Economics with Econometrics

Economics provides the frameworks for understanding how markets, institutions, and individual decisions shape the allocation of resources and the distribution of wealth. Econometrics adds the statistical and mathematical tools needed to test those frameworks against real-world data, to estimate the size of economic effects, and to draw causal conclusions from complex, observational information. The combination is one of the most rigorous and analytically demanding available in social science, and it is in consistently strong demand from employers who need people who can reason about quantitative evidence as well as economic theory.

At the University of Exeter, this three-year full-time degree develops your economic reasoning alongside the mathematical and statistical methods that distinguish econometrics from qualitative social science. You will study micro and macroeconomic theory in depth while also developing your skills in statistical modelling, regression analysis, time series methods, and the programming tools that modern empirical economics relies on. The programme includes a sandwich year, a year abroad option, and a work placement, giving you structured opportunities to develop professional experience and international perspective alongside your academic training.

Exeter is a highly regarded economics department, and the degree's combination of rigour and applied relevance has earned strong responses from students who value the intellectual quality of the teaching.

Graduates in Economics with Econometrics are well placed for careers in finance, banking, economic consultancy, public policy, and the research functions of government departments and international organisations. Central banks, financial institutions, the Treasury, the Competition and Markets Authority, and major consulting firms all recruit strongly from programmes with this profile. Data science and quantitative analysis roles in technology companies are also increasingly accessible to economics graduates with strong quantitative skills.

For those drawn to research, the degree provides excellent preparation for postgraduate study in economics, econometrics, or public policy. The typical entry tariff is 152 points.