Economics

Become part of a small peer group of students that promotes learning together rather than competing. Students are not admitted to work with a particular professor, "lab" or project. Instead, our individualized program enables you to pursue various interests and faculty relationships during your coursework before defining your dissertation focus, advisor and committee.

The UW Department of Economics offers Ph.D. students stipends, tuition and fee waivers and student health insurance in exchange for 20-hours of work/week, which can involve teaching undergraduate economics, assisting on faculty research projects and other duties.

Use your electives and faculty research opportunities to customize the program to your interests and career goals.

This program uses economic modeling as its backbone, while also providing empirical expertise.

We facilitate your engagement with the field of economics and policy by bringing scholars to campus for seminars and individual discussions; offering opportunities for conducting fieldwork in the U.S. and internationally; providing support for attending workshops and presenting at conferences; and encouraging participation in projects, meetings and workshops with the policy community.

Collegial and student-centric, this program is purposeful in integrating students into the research process to prepare them for a successful research career. Students regularly publish research from their collaborations with faculty members.

UW Economics is home to the Teton Behavioral and Experimental Economics Laboratory, the Center for Business and Economic Analysis, The Teton Group, The Bugas Lectures, the Center for Energy Economics and Public Policy and the Journal of Strategic Behavior and the Environment.

The UW Department of Economics hosts four seminar series that include The Bugas Frontiers Lectures, Guest Speaker Seminars, Brown Bag Workshops and student-organized graduate student seminars, all of which contribute to the department's rich intellectual environment.