The Department of Economics is one of the oldest departments of the University and largest one in the Faculty of Social Sciences in terms of students enrollment which stands close to 450.  At present the department consists of 16 faculty members and most of them have to their credit education and training from reputed Universities of Pakistan as well as from abroad.

Teaching & Research

Besides teaching the department also provides consultancy services and in- service training facilities. Faculty members are actively engaged in research and also provide research guidance to candidates enrolled for the degrees of M.Phil and Ph.D. Seven candidates are presently enrolled for M.Phil. and four for Ph.D. studies. The faculty has also been contributing regularly in the National/ International journals of Economics and allied fields. Their publications cover studies in various branches of Economics.

 In- Service Training

Short term refresher courses, seminars and lectures on current economic affair are conducted at regular intervals in various branches of Economics. The staff members of affiliated colleges generally benefit from training facilities offered by the department. The Department’s airconditioned Seminar Library with 6000 books, provides acces to latest publication and journals on various branches of Economics.

The Honours and Graduate courses in Economics are designed to provide an advanced and upto date knowledge of Economic Theory, Quantitative Economics, Statistics, Finance, Research Methodology and Applied Economics including the knowledge about the economy of Pakistan in general and of the province of Sindh in particular.

The courses have been desigend with the objective to provide necessary theoretical background and research skills in economics so that the end product is capable of treating economics and financial analysis to suit job requirements as Economists, Bankers, Financial Experts, Research Analysts, Agricultural Economists and Socio-Economic Experts.