Economics

About this course

Economics at Dundee is studied within the Scottish honours degree structure, which typically spans four years and allows for a broader first year before specialisation develops in the later stages of the programme. The discipline offers both rigorous analytical tools and a framework for understanding some of the most important questions in public and private life: why economies grow or stagnate, how markets allocate resources and when they fail, what drives trade between nations, and how governments should respond to inflation, unemployment, inequality, and climate change. This four-year, full-time programme develops a strong grounding in microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, building your ability to construct and work with formal models of economic behaviour. You will develop quantitative and econometric skills, learning how to analyse data rigorously and evaluate competing explanati

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 75% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 35% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 10% of graduatescards →

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