Economics

About this course

Economics at SOAS brings a distinctive perspective to the discipline: it is taught in a department that has long emphasised the economies of the developing world, the global South, and the historical and contemporary dimensions of international economic inequality. While covering the standard analytical toolkit of microeconomics and macroeconomics, SOAS economics engages seriously with questions about development, trade, debt, colonialism and the political economy of global economic relations that are often underweighted in more conventional economics programmes. It is a programme for students who want their economics to be both rigorous and broad in its concerns. At the School of Oriental and African Studies in London you will study economics over three years of full-time study, with a foundation year available as an entry route that builds the mathematical and analytical foundations n

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 40% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →

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