Graduate Programs

Overview

Thank you for your interest in the Graduate Program in Economics at the University of Washington. We offer a program leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree in economics. The PhD program is for students interested in pursuing advanced study and doing original research in economics. This program develops professional economists for a variety of careers in teaching, in government, in industry, or with international agencies in the United States and abroad.

Quan Wen
Professor, Graduate Program Director

Overview of the Doctoral Program's three phases.

Econ Graduate Student Resources

• Graduate Guide for Students (PDF)
  A detailed description of the current requirements for the MA and PhD degrees.
• Supervisory Committee Form (PDF)
  Students may either collect signatures or emails from their prospective committee members. Emails should be printed out and stapled to the back of the committee form.
• Supervisory Committee Change Request 
  Students need to collect signatures and submit this form for any committee changes
• Econ Grad Job Placement
  Profiles of some of our recent graduates who have been placed in both academic and non-academic positions.
• How We Allocate TAs (PDF)
  A description of the process by which students are ranked for funding purposes.
• Graduate Student Travel Policy (PDF)
  Please refer to this for questions about grad student travel reimbursement.

More Resources

• The UW Graduate School
• Graduate Opportunities & Minority Achievement Program
• Computational Finance Certificate Program
• Affiliated Research Centers
• The UW Business School
• The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
• College of Forest Resources/Forest Economics
• Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology