Masters of Philosophy (MPhil)

Master of Philosophy in Economics

A MPhil Degree in Economics will be minimum 2 years of fulltime or equivalent time of original research after SLQF 6 or above.

Minimum Admission Requirement

 A Bachelor’s Honors Degree of Level 6 with a minimum of 30 credits in the relevant field.

  • A Bachelor’s Honors Degree of Level 6 with a minimum of 30 credits in a related field and successful completion of a qualifying examination.
  • A Bachelor’s Degree of level 5 with a minimum GPA of 3 and successful completion of a qualifying examination which will be conducted after completion of 30 credits equivalent to SLQF 6 in the same or related field.
  • A qualification of SLQF levels 7 or above in the relevant field.
  • Completion of NVQ Level 7 with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and successful completion of a qualifying examination which will be conducted after completion of 30 credits equivalent to SLQF level 6 or 7 as determined by the University.
Name of the Degree Master of Philosophy in Economics
Level of Qualification SLQF Level 9

The details of the administration of the research degrees is shown in Section 2 under Guidelines for Postgraduate Programs in the Handbook.

Handbook  (sjp.ac.lk)