Delhi School of Economics MA Courses & Fees 2025: Eligibility & Selection Criteria

Yes, a suitable placement cell exists at DSE.A vast array of opportunities are available to DSE graduates. The analytical and quantitative abilities that our programmes emphasise are highly valued by major Indian and international companies, who frequently hire students directly from campuses. Student job placement is supported by the department's placement unit.

Many get accepted into prestigious PhD programmes abroad and go on to forge remarkable academic careers. The world's top institutions, such as Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, LSE, and Oxford, as well as international organisations like the World Bank, IMF, or Asian Development Bank, as well as higher levels of government, employ instructors from DSE.

The Delhi School of Economics has not disclosed the placement rates as of yet. Meanwhile, check out the key highlights of the DSE placements during seasons 2023-2025 from the table below:

According to unofficial online sources, the Delhi School of Economics alumni are primarily working in the Business Development sector with a 28% share. Refer to the below pie chart for a detailed sector-wise distribution of alumni:

The median package offered to the MBA (IB) specialisation stood at INR 15.17 LPA during the Delhi School of Economics placements 2025. Check out the table for the median package offered at DSE placements 2023-2025 for MBA (IB) and MBA (HRD):

DSE admission to MA course is based on the overall DUET cutoff. Analysing the previous year DSE cutoff 2022, the Round 1 closing percentage for M.A. in Economics was 7.62, for M.A. in Geography, it was 67.45 and for M.A. in Sociology, it was 8.38 for the General category. The DUET cutoff was concluded with the release of Round 4 Seat Allotment. The closing ranks for M.A. in Economics was same i.e 7.62, whereas for M.A. in Geography was 75.78 and for M.A. in Sociology was 55.07. If taken into consideration the trend analysis of DSE for M.A. in Geography has seen a decrease in closing percentage. Candidates seeking admission to Delhi School of Economics MA course can refer to the table given below to check out the DUET cutoff:

Delhi School of Economics MA admission 2023 will be conducted through the Common Seat Allocation System Portal (CSAS PG) by Delhi University based on the Common University Entrance Test (CUET PG) scores. 

Registrations for DSE MA Economics admission 2023 will begin after CUET PG result declaration of the official website –admission.uod.ac.in. As per the DU admission policy, 50% seats will be reserved for DU students, while admission to the 50% seats will be provided through CUET.

• Admission to the course is done on the basis of the candidate's performance in the past qualifying exam and entrance exam.
• Only the candidates who have qualified the entrance exam are eligible to apply for Merit seats. 
• The entrance exam will contain objective type questions and there will be negative marking for wrong answers. 
• The exam will evaluate candidates on the basis of microeconomic theory, macroeconomic theory, mathematical techniques and probability, statistics & elementary econometrics
• Students applying for MA Economics should score 40% (General Category), 36% (OBC) and 20% (SC/ST) in the entrance exam to qualify
• Separate merit lists will be put up for the reserved and general categories to be admitted through the Entrance Test and through Direct Admissions.
• The admission of students to the course will be provisional and will be confirmed by the Admission Committee of the University only after verification of the original certificates.

The Delhi School of Economics fees for MBA in HRD, IB, and MA course is around INR 97,540. Moreover, The Foreign Students would have to pay an annual fee of US$ 3,500. The total fee is subject to timely revisions by University of Delhi.