Admissions
Ph.D. Application Request
Admission Applications for Fall 2008 must be submitted by December 15, 2007. Late applications will be returned to the applicant whether or not the application fee has been paid. PLEASE NOTE: Applications are accepted only for the Ph.D. in Economics, not the Masters, and only for the Fall Quarter of each year. The Economics Department does not have a supplemental application.
ALL applicants must apply online. (Click Here)
Please note the following:
- All transcripts/degree certifications, statement of purpose, letters of recommendation, etc) should be mailed to Graduate Office, UCLA Department of Economics, 8292 Bunche Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1477. (tel: 310-825-1011) DO NOT submit documents electronically by email or by fax. GRE and TOEFL scores must be sent through ETS (Educational Testing Service). Please provide ETS with following university code:
GRE - UCLA: 4837 / Econ: 1801
TOEFL - UCLA: 4837 / Econ: 84
Photocopies of these reports are NOT considered official documents and cannot be used for admission evaluation. - Unfortunately, due to the volume of documents received for each application it is not possible to notify applicants of the items received. This means that the "Application Status" section on the Graduate Division web page will most likely not reflect those documents that have actually been received in the Economics Dept. We ask that you assume all documents have been received approximately two weeks from the date you post them to the Economics Dept at UCLA. ONLY IF a document is missing or incomplete WILL you be notified by an email from the Graduate Office in the UCLA Economics Dept.
First Year Class
The entering class size is about 25 students out of approximately total 120 in the graduate program. Because of the large applicant pool (about 600 per year), the Department considers only those with excellent academic records, GRE scores that average in the 80th percentile in verbal, 95 percentile in quantitative, and with a 5.0 in analytical, and those with outstanding letters of recommendation. TOEFL scores must be at least 260.
Preparation
A bachelor's degree in economics is recommended, but not required. However, a strong background in economics is essential. An applicant should have formal coursework in intermediate micro- and macro-economic theory and econometrics. Mathematical preparation is also essential. This should include a minimum of one year of probability and statistics and two years of calculus. Additional coursework in mathematics and statistics, especially linear algebra, matrix algebra, advanced probability theory, mathematical statistics and real analysis, is highly recommended.
