Economics and Finance with International Foundation Year

About this course

Economics and finance is a combination that equips you to analyse the behaviour of markets, firms, and economies at both the macro level, including growth, inflation, trade, and policy, and the micro level of individual decisions, pricing, and risk. Finance brings this to bear on the specific challenges of investing capital, managing financial instruments, valuing assets, and understanding the behaviour of financial markets and institutions. Together they provide one of the most powerful analytical toolkits available to undergraduates entering a world shaped by economic and financial forces. At the University of Reading, this four-year programme includes an international foundation year, providing a supported entry into higher education for students who need additional preparation before beginning the full degree. The foundation year builds academic English, quantitative methods, and in

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 105% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 45% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →

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