Undergraduate
Undergraduate
The undergraduate program of the Economics Department is one of the largest undergraduate programs in the School of Arts and Sciences.
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Graduate
Graduate
The PhD program in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania is designed to train the next generation of outstanding research economists.
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Faculty
Faculty
Faculty members are actively engaged in scientific research and guiding the leading journals of the profession.
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About Us

The Economics Department, located in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts and Sciences, is ranked among the top ten in the U.S. Its faculty, productive and research-oriented, is committed to the advancement of economic science.

Department Highlights
Penn Ph.D. students seeking jobs during the 2011-12 academic year.
Ignazio Visco
Governor of the Bank of Italy, he is a 1981 alumnus.
Established in 1993 to create an...
Provides a forum for modern quantitative economics.
News
Oct
25
We congratulate our former graduate student, Ignazio Visco, Ph.D. 1981, who has been appointed Governor of the Bank of Italy by Prime Minister Silvio...
Oct
10
Congratulations to Thomas J. Sargent, who with Christopher A. Sims, was awarded the 2011 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of...
Oct
05
The Department of Economics has two or more tenure track Assistant Professor positions available. Interested candidates can see the postings on...