ECONOMICS, BA (HONS)

Programme overview

Why choose this programme?

Economics at Cambridge gives you an understanding of core, pure and applied economics.

Study a range of different topics, including supply and demand, the role of prices and markets, employment, inflation, the operation of financial institutions and monetary policy.

Economics at Cambridge

Our course provides a sound understanding of core, pure and applied economics.

You study economics in considerable depth, while also using ideas and techniques from many other disciplines including:

- mathematics
- statistics
- history
- sociology
- politics

Facilities and resources

Past and present Faculty members, such as Alfred Marshall and John Maynard Keynes, have played a major role in the subject’s development.

Several members of our Faculty have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics, including Sir John Hicks, James Meade, Sir Richard Stone, Sir James Mirrlees and Amartya Sen.

We are committed to using economics to improve public policy. Recent staff have been active on the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England the Competition Commission.

They also advise international agencies such as the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.

Our Faculty of Economics facilities include:

- access to an extensive range of statistical databases and software
- the Marshall Library of Economics, which holds a comprehensive collection of books, journals and other papers in economics
- the student-run Marshall Society, which organises social events and informal lectures from distinguished visiting speakers

You'll also have access to the impressive Cambridge University Library, one of the world’s oldest university libraries.

As an Economics graduate, you will communicate well. You will have the skills to understand complex arguments and analyse practical issues and data.

These skills are valuable in many careers, particularly professional, financial and managerial occupations. They also provide a helpful foundation for many Masterâ¿¿s degree courses.

Many graduates go on to professional training in:

- chartered accountancy
- actuarial work and similar fields

Other graduates go on to work as professional economists in:

- financial institutions
- industry
- government and management consultancy