Economics

Economics is one of the most powerful and versatile of the social sciences, providing analytical tools that illuminate questions from the behaviour of individual consumers to the dynamics of national economies and international trade. Understanding microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics gives you the conceptual framework and quantitative skills to engage seriously with the most important policy debates of our time, from inequality and growth to climate economics and financial stability.

The BSc Economics from the University of London is offered entirely online, making it accessible to students wherever they are in the world and allowing you to study flexibly around other commitments. The programme provides a thorough grounding in economic theory, reasoning, and analysis, with a strong focus on critical thinking, quantitative methods, and the practical application of economics to real social issues and policy questions. You will cover microeconomic and macroeconomic foundations, statistics and econometrics, and a range of applied topics, developing the analytical depth that employers and postgraduate programmes value.

The online format is delivered to the academic standards of the University of London.

Economics graduates are consistently among the most employable of all graduates. Finance, banking, government, central banks, international organisations, consultancy, and technology companies all actively recruit people with strong economic training. The combination of analytical rigour, quantitative skill, and understanding of how markets and institutions work is applicable across almost every sector.

The flexibility of the online programme makes it particularly suitable for people who are working and want to develop their economic knowledge, or for students in countries where access to UK-based teaching might otherwise not be possible. Postgraduate study in economics, public policy, finance, or data science is also an option.