Students and Their Careers

For IDE the students come first. This is why we start this section with talking about students rather than talking about courses, professors or the University. There is not one typical IDE student. IDE students are incredibly diverse and the program benefits hugely from that fact.

While many of the IDE students did their undergraduate studies in economics or similar fields, we also have a few students in each cohort who come from other educational areas, but who wish to build up the skills to do work in this area. 

However, as the IDE Program is purely a master’s in economics, we take people with exceptional analytical and economics backgrounds. Therefore we accept students who have taken microeconomics, econometrics, and macroeconomics.  Additionally they have taken courses in multivariate calculus, probability and statistics, and we give preference to people who have had computational linear (matrix) algebra. Upon admission to the program, it may be required that a student take the “Math for Economists” course during the summer prior to beginning the program.

In each cohort some of our students also have some work experience. In short, we encourage applications from all countries and from all post-baccalaureate backgrounds. 

• Number of students – 30
• Number of countries – 15
• Female/male ratio – 65%F / 35%M
• Average GPA – 3.8 / 4
• Average work experience – 0.5 years
• International student population – 97%
• Average age – 23 years old
• Average GRE quantitative score – 165