Program Overview

---

Overview

Economics is everywhere - it's at the core of many societal and global issues, with financial markets playing a fundamental coordinating role. By specialising in financial economics you will gain the skills and tools to make a difference in the world around you, and expand your employment opportunities. Recent graduates have gone on to work at the Bank of England, Government Economic Service (GES), Ernst & Young, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and more.

---

---

---

---

Reasons to study Financial Economics at Kent

Collaborate with inspiring lecturers who advise UK, European and international organisations.

Apply your academic skills and gain invaluable experience by taking a Year in Industry.

Study in our new Kennedy building, home to our economics community, with excellent facilities.

Shape your degree outside the classroom with our thriving student-led societies. Kent Invest focuses on financial markets holding an annual trading competition. The Economics Society explores issues of the moment through the lens of the discipline, culminating in an annual networking conference.

Access support through our employability team, regular workshops and alumni talks, as well as our dedicated academic adviser and peer mentoring scheme.

---

---

---

---

What you'll learn

Think like an economist, and learn the tools used to analyse real economic problems. Develop the skills to analyse and discuss crucial aspects of the subject, such as macroeconomics, microeconomics, and quantitative economics.

Our wide range of modules allows you to tailor your degree to support your particular career ambitions; for example, you can choose modules that prepare you for life as a professional economist. Graduate roles have included: Corporate Banking Analyst, Graduate Broker, and Demand Forecast Analyst.

---

---

---

---

Year in Industry

You have the option to take this programme with a year in industry. In previous years students have worked at:

Bank of England

Government Economic Service (GES)

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

PwC

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

You don’t have to make a decision before you enrol at Kent but certain conditions apply.

---

---

---

---

Year in Computing / Year in Journalism

The Year in Computing and the Year in Journalism are both free-standing, self-contained years and can be taken after stage 2 or 3 (that is, between your second and final year, or after your final year). You can take a Year in Computing or a Year in Journalism if you are a current undergraduate student at the University of Kent, studying a non-computing or non-journalism degree programme respectively.

You can only apply for a Year in Computing or a Year in Journalism once you are a student at Kent.