Toulouse School of Economics

Toulouse School of Economics is a specialist economics school in Toulouse, France, established in 2007 from research groups developed by Jean-Jacques Laffont at the University of Toulouse. It functions as a school within the University of Toulouse Capitole, with its own building and degree tracks in economics.

The school focuses on economics, especially industrial organization, econometrics, economic theory, and environmental and public economics. Graduate students join a research community that includes Jean Tirole, who received the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

The student population is relatively small and heavily master's and doctoral, with a high share of international students from many countries. Faculty and researchers number in the low hundreds.

Graduate study is built on research master's programs and a structured PhD, with core coursework then a dissertation under close supervision. Teaching is often in English. Doctoral funding typically takes the form of contracts and scholarships. Students live in Toulouse, a large university city in southwest France.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Toulouse School of Economics lists 3 graduate programs in economics and statistics: 2 master's programs and 1 doctoral program.