Admitted Students
Congratulations on your acceptance to the Yale Department of Economics!

All of us in the Department hope that you will accept our offer, and encourage you to learn more about the the program and Yale below.
In the meantime, if you have any questions about Yale, New Haven, or the anything about the Department of Economics, please do not hesitate to email me (and/or we can set up a phone conversation). I am personally looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Tony Smith
Chair, Department of Economics
Plan Your Visit
Please join our us for prospective students day on March 28-29! The days will consist of panels, meals, and meetings with students and faculty across fields at Yale. The tentative schedule is below:
March 28 |
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6:00-9:00pm | Dinner with graduate students |
March 29 |
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8:00-9:00am | Continental Breakfast and First Year Sequence |
9:00-10:00am | Campus Tour or Office Hours (if scheduled) |
10:00–11:20am | Field presentations |
11:20-11:30am | Break |
11:30am–1:00pm | Lunch and Panel on Resources for Research & Collaboration |
1:00-1:30pm | Break |
1:30–4:00pm | Office hours with faculty |
4:00–5:00pm | Coffee and Panel Discussion with Grad Students |
5:30–6:30pm | Faculty/Grad Student Happy Hour |
6:30–8:30pm | Dinner with faculty |
About the Program
Economics at Yale is a challenging and rigorous center for research and teaching in economics, led by a distinguished and accessible faculty in a friendly, supportive environment. Our teaching faculty (not counting visitors or graduate student teaching assistants) numbers 66 making it one of the largest economics departments in the United States. With about 130 Ph.D. students in residence our teacher/student ratio is very high.
The Department of Economics is also home to three centers that conduct, fund, and promote cutting edge research across multiple fields domestically and internationally. Working across disciplines and policy issue areas, and through meaningful policy partnerships, the centers also work to advance a research- and data-driven policy debate.
Learn more about each center here:
Meet Our Faculty
See our full list of faculty, along with their fields of interest. Explore faculty research here.
Get to know our faculty through recent news stories and features:
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Ross Prize Awarded to Ana Fostel and John Geanakoplos for Research on Leverage Cycles
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New Research by Michael Peters on the Economic Consequences of Refugee Settlements
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The Department of Economics Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2022
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Costas Meghir delivers the Fisher-Schultz Lecture at European Economic Association
Meet Your Classmates
See our full graduate student directory here.
Learn about the 2022 Department of Economics PhD Graduates, including their achievements, thesis topics, and placements.
We encourage you to read detailed profiles of current and recent graduate students here:
About New Haven
"Connecticut’s third-largest city is a historic, mostly walkable and bikeable seaside town with distinctive neighborhoods, an encyclopedic collection of great American architecture, a thriving cultural life and one of the best food scenes in the country for a city of its size (134,000)." Read more about New Haven in the New York Times' 52 Places to Go.
Yale graduate students have many options for affordable, comfortable, and convenient places to live in greater New Haven while at Yale. You can live on-campus, in Yale-owned off-campus apartments, or in off-campus apartment buildings and homes in several neighborhoods. While most graduate students live on or near campus in New Haven, some live in surrounding towns and commute to campus. Read more about housing & life in New Haven.
Additional Resources
We encourage you to explore these additional Yale resources:
Questions?
If you have additional questions regarding your offer of admission or visiting Yale, please reach out to any of us below:
- Yuichi Kitamura, Director of Graduate Studies: yuichi.kitamura@yale.edu
- Costas Arkolakis, Professor of Economics: costas.arkolakis@yale.edu
- Ilse Lindenlaub, Associate Professor of Economics: ilse.lindenlaub@yale.edu
- Rohini Pande, Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics: rohini.pande@yale.edu
- Scott Runner, Graduate Registrar: scott.runner@yale.edu