School of Economics | Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Introduction

The Department of Economics, the first department within Faculty of Social Sciences was established in 1967. Initially, it started its M.Sc. degree program and later on introduced M.Phil. and Ph.D. programs in 1978 and 1987 respectively, which are being run successfully over the years. After more than four decades of public service and nation building, the Department of Economics transformed into the School of Economics and successfully launched the BS Economics Undergraduate 4-Years program in fall semester 2010.

Vision

To broaden the opportunity set of Pakistani youth through affordable high quality education and training in the field of Economics. The School of Economics strives towards achieving a leadership position amongst the public sector providers of higher education by broadening and deepening the access to education in Economics without compromising on quality standards of academic excellence.

Message from the Director:

At the School of Economics, we strive to maintain emphasis on quality teaching in economic theory and quantitative methods of economic analysis & research in line with global standards of teaching &

research in the field of Economics. The conversion of the Department of Economics into the School of Economics (in 2010) has expanded our horizon of teaching & research and has created opportunities for developing and launching new programs and courses.