT 26 Apr
Arizona State University US 15 Jan
Ateneo de Manila University (PhD only) PH 15 Mar
Australian National University (MPhil + PhD) AU 30 Aug
Barcelona School of Economics (Master’s + PhD) ES 15 Jan
Berlin School of Economics (PhD only) DE Soon TM
Bocconi University (PhD only) IT 16 Jan
Boston College US 02 Jan
Boston University US 15 Dec
Brown University US 01 Jan
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (PhD only) IT 23 May
California Institute of Technology US 15 Dec
Carnegie Mellon University US 15 Dec
Central European University (PhD only) AT 04 Feb
Chulalongkorn University (PhD only) TH 10 May
City University of Hong Kong (PhD only) HK 01 Dec
City, University of London (PhD only) UK Rolling
basis
Copenhagen Business School (PhD only) DK 01 Sep
Cornell University US 15 Jan
Columbia University US 16 Dec
DIW Berline (PhD only) DE 15 Jan
Duke University US 05 Jan
Durham University (MRes + PhD) UK 22 Jan
Erasmus University Rotterdam (MRes + PhD) NL 01 Dec (MRes at Tinbergen Institute)
European University Institute (PhD only) IT 31 Jan
George Washington University US 15 Jan
Georgetown University US 01 Jan
Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main (MSc + PhD) DE 31 Jan
Harvard University US 01 Dec
Hitotsubashi University (Master’s + PhD) JP 08 Dec
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (MPhil + PhD) HK 01 Dec
Indiana University Bloomington US 01 Dec
Institut Polytechnique de Paris (Master’s + PhD) FR 12 Jan
Imperial College London (Master’s + PhD) UK 02 Dec
Johns Hopkins University US 01 Jan
Keio University (PhD only) JP 26 Dec
King’s College London (PhD only) UK 01 Dec
Kyoto University International Graduate EA Programme (PhD only) JP 14 Mar
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology US 15 Dec
London School of Economics and Political Science (Master’s + PhD) UK 17 Dec
London Business School (Master’s + PhD) UK 02 Dec
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen (PhD only) DE 31 Jan
Luiss University (PhD only) IT XX Mar
Lund University (PhD only) SE XX Jan
McGill University (Master’s + PhD) CA 15 Jan
Michigan State University US 15 Dec
Monash University (PhD only) AU 21 Feb
Nanyang Technological University (Master’s + PhD) SG 30 Nov
National Taiwan University (PhD only) TW 05 Dec
National University of Singapore (Master’s + PhD SG 01 Nov
New York University US 18 Dec
Northwestern University US 04 Jan
Ohio State University US 30 Nov
Osaka University (PhD only) JP 12 Dec
Paris School of Economics (PhD only) FR 20 Oct
Peking University (PhD only) CN XX Dec
(Rolling basis)
Pennsylvania State University US 15 Jan
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (Master’s + PhD) CL 31 Oct
Princeton University US 01 Dec
Purdue University US 15 Jan
Queen Mary University of London (MRes + PhD) UK 04 Feb
Queen’s University (PhD only) CA XX Nov
Sapienza University of Rome (PhD only) IT 20 Jun
Sciences Po (PhD only) FR 10 Jan
Seoul National University (Master’s + PhD) KR 08 Mar
Singapore Management University (Master’s + PhD) SG 31 Jan
Stanford University US 30 Nov
Stockholm School of Economics (Master’s + PhD) SE 01 Feb
Stockholm University (PhD only) SE 31 Jan
Texas A&M University US 10 Jan
Tilburg University (Master’s + PhD) NL 02 Jan
Toulouse School of Economics (Master’s + PhD) FR 12 Jan
Trinity College Dublin (PhD only) IE 10 Feb
Tsinghua University (Master’s + PhD) CN 15 Dec
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Master’s + PhD) ES 31 Jan
Universitat de Barcelona (PhD only) ES 17 Mar
Universitat Bonn (MSc + PhD) DE XX Mar
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (PhD only) ES 15 Sep
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (MRes + PhD) ES 15 Jan
Universite catholique de Louvain (PhD only) BE 13 Sep
Universite de Montreal (PhD only) CA 01 Feb
Universite libre de Bruxelles (PhD only) BE 30 Apr
Universiti Putra Malaysia (PhD only) MY 30 June
Universiti Malaya (PhD only) MY Rolling
basis
University College Dublin (PhD only) IE 24 Jan
University College London (MRes + MPhil/PhD) UK 31 Mar
(Rolling basis)
University of Adelaide (PhD only) AU 31 Jan
University of Alberta (PhD only) CA 01 Feb
University of Amsterdam (MRes + PhD) NL 01 Dec
(MRes at Tinbergen Institute)
University of Auckland (PhD only) NZ Rolling
basis
University of British Columbia (Master’s + PhD) CA 15 Jan
University of Belgarde (PhD only) RS XX Sep
University of Birmingham (PhD only) UK 15 Apr
University of Bristol (MRes + PhD) UK 01 Dec
University of Cambridge (MPhil + PhD) UK 02 Dec
University of California, Berkeley US 01 Dec
University of California, Davis US 15 Dec
University of California, Irvine US 01 Dec
University of California, Los Angeles US 01 Dec
University of California, San Diego US 04 Dec
University of California, Santa Barbara US 01 Dec
University of Cologne (MSc + PhD) DE 31 Mar
University of Copenhagen (Master’s + PhD) DK 01 Mar
University of Chicago US 15 Dec
University of Edinburgh (PhD only) UK 06 Jun
University of Essex (MRes + PhD) UK 10 Feb
University of Geneva (PhD only) CH 28 Feb
University of Glasgow (MRes + PhD) UK 01 Mar
University of Groningen (PhD only) NL XX Feb
(Contact Rina Koning)
University of Hong Kong (MPhil + PhD) HK 01 Dec
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign US 10 Jan
University of Leeds (PhD only) UK 31 May
University of Lausanne (PhD only) CH 31 Jan
University of Manchester (MSc + PhD) UK 30 Jun
University of Mannheim (PhD only) DE 31 Mar
University of Maryland US 15 Dec
University of Massachusetts Amherst US 15 Dec
University of Melbourne (Master’s + PhD) AU 31 Aug
University of Michigan US 01 Dec
University of Minnesota US 13 Dec
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill US 10 Dec
University of Nottingham (MRes + PhD) UK 04 Aug
University of St. Gallen (PhD only) CH 30 Nov
University of Sydney (PhD only) AU 21 Dec
UNSW Sydney (MPDBS + PhD) AU 31 Jul
University of Oregon US 01 Feb
University of Oslo (PhD only) NO 15 Jan
University of Oxford (MPhil + PhD) UK 21 Jan
University of Pennsylvania US 15 Dec
University of Queensland (Master’s + PhD) AU 30 Jun
University of Rochester US 15 Dec
University of Southampton (MSc + PhD) UK XX May
University of Southern California US 01 Dec
University of Tokyo (PhD only) JP 05 Jan
University of Technology Sydney (PhD only) AU 15 Sep
University of Texas at Austin US 01 Jan
University of Toronto (Master’s + PhD) CA 18 Jan
University of Virginia US 15 Jan
University of Warwick (MRes + PhD) UK 15 Jan
University of Washington US 15 Dec
University of Wisconsin-Madison US 05 Dec
University of Zurich (Master’s + PhD) CH 15 Jan
Vienna University of Economics and Business (PhD only) AT XX Jan/Feb
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (MRes + PhD) NL 01 Dec
(MRes at Tinbergen Institute)
Waseda University (PhD only) JP 15 Mar
Washington University in St. Louis US 04 Dec
Western University (MA + PhD) CA 01 Feb
Yale University US 15 Dec

FAQs

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How do I read the table?

Economics Master’s + PhD funded programmes are predominantly shown (US programmes are virtually all Master’s + PhD structured).

If a programme is PhD only (i.e., requires holding a Master’s degree for admission), I will explicitly state as such, in parentheses, next to the school name.

Programmes with no information stated can be assumed to provide a Master’s + PhD structure (regardless of location). At the moment, I am following this structure for US programmes. To be better safe than sorry, I am specifying Master’s + PhD structure for non-US programmes.

Application deadlines listed are chosen because the corresponding programmes consider them to be the latest possible date eligible for PhD funding.

I recommend looking into the programme website in order to confirm if the PhD starts in the fall or spring semester since this information is not included in the table for conciseness sake.

I WILL NOT show unfunded PhD deadlines because I believe they are massive opportunity costs that are worth neither the time nor the effort.

Who are you?

I’m an economics PhD candidate at UT Austin studying applications of text analysis and natural language processing in macroeconomics, particularly in central bank communication and expectations formation. I’m also a USAPL powerlifter (519kg total club ٩( ᐛ )و). If you want to find out more about me and my research, please visit my personal website. You can also find my research on my Google Scholar profile, my SSRN profile, my GitHub profile, and my ORCID (0009-0000-8559-7915).

Why did you make this website?

Because most schools’ PhD websites are awful at clearly displaying the application deadlines.

There also wasn’t any single website that had all the deadlines, so I made this GitHub Page to track and display this information front and centre for myself and future applicants.

Are you going to be adding more schools?

Slowly. Whilst this is a personal project, I have full intention of making this website contains the deadlines of hundreds of PhD programmes eventually.

You can check the changelog on the GitHub repo page.

If you don’t see a particular economics PhD programme, please submit an issue to the GitHub repo or shoot me an email with the school’s PhD programme website URL, country, and application deadline.

Will you be adding Master’s only programmes?

Maybe. However, the priority will always be Master’s + PhD or PhD only programmes.

How is the information updated?

Manually, because I haven’t bothered to make it more automated by scrapping each school’s PhD websites.

Why isn’t the year included?

The day and month are the most important parts of the deadline. If one needs to know the year for absolute certainty (e.g., January deadlines), the programme website is provided.