Institute of Economics IEThe Institute of Economics - IE runs the largest graduate program in Economics in Brazil. When it was established in 1984 as an autonomous teaching, research and extension unit, IE had already operated as a department since the 1960s, organizing economic planning programs at the graduate level. Currently, in addition to the undergraduate program (implemented in 1970), IE offers master’s and PhD programs in Economics and Economic Development.

Characterized by a pluralistic and humanistic educational approach, the IE programs train teachers, researchers and professionals to meet the growing needs of research institutions, the university system and the public and private sectors. IE holds that the appropriate training of its students requires contact with different schools of economic thought. The Institute also seeks to familiarize students with the most abstract theoretical considerations and the historical and political study of the Brazilian and world economies. In addition, students are introduced to approaches from other social sciences.

The intellectual production of IE is vast and diverse and meets different types of demands. The traditional departmental structure is replaced at the Institute by research centers that are responsible for nearly 30 lines of research on topics such as economic policy and the environment; economic development; international economic relations; trade union studies and labor economics; agricultural economics; industrial and technology economics; social, urban and regional economics; finance; economic history; and econometrics .

Academic studies are disseminated in indexed journals, books, scientific conference proceedings and articles published in newspapers and magazines. The unit accounts for more than 100 projects conducted in partnership with institutions in Brazil and abroad, such as the International Labour Organization (ILO), in addition to dozens of individual or team studies conducted with its own resources.

The international participation of IE is evident in the participation of faculty and students in cooperation agreements for exchange activities with several universities from foreign countries, such as Germany, China, South Korea, Spain, the USA, France, England and virtually all countries in Latin America.

The unit is also a benchmark with regard to the extension program, which offers courses in economics and business administration, in addition to a specialization program in Labor Economics and Trade Unionism that is mainly aimed at union leaders and professionals from government agencies.

IE is recognized nationally and internationally as a school that leads economic research in Brazil and strongly influences the debate on national economic issues. This high reputation is due largely to the debates and analyses performed in its centers. If, on one hand, IE includes new knowledge in economic theory and applied economics, on the other hand, its contribution also meets the demands of both public and private entities. It does so by providing knowledge to help formulate, apply and evaluate public policies and the demands of the public at large by providing information that can help people to deliberate on the direction of economic policy and national development.

The Institute also reflects the conception of the "school of Campinas”, which has its origins in studies conducted in the 1950s and 1960s by ECLAC , a United Nations agency dedicated to the economic analysis in Latin America. The legacy of the ECLAC is present in the concern for the uniqueness of Latin American development and is evident in the importance attached to the discussion of the reforms needed to overcome the structural problems of these economies.

Undergraduate students 574

Master’s students 131

PhD students 114

Faculty 70

Staff 59

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