Economics

About this course

Economics is the study of how individuals, firms, and societies allocate scarce resources, make decisions under uncertainty, and respond to incentives. It is a discipline that sits at the intersection of mathematics, social science, and philosophy, combining formal models with empirical investigation to explain the behaviour of markets, the causes of economic growth and inequality, the effects of government policy, and the forces that shape income and wellbeing across the world. At the University of Edinburgh, this four-year, full-time programme gives you a thorough grounding in both microeconomics and macroeconomics, developing your understanding of economic theory alongside the quantitative skills needed to test it against data. You will explore how markets work and why they sometimes fail, how firms and consumers make decisions, how monetary and fiscal policy shape economic outcomes,

Where its graduates go

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

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 30% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 45% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 35 / 100Design occupations · 0% of graduatescards →

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