Economics

About this course

Economics at Cambridge is one of the most demanding and rewarding intellectual experiences available in the discipline anywhere in the world. Economics is the study of how individuals, firms, and societies make decisions about how to allocate scarce resources, and the consequences of those decisions for welfare, growth, distribution, and stability. It encompasses microeconomics, which analyses the behaviour of individual agents and markets, and macroeconomics, which examines the dynamics of whole economies, including employment, inflation, monetary policy, and international trade. The discipline draws on mathematics, statistics, and theory to build models that can explain and predict economic phenomena. At Cambridge, this three-year, full-time degree takes you through the full range of core economic theory and its applications with unusual rigour and depth. You will study supply and dem

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 87% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 1% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 42% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 2% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 32% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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