Economics with a Year in Industry

Economics is the discipline concerned with how individuals, firms, and governments make decisions about the use of scarce resources, and what the consequences of those decisions are for production, distribution, and welfare. It combines rigorous mathematical and statistical analysis with the kind of broader social and institutional thinking that connects abstract models to the real world of policy, markets, and governance. The ability to analyse economic problems quantitatively and to communicate findings clearly is increasingly valued across a very wide range of professional contexts.

At the University of Liverpool, this four-year full-time programme includes a year in industry, which is one of its most distinctive features. The year in industry places you within an organisation where economic analysis is applied, whether in a bank, a consulting firm, a government department, a think tank, or an international organisation, and gives you the sustained professional experience that significantly strengthens your graduate profile and often leads directly to employment offers. You will learn about current economic issues facing households, businesses, governments, and global organisations, analysing how internal and external economic changes influence the allocation of resources, production, and consumption.

The programme builds your skills in microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, econometrics, and applied economic analysis, and develops the quantitative competence that employers in the public and private sectors increasingly demand.

A typical entry tariff of 136 points reflects the programme's academic rigour within a well-regarded economics department. Graduates of economics programmes are among the most employable of any discipline, working in finance, banking, government, international organisations, management consultancy, business analysis, and policy research. The year in industry gives Liverpool graduates a practical foundation that many employers find directly relevant.

Postgraduate study in economics, finance, or public policy is a well-established route for those who wish to specialise further.