Graduate Program
The Department of Economics has a graduate program leading to the PhD degree. The PhD program has three goals: to advance economic knowledge through an intensive and balanced research program, to develop the research skills essential to independent study of current economic problems, and to provide the training needed for effective teaching of economics.
The department has 31 faculty members. There are research programs of long standing and of international prominence in several subject areas. Research areas in which the Department of Economics has particular strength include:
Applied microeconomics
Labor economics
Urban and regional economics
Comparative systems and development economics
Econometrics
International economics
Macroeconomic theory
Microeconomic theory
Advanced microeconomic theory
Experimental economics
Game Theory
There are approximately 60 graduate students in residence. Students are accepted directly for PhD study and a a master''s degree is not a prerequisite. The department recruits promising students from the United States and around the world. The great majority of PhD students receive financial support from the University. Previous study of economics can be helpful, but is not essential. The PhD program is quanitiatively oriented, and students are expected to be able to use linear algebra and the calculus of several variables in their first-year courses.
Contact Information
People
Chairman: Jack Ochs
Graduate Director: Dean Corbae
Graduate Admissions Chair: Kevin Sontheimer
Graduate Placement Chair: John Duffy
Personnel Committee Chair: Jean Francois Richard
Department Administrator: Della Sinclair
Chairman''s Secretary: Irene Petrovich
Graduate Program Secretary: Penny Weiss
Telephone Numbers
Economics Department (voice) (412)-648-1760
Economics Department (fax) (412)-648-1793
Graduate Program Secretary (412)-648-1399
Mailing Address
Department of Economics
4S00 Forbes Quad
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA. 15260
