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Best for Economics

How people, firms and governments decide. Top programmes expect strong maths.

What you would study

Bachelor's: BA / BSc Economics
Master's / PhD: MSc / MA Economics; PhD
Class 12 stream: Commerce, PCM, Humanities with Maths
Careers: Explore Economics careers →

Exams you may need

For bachelor's: SAT (USA) · TMUA (Cambridge, LSE, Warwick) · IELTS/TOEFL
For master's: GRE (usually) · IELTS/TOEFL

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Ranked for Economics

ShanghaiRanking GRAS 2025

151–200American UniversityWashington, DC, United States · UG fees ~₹56.3 lakh/yr 151–200Cardiff UniversityCardiff, United Kingdom · World 201–300Admission guide 151–200City St George’s, University of LondonLondon Borough of Wandsworth, United Kingdom · World 701–800 151–200Curtin UniversityBentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia · World 201–300Admission guide 151–200Deakin UniversityMelbourne, Victoria, Australia · World 201–300 151–200Free University BerlinBerlin, Germany 151–200Ghent UniversityGhent, Belgium · World #91 151–200Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200HEC ParisFrance 151–200Hitotsubashi UniversityTokyo, Japan 151–200Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan, China · World #73 151–200IPAG Business SchoolFrance 151–200Jinan UniversityGuangzhou, China · World 301–400 151–200Lancaster UniversityLancaster, United Kingdom · World 301–400 151–200McMaster UniversityHamilton, Ontario, Canada · World 101–150Admission guide 151–200Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore, Singapore · World #88Admission guide 151–200National Taiwan UniversityDa'an District, Taiwan · World 201–300 151–200NOVA University LisbonLisbon, Portugal · World 701–800 151–200Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeUnited States 151–200PSL UniversityParis, France · World #34 · UG fees ~₹3.2 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200Rice UniversityHouston, Texas, United States · World 101–150 · UG fees ~₹63.7 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200RMIT UniversityMelbourne, Victoria, Australia · World 301–400Admission guide 151–200Sapienza University of RomeRome, Italy · World 101–150Admission guide 151–200Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsala Municipality, Sweden · World 401–500 151–200Technical University of MunichMunich, Bavaria, Germany · World #45Admission guide 151–200Adelaide University (formerly The University of Adelaide, merged with University of South Australia)Adelaide, South Australia, Australia · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200The University of QueenslandSt Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · World #65Admission guide 151–200The University of SheffieldSheffield, United Kingdom · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleUnited States · World 201–300 151–200University of BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain · World 151–200 151–200University of Cape TownCity of Cape Town, South Africa · World 201–300 151–200University of ChileChile · World 501–600 151–200University of CologneCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado, United States · World #62 · UG fees ~₹43 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200University of East AngliaNorwich, United Kingdom · World 301–400Admission guide 151–200University of GuelphGuelph, Ontario, Canada · World 501–600Admission guide 151–200University of HamburgHamburg, Germany · World 201–300Admission guide 151–200University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL, United States · World 401–500 · UG fees ~₹28.6 lakh/yr 151–200University of Massachusetts, AmherstAmherst, MA, United States · World 201–300 · UG fees ~₹38.7 lakh/yr 151–200University of OregonEugene, OR, United States · World 501–600 · UG fees ~₹42.7 lakh/yr 151–200University of OttawaOttawa, Ontario, Canada · World 201–300 151–200University of Rome Tor VergataRome, Italy · World 401–500 151–200University of SurreyGuildford, Surrey, United Kingdom · World 401–500 · UG fees ~₹35.7 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200University of ViennaVienna, Austria · World 101–150 151–200University of WollongongWollongong, New South Wales, Australia · World 301–400Admission guide 151–200Uppsala UniversityUppsala Municipality, Sweden · World #93Admission guide 151–200Vilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityVilnius, Lithuania 151–200Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA, United States · World 201–300 · UG fees ~₹36.2 lakh/yr 151–200Western UniversityLondon, Ontario, Canada · World 301–400Admission guide 151–200Zhongnan University of Economics and LawWuhan, China · World 901–1000

Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025 — Economics. Beyond the top 100 ranks are published in bands.

Where Economics leads

careers, and the same path in India

Careers it opens

Every Economics career — pay, skills, a week in the life →

Or study it in India

BA / B.Sc Economics · After 12th
CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) · After graduation
Bank PO / RBI Grade B · After graduation
B.Com · After 12th
M.A. · After graduation
UGC NET (Assistant Professor eligibility, JRF and PhD admission) · After master's

Every route in India after 10th, 12th and graduation →

Where this comes from

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