The duration of the Masters program is two years (four semesters). Students need to complete a 64-credit coursework, consisting of 9 core courses and 5 optional courses (each worth 4 credits), and a dissertation (worth 8 credits). The core courses consist of two-course sequences in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Development Economics, and one course each on Mathematical Methods in Economics, Statistics and Introductory Econometrics, and South Asian Economic Development.