Politics, Philosophy and Economics

About this course

Politics, philosophy, and economics is one of the most intellectually demanding and versatile combinations available at university, bringing together three disciplines that each illuminate the others. Politics examines how power is organised and exercised, how governments are formed and held to account, and how collective decisions are made in societies with competing interests and values. Philosophy provides the tools for rigorous conceptual analysis, interrogating the assumptions underlying political and economic arguments and asking foundational questions about justice, rights, knowledge, and rationality. Economics studies how individuals, firms, and societies allocate scarce resources, using mathematical and empirical methods to model behaviour and evaluate policy. Together, the three subjects produce graduates capable of engaging with the world's most consequential questions at a hi

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 40% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

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• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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