About Economics With A Year In Industry Bsc (hons) in University of Liverpool

• Be taught the latest economic thinking by highly regarded researchers from around the world
• Develop specialist analytical skills to understand the complexity behind domestic and international economies
• Opportunity to gain experience using real-time trading information, economic and financial news in our Bloomberg Trading Floor

The University of Liverpool Management School is one of an elite group of institutions worldwide to be AACSB and EQUIS-Accredited.

If you are interested in why individuals, companies and governments behave in certain ways and want to develop high level quantitative and analytical skills to succeed in a variety of roles, an Economics degree might interest you.

The BSc Economics programme develops students’ analytical skills and provides comprehensive training in, and practical application of, the theoretical and quantitative tools used in the study of economics and finance.

You will gain a solid understanding of the current economic and financial issues faced by governments and businesses and the ability to apply econometric models to support these findings in either of our two pathways: Economics or Finance.

On the Year in Industry programme you spend Year Three on placement in industry.

Our graduates successfully find careers as analysts, consultants, researchers, traders and other roles in organisations such as Deloitte, GSK, KPMG, NHS, PwC, as well as specialist investment/economic research firms or pursue postgraduate study.

Career prospects

Our former students enjoy careers in a variety of analytical, technical and finance related roles as well as setting up their own businesses including:

• Technology Risk Analyst
• Strategic Planning & Service Redesign Consultant
• Trainee Chartered Accountant
• Indirect Tax Graduate Trainee
• Graduate Insurance Manager
• Finance Graduate
• Engineering Technical Officer
• Business Analyst
• Investment Assistant
• Commercial Banking Graduate
• Financial Planner
• Credit Risk Analyst
• Commodities Trader
• Operations Analyst
• Forecaster
• Research Analyst

Recent employers

Studying Economics at the Management School provides very high level analytical and technical skills which enables our students to work in multinationals, specialist finance and investment firms, government bodies and research organisations.

• Arabia Monitor
• Baker Tilly
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• BDO
• Capita
• Deloitte
• EY
• Financial Ombudsman
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Grant Thornton
• Hewlett Packard
• HRMC
• Investec Wealth & Investment
• IW Capital
• KPMG
• Lidl
• Lloyds Banking Group
• PwC
• Shop Direct
• Universal Music
• Virgin Care
• WorldRemit

Academic qualification equivalents

• Successful completion of examinations at standard X and XII (Higher Secondary School Certificate) with minimum marks of approximately 70 to 85%, according to the course and exam board.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS: A  minimum of IELTS band 6.0–7.0, with no component below 5.5.
• TOEFL iBT: 78-88 overall with 19-Listening, Writing, Reading, 21-Speaking.
• PTE:  55-62 with minimum score of 51 in any component

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University of Liverpool Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

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