Economics and Mathematics

About this course

Economics and mathematics is one of the most powerful academic pairings available at university level, combining the conceptual and empirical discipline of economics with the full rigour of mathematical training. Economists use mathematics to build models of how markets, firms, and governments behave, and to test those models against data. But economic programmes often provide only the mathematical techniques immediately needed for the discipline; a joint degree with mathematics gives you a more thorough and rigorous development of mathematical principles in their own right, producing a graduate whose quantitative capability is significantly deeper. At Edinburgh you will study this four-year full-time programme, with a year abroad giving you the opportunity to study in a different academic environment and to encounter economics and mathematics in an international context. Across the fou

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