Madras School of Economics is an institution of higher education in economics, located in Chennai, India. Madras School of Economics was founded in 1995 as a private post-graduate institution for teaching and research in economics. MSE offers a two-year Master's program in General Economics, Financial Economics, Applied Quantitative Finance, Actuarial Economics and Environmental Economics affiliated to the Central University of Tamil Nadu, and a PhD programme affiliated to the University of Madras. MSE has recently introduced a five-year integrated Master's course in Economics, this is in collaboration with the Central University of Tamil Nadu with an intake of 50 students per year
With a very active research unit and well-formulated curriculum, it has made its presence felt in both the government as well as the corporate sector. With an in-depth subjective knowledge and wit, the students here have proved themselves within the various sectors they worked in, including consumer and corporate banking, academia, investment banking, analytics, research cells and various government bodies