Economics and Finance

About this course

Economics and finance is a combination that reflects how closely the academic discipline of economics and the practical world of financial markets and institutions are connected. Economics provides the theoretical and empirical tools for understanding how economies grow, how monetary and fiscal policy work, how asset prices are determined, and how financial systems can both support and destabilise economic activity. Finance takes these foundations and applies them to the real-world decisions of investors, banks, companies, and governments in financial markets. Economists with specialist knowledge of financial systems and markets are in particularly high demand across the investment, banking, and policy worlds. At Loughborough University, which has a strong tradition in quantitative social science and close connections to the finance industry, this three-year full-time degree develops yo

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 83% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 23% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 40% of graduatescards →
• 50 / 100Business and Financial Project Management Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

The tabs above carry the rest: modules and satisfaction (The Course), where you'd live and what it costs (Student Life), the full pay story (Pay & Outcomes), and easier ways into the same subject (Alternatives).