Discover undergraduate economics degrees

How can Economics help in a post COVID-19 world? Can you predict when the economy will recover? How will we adapt to overcome the challenges posed by pandemic uncertainty? Economics isn’t optional to study right now: it’s vital to our future well-being in a post COVID-19 world. The skills you learn at Essex will be in high demand from employers in the coming years.

At Essex we have a unique strength in public policy measures to stimulate and manage the economy, including the behavioural techniques to get messages across. You could combine study of health economics with public economics and development economics to get a broad view of how one can respond to a threat such as COVID-19, balancing home and global needs.

Impatient to find solutions? Economic recovery is probably one the most pressing and urgent challenges right now and studying an economics degree gives you the unique tools to take on this challenge, find a solution, and improve well-being.

Why choose Essex?
  • We are 4th in UK for research power in economics and econometrics (Times Higher Education research power measure, Research Excellence Framework 2021)
  • Get hands-on experience in the world of investment banking with the Essex Equity Fund (EEF) - a unique initiative in the East of England. Participate in an investment boot camp run by Essex alumni who are now investment bankers, before pitching your investment recommendations and monitoring their success
  • We're 7th in the UK and 1st for value-added for economics in the Guardian University Guide (2024) 
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Explore postgraduate economics degrees at Essex

Economics is concerned with the material wellbeing of human societies. It examines the decisions of individuals, the strategies of firms, and the policies of governments. Economics at Essex is a home for determined and inquisitive students who like to ask difficult questions, break intellectual boundaries and create new solutions to issues of global concern.

Why choose Essex?
  • We are 4th in UK for research power in economics and econometrics (Times Higher Education research power measure, Research Excellence Framework 2021).
  • We're 7th in the UK and 1st for value-added for economics in the Guardian University Guide (2024)
  • We work closely with the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) and the UK Data Archive, giving you access to the latest research materials, datasets, archives and resources.
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Find economics research degrees

Located at the heart of an internationally recognised social science network, you receive advanced research training, expert supervision to support progression through the programme and top quality research facilities.

We know you need access to computers and a quiet place to work so we guarantee office space for you in our PhD Research Centre. Our staff have expertise in areas such as microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, and applied economics.

Although the list below is not exhaustive, it gives you an insight into the wide range of applied and theoretical topics in which we offer supervision.

  • microeconomics
  • macroeconomics
  • industrial organisation
  • econometrics
  • economic history
  • economic theory
Why research here?
  • We are 4th in UK for research power in economics and econometrics (Times Higher Education research power measure, Research Excellence Framework 2021).
  • Top 25 in the UK for economics and econometrics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.
  • We work closely with the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) and the UK Data Archive, giving you access to the latest research materials, datasets, archives and resources.

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Search our staff profiles and discover the researchers open to academic supervision at the University of Essex. 

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