Economics undergraduate virtual experience
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Explore our placements
Our courses can be taken with a year spent gaining valuable experience with a placement year.
Pump up your CV
A placement year is a great way to gain some professional experience and could make your CV stand out from the crowd. Benefits include:
- finding out more about the world of work
- explore your career direction
- make professional contacts
Support at every step
You'll be supported by our Placements Team during before, during and after your placement.
Our support includes:
- Placement options brainstorming in Year 1
- CV and interview help in Year 2
- Regular contact with you on placement in Year 3
- Final year debrief
Placement destinations
Our students have taken placements across a number of sectors. Examples include:
- Amazon
- BP
- Dyson
- Ernst & Young (EY)
- HSBC
- Microsoft
- Nomura
- Pension Protection Fund
- UBS
- Union Bacaire Privée
Our graduate destinations
Find our where our graduates go.
- Employment - 79%
- Voluntary/unpaid work - 1%
- Employment and further study - 8%
- Further study - 5%
- Other (travel, caring, retired) - 3%
- Unemployed - 3%
Economics
Graduate destination information for 2018 Economics graduates (1)
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Jonathan's university experience
Meet Jonathan, one of our Economics students. Watch his YouTube channel and hear him talk about his experiences at university.
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1 Graduate destinations information for the courses: BSc Economics and BSc Economics and Politics. Data only includes destinations for first degree UK and Other EU domiciled students. View data source.
2 Information correct at time of production. Views and opinions expressed by the participants in these films are their own and not necessarily those of the University of Bath.