The graduate program in Economics at York University provides the advanced and specialized skills that are invaluable in solving today’s economic problems.

Key sectors in the economy now have a greater appreciation and demand for advanced economic skills to solve any economic or business problem. The Economics Department at York has made sustained efforts to ensure that our Master’s (MA) and PhD programs continue to rank among the top programs in Canada, with strengths in Econometrics, Industrial Organization, International Money and Finance, International Trade and Applied Economic Theory. Our programs offer applied courses associated with professional economic skills useful for work in the private or government sector, as well as technical and theoretical courses and dissertation work for a career in academia.

 Careers with an Economics degree

Our program’s location in Toronto helps students establish employment networks with many firms and institutions in Canada’s largest commercial and financial centre.

Major employers visit our MA and PhD students for recruiting, including the Department of Finance in Ottawa, the Ministry of Finance in Toronto, the Competition Bureau in Ottawa, as well as Canadian and international universities for those interested in the academic route.

Glendon College’s Vincent A Hildebrand talks on TalentEgg about how his graduate degrees in Economics took him back to teaching at York.

Some helpful resources for those interested in a career in Economics include:

• Canadian Economics Association (CEA)
• Economics Research Network (ERN)
• American Economic Association (AEA), including its JOE (Job Openings for Economists) Network
• EDIRC (Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Institutes), Canadian section