Overview

The Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras is proud to announce its new Master’s Programme across the three streams of Development Studies, Economics and English Studies beginning July 2023. Promising the same quality of rigour and robustness that has characterised our five-year Integrated programme, we have taken heed of changing demands and market conditions to conceptualise our new offering.

Each stream seeks to provide both an excellent theoretical base as well as market-readiness for careers across academia, publishing, policy, governance and corporate consultancy. Our interdisciplinary faculty have drawn upon their considerable experience and research to design a programme that will continue to uphold the standards set over the last many decades by IIT Madras. We look forward to your continued faith and engagement in making the department a desired destination for scores of aspirants from India and abroad.

Only GATE qualified candidates will be eligible for admission to this 2-year program. The students are required to complete a minimum of 200 credits to be eligible for the M.A. degree. Each stream will have 25 seats for Indian students; seats for foreign students will be supernumerary. The students of each stream will have the option of upgrading to PhD program as per the Institute guidelines.

Admission Process

Admissions to each stream for the academic year 2024 are via valid GATE 2022, 2023 and 2024 scores in the following XH paper sections.

Streams

• 2-year M.A. in Development Studies
• 2-year M.A. in Economics
• 2-year M.A. in English Studies