Economics with Study Abroad

Economics provides the formal tools for understanding how markets work, how incentives shape behaviour, and how policy can improve or worsen outcomes for individuals and societies. At Bristol, one of the UK's strongest economics departments, this four-year programme with an additional year studying overseas gives you both the rigorous analytical training of a top-tier economics degree and the direct experience of studying economic questions in a different national and institutional context. That combination is unusual and valuable.

You will study microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics at a rigorous level, developing the mathematical and statistical skills needed to build models, test hypotheses, and construct credible economic arguments. The year abroad, spent at an overseas partner university, deepens your economic education in ways that simply reading about other economies cannot replicate, exposing you to different approaches to economic analysis, different institutional settings, and the personal development that comes from navigating a new academic culture. Bristol's economics department has active research programmes across a wide range of fields, and the quality of the teaching reflects that research engagement.

Graduates are sought after across a wide range of sectors. Financial services, government, the civil service, international organisations, management consultancy, economic research, and data science are all natural career paths for economics graduates from Bristol. The quantitative and analytical skills developed through the degree are applicable in virtually any context where evidence-based reasoning matters.

Many graduates continue to postgraduate study in economics, finance, or public policy, and Bristol's strong academic reputation is an asset for those seeking competitive postgraduate placements.