Economics and Management Studies

About this course

Economics and management studies is a pairing that reflects the reality of how organisations operate in the world: neither purely economic nor purely managerial, but shaped by the interplay between markets, incentives, institutions, and the decisions that managers make within them. Economics gives you the analytical tools to understand how markets function, what incentives drive behaviour, and how economic forces shape the environment in which businesses compete. Management studies gives you the frameworks to understand how organisations respond to those forces, how strategy is formed, and how people and resources are directed towards shared goals. At the University of Sussex, this programme includes a foundation year, a sandwich year in industry, a year abroad, and work placement opportunities, making it one of the most experientially rich business degrees available. The foundation yea

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 70% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 30% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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