Economics
Placements and careers
Placements
We have a long and valued history of co-operation with government, industry and research organisations, and are proud that our programmes achieve the integration of practical experience and theoretical study.
Industrial training is an option on all three of our economics programmes. We select placements carefully to give practical experience in the use of economics and regularly place our students with prestigious companies and organisations, including:
- The Bank of England
- HM Treasury
- HSBC
- Morgan Stanley
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Accenture
Placements, which are most often paid, are chosen in consultation with the Placements Officer (though you must satisfy the requirements of each employer's selection process).
You will benefit enormously from a placement. Employers also value them highly and are keen to recruit graduates who have a good degree from a good university, and experience in the work place.
Applications for placement can be very competitive and it is your responsibility to secure the position, but at all times you will be supported by our placements team.
Find out more about placement opportunities.
Careers
Our economics graduates are very successful in today's competitive labour market, pursuing a range of careers in both the private and public sectors.
The majority of our graduates enter employment as:
- economists
- financial or business analysts
- researchers
- accountants
- tax professionals
International and national employers include (as well as many other specialist economic consultancies):
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- KPMG
- Morgan Stanley
- Deloitte
- HSBC
- JP Morgan
