Department of Economics (Princeton University)

Since the university's founding in 1746, many courses in the social sciences, including history and politics, were taught in the department of Jurisprudence and Political Economy. Coursework specifically in political economy became available in 1819. When Woodrow Wilson became a professor in 1890, additional courses were added to the curriculum, including the History of Political Economy. By 1913, the department became independent from history and politics, forming the Department of Economics and Social Institutions. ==Academics==

The undergraduate program is one of the most prestigious programs for the study of economics in the country and in the world. Economics is the most popular concentration (Princeton's version of an academic major) at the undergraduate level. Because the university does not have a business school, the economics concentration attracts many students who are interested in careers in investment banking, management consulting, finance, technology, and more. The curriculum itself is theoretical in nature, requiring students complete quantitative courses up to multivariate calculus. In partnership with the Bendheim Center for Finance, the department also offers an Undergraduate Finance Certificate. The graduate program in economics trains Ph.D. students for careers in academia, government, and industry. It receives approximately 800 applications for a class of 20 to 25 students who come from over 30 different countries around the world. The program has numerous fields of specialization and has been particularly strong in the areas of Macroeconomics, Industrial Relations, and International Finance. Graduate students who pursue academic careers have historically had placement records at some of the world's leading universities including Harvard, Yale, MIT, and Cornell. The department also oversees a number of centers and initiatives, including: • Bendheim Center for Finance • The Benjamin H. Griswold III, Class of 1933, Center for Economic Policy Studies • The Gregory C. Chow Econometric Research Program • Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance • Center for Health and Wellbeing • William S. Dietrich II Economic Theory Center • Industrial Relations Section • International Economics Section • Office of Population Research • Political Economy Program • Princeton Experimental Laboratory for the Social Sciences (PExL) • Research Program in Development Studies • The Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Macroeconomic Research Program • Louis A. Simpson Center for the Study of Macroeconomics ==Rankings==

National Rankings The 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report places its graduate department as No. 4 nationwide in the field of Economics, tied there with the University of Chicago, Yale University, and the University of California, Berkeley. The ''National Research Council's'' rankings place the university at No. 2 in the S-Rank (Scholars Rank) and No. 2 in the Research Rank. International Rankings In the 2018 Q.S. World University Rankings, the department places as No. 3 in the world in the fields of Economics and Econometrics. The 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranks the department as No. 7 globally. It has been ranked by RePEc among the top ten economics Departments in the world. ==Notable faculty==

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Among the department's past and current faculty members are several recipients of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences: Other notably past and present faculty members include: • Alan Krueger former James Madison Professor of Political Economy • Mark Aguiar • Orley Ashenfelter • Alan Blinder, the 15th Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve • Markus Brunnermeier • Roland Bénabou • Leah Platt Boustan • Markus Brunnermeier • Anne Case • Janet M. Currie • Henry Farber • John Kenneth Galbraith, a leading academic on post-Keynesian economics; former United States Ambassador to India • Mikhail Golosov • Gene Grossman • Faruk Gül • Kate Ho • Bo E. Honoré • Nobuhiro Kiyotaki • Henrik Kleven • Ilyana Kuziemko • Alexandre Mas • Atif Mian • Wolfgang Pesendorfer • Stephen J. Redding • Uwe Reinhardt, a scholar on health care economics and Medicare • Richard Rogerson • Esteban Rossi-Hansberg • Cecilia Rouse, the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers • Harold Tafler Shapiro • Mark W. Watson • Wei Xiong • Leeat Yariv • Motohiro Yogo ==See also==