Economics and Finance with a Year in Industry

About this course

Economics and finance together address the forces that shape markets, institutions, and the allocation of resources at every level from household decisions to global capital flows. Economics provides the theoretical and empirical tools for understanding how economies function: how prices are determined, how growth occurs, how inequality emerges, and how policy interventions affect outcomes. Finance zooms in on the workings of financial markets and institutions, examining how capital is raised and allocated, how risk is priced and managed, and how financial decisions are made by firms, investors, and governments. The combination equips you to understand both the big picture of economic systems and the specific mechanisms through which financial markets operate within them. At the University of Kent, this four-year full-time programme includes a year in industry, giving you extended profe

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 78% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 25% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 17% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 6% of graduatescards →

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