Economics

About this course

Economics is the discipline that examines how individuals, organisations, and societies make decisions when resources are scarce. It combines the development of rigorous formal models with empirical investigation of how markets, firms, and governments actually behave, and it asks questions of enduring importance: what drives economic growth, why does inequality persist, how should policy respond to market failure, and what determines the distribution of income and wealth? The answers matter for policy, for business, and for our understanding of the social world. At Nottingham you will study this three-year full-time programme at a research-intensive university with a strong economics department. The programme includes a sandwich year, a year abroad, and a work placement, giving you a rich combination of professional and international experience alongside your academic studies. You will

Where its graduates go

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