Students of the 42° cycle (a.y. 2026/2027) are required to take courses for a total of 180 hours during the first year and 180 during the second year of the program.
Students of the 42° cycle are required to attend and take exams of the following mandatory courses and select elective courses from other programs.
First Semester
Second Semester
Important note: A grade of no less than 27/30 in all exams is required in order to progress to the second year. Only one retake of each exam is allowed, and it must be taken by the end of July.
First Semester
Second Semester
* Students can choose which course they prefer to attend. Students who choose Labor Economics - Econometrics 3 must select 125 hours of elective courses from other programs. Students who choose Macroeconometrics - Econometrics 3 must select 110 hours of elective courses.
Important note: In the second year, students need to maintain an average grade of 27/30, considering all courses, both compulsory and electives.
Students wishing to waive out of any of the mandatory courses must submit a waiver request to the PhD director. The waiver request must include a transcript of the relative grades and a syllabus from the prior course(s) taken, that proves previous coverage of at least 90% of the material. As a general rule, students asking for a waiver will be asked to pass a preliminary exam, unless the PhD director and the professor who teaches the course agree that -- based on the information provided -- the student can be granted an exemption