Economics/Politics

Economics and politics is a combination built on a deep intellectual coherence: the study of how individuals and society make choices about scarce resources, what products are produced, and who gets to consume them, sits naturally alongside the study of how power is organised, exercised, and contested in the political systems through which those choices are made and enforced. In studying economics you will learn how these choices depend on evaluating costs, benefits, risks, and effects on others. In studying politics you will learn how the institutions and processes of governance shape and are shaped by economic forces.

At the University of Glasgow, this four-year full-time programme develops your skills in economic analysis and political science in parallel, covering microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics alongside political theory, comparative politics, and international relations. You will develop strong quantitative skills alongside the ability to analyse political institutions and processes, giving you a range of analytical tools that very few graduates possess in combination. A year abroad is built into the programme.

Entry typically requires around 200 UCAS tariff points.

Graduates of economics and politics work in government, the civil service, think tanks, international organisations, economic consultancy, central banking, journalism, policy research, finance, and a wide range of roles where both economic reasoning and political understanding are valued. The combination is particularly distinctive for roles in public policy, development economics, and international affairs. Many graduates continue to postgraduate study in economics, political science, or public policy.