Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia

The Graduate Program in Economics offers, on average, five seats each year for holders of master’s degrees that have been awarded by national institutions accredited by CAPES or by foreign institutions, provided that the degree has been recognized and is valid for the entire national territory.

Doctoral students must take 50 credits in compulsory and elective courses. A maximum of 24 master’s degree credits can be transferred into the doctoral program. The courses offered in the program are worth four credits, with the exception of the Dissertation Seminar, which is two credits. The maximum period for degree completion is 48 months.

The curriculum structure is as follows:

Semester 1	Semester 2	Semester 3	Semester 4
Econometrics I (CNM 3127) 4 credits Quantitative Methods (CNM3120) 4 credits Macroeconomic Theory I (CNM 3118) 4 credits Microeconomic Theory I (CNM 3119) 4 credits	Macroeconomic Theory II (CNM 5106) 4 credits Microeconomic Theory II (CNM 5107) 4 credits Elective 1 (On mathematical, statistical and econometric methods) 4 credits	Economic Development (…) 4 credits Elective 2 4 credits Elective 3 4 credits	Dissertation Seminar (CNM 5112) 2 credits Elective 4 4 credits Elective 5 4 credits