MA Admission 2026
CDS invites applications for its two year MA Programme in Applied Economics for the academic year 2026-27. Admission is open to Indian nationals as well as students from selected SAARC countries.
ELIGIBILITY
For Indian students
A bachelor’s degree in any discipline with at least 50 percent of marks. Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates and Persons with Disability (PwD) are eligible to apply irrespective of the percentage of marks secured in the bachelor’s degree. Students should have done a paper on mathematics/statistics or any other quantitative subject either in their 10+2 or undergraduate level.
For SAARC students
Candidates must have a bachelor’s/undergraduate degree with English as the medium of instruction and the undergraduate programme must be equivalent to an undergraduate programme of an Indian university. Students should have done a paper on mathematics/statistics or any other quantitative subject either in their 10+2 or in their undergraduate level.
Closing date of online applications : 28th May 2026 (5 pm)
Deadline for SAARC candidates : 28th May 2026 (5 pm IST)
