Economics and Mathematics with professional placement or study abroad

About this course

Economics and mathematics is a combination that sits at the rigorous end of the social sciences, using the formal tools of mathematical analysis to build and test models of how markets, institutions, and individuals behave. Mathematics provides the precision and the analytical power, economics provides the questions and the empirical grounding. Together they form a degree that is intellectually demanding and opens a wide range of highly competitive career paths, particularly in finance, policy, data science, and research. At the University of Bath, this four-year programme gives you the option of either a professional placement or a period of study abroad. Bath is well known for its placement record, and the structured professional year, which can be taken in a financial institution, government department, technology company, or economic research organisation, gives you the kind of appl

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 90% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 30% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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