MA — 2025 entry Economics

We have built our MA in Economics as a conversion course, open to all applicants, regardless of your previous degree subject. The programme is designed to equip you with skills that will allow you to pursue a career in the exciting and rewarding field of economics. 

2,819+ people have created a bespoke digital prospectus

Applicants who don't require a student visa can continue to apply until 1 September 2025.

Key course information

Typical offer
2:2 minimum
Start date
September 2025
Attendance
Full-time
Duration
1 year
UK fees
£11,400
Overseas fees
£21,800
Subject area
Economics
Campus
Stag Hill

Why choose
this course?

  • Economics helps us decipher and shape our complex world. It offers unparalleled insights into how decisions by individuals, businesses, and the government affect important aspects of everyone’s life, including employment opportunities, the prices of products and services, and the overall standards of living.
  • Our MA in Economics will give you the opportunity to explore this fascinating discipline and you will benefit from a boost in skills that are relevant to the modern world: your employability, digital capabilities, global and cultural intelligence, resourcefulness and resilience, and sustainability awareness.
  • Less technical than our MSc or MRes programmes, it’s a great way to enter into this exciting and rewarding field.
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Statistics

Fantastic graduate prospects

100% of our economics graduates go on to employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes survey 2025, HESA)

World impacting research

Economics achieved an overall ranking of 6th for real-world impact, 8th for research environment and 10th for world-leading research in REF 2021*

11th in UK / 95th in world

For economics and econometrics in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025

*Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021

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