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Common Admission Test (CAT) – For entry to the management programs at Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and various other business schools in India. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Joint Admission Test to M.Sc. (JAM) and Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) – Standard means of entry to various graduate courses at Indian ...
Adam Smith pursued graduate studies at Balliol College in 1740 [2]. Despite the department's relatively recent establishment, Oxford has a long history within Economics. The 19th century saw an expansion of economics within Oxford, with political economy being offered as an option to Greats students, and the Drummond Chair in Political Economy being established in 1825 at All Souls College ...
Philosophy, politics and economics was established as a degree course at the University of Oxford in the 1920s, [20] as a modern alternative to classics (known as "literae humaniores" or "greats" at Oxford) for those entering the civil service. It was thus initially known as "modern greats".
The Master of Economics (MEcon or MEc) [1] [2] [3] is a postgraduate master's degree in economics comprising training in economic theory, econometrics, and/or applied economics. The degree is also offered as an MS or MSc , MA or MCom in economics; variants are the Master in Economic Sciences (MEconSc), and the Master of Applied Economics .
All Souls College [7] (official name: The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed, of Oxford [1]) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full members of the college's governing body).
Until the 19th century all bishops who had studied at Oxford were made DDs jure officio. Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) The DPhil is a research degree, modelled on the German and American PhD, that was introduced in 1914. Oxford was the first university in the UK to accept this innovation. Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsychol)
Nuffield College (/ ˈ n ʌ f iː l d /) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is a graduate college specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology.
By the 18th century, the practice had largely become a formality, and students could meet residency requirements (once fulfilled by attending lectures) simply by keeping their names on the college books. In 1800, Oxford introduced modern-style examinations for the BA and MA degrees, but the MA examination was abolished in 1807.