The Department of Economic Sciences at IISER Bhopal was set up in 2017 to promote research and training in all areas of Economics. The research interests of the current faculty span microeconomics, game theory, political economics, trade theory, industrial organization, public economics, social choice theory, corporate finance, option pricing, behavioral economics, agriculture economics and environmental economics.

The department currently offers two academic programmes. One is a PhD programme, and another is a 4-year BS programme with the option to obtain a BS-MS (Dual Degree) in Economic Sciences by spending an

additional one year on a research project (MS Thesis) under the supervision of a faculty. 

The Economic Sciences department at IISER Bhopal is one of the few in the country to offer a 4-year BS. Students are exposed to most areas of economics which enable them to pursue a research career in economics and secure employment in the industry. 

The department currently has 6 regular faculty members and 3 visiting/Adjunct faculty members and is actively hiring from all areas of economics. More than 150+ students are pursuing the doctoral programme, Master's Thesis programme (BS-MS) and undergrad BS with the department.

Earlier this year, many students graduated with a BS and got jobs at places like Deloitte, Nomura etc. Some of our students got selected for master's programmes at IIMs, Yale University, North Carolina State University etc.