Economics with a Year in Industry

About this course

Economics is the discipline concerned with how individuals, firms, and governments make decisions about the use of scarce resources, and what the consequences of those decisions are for production, distribution, and welfare. It combines rigorous mathematical and statistical analysis with the kind of broader social and institutional thinking that connects abstract models to the real world of policy, markets, and governance. The ability to analyse economic problems quantitatively and to communicate findings clearly is increasingly valued across a very wide range of professional contexts. At the University of Liverpool, this four-year full-time programme includes a year in industry, which is one of its most distinctive features. The year in industry places you within an organisation where economic analysis is applied, whether in a bank, a consulting firm, a government department, a think t

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 61% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 3% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 9% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 8% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 39% of graduatescards →
• 50 / 100Business and Financial Project Management Professionals · 2% of graduatescards →

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