BSC Economics

At Durham University’s BSc Economics programme, you’ll develop practical skills by engaging directly with real-world economic datasets, working in collaborative projects, and leveraging specialist industry tools—setting you up to think and act like a professional economist. The programme emphasises applied learning through placements (optionally) and gives full access to Durham’s strong data & research infrastructure, so you’re always working with current tools and industry-level materials.

Here are some of the key hands-on opportunities and facilities you’ll benefit from:

• Access to premium financial, market and economic research databases such as FAME, Mintel, IMID, Reuters Business Insight and IMF Statistics—helping you analyse real economic data and develop insights. 

• Option of a 40-week approved work placement in your second or third year (for the “with Placement Year” route) allowing you to apply your learning in a professional environment. 

• Use of the university’s libraries and learning centres—such as the Bill Bryson Library and the Lower Mountjoy Teaching & Learning Centre—with advanced study spaces, digital resources and group-project zones. 

• Lectures and seminars by guest industry speakers, live case-studies and applied modules like Behavioural & Experimental Economics, Applied Data Analysis giving you experience of economic work in context. 

• Collaborative project-based assessments and group work embedded into modules, helping you build teamwork, presentation and analytical skills which employers value.  

Graduates of the BSc Economics at Durham University are regularly recruited into roles such as economist, financial analyst, policy analyst and data analyst: the programme shapes highly-employable specialists who can thrive in business, government and consultancy. Many alumni now occupy positions with organisations like Ernst & Young, Deloitte, JP Morgan and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. 

Here’s how the university supports your career progression and what outcomes you can anticipate:

• University services supporting employment: The Careers & Employability service, alongside the School of Economics’ dedicated employability portal, offers careers workshops, placement guidance and networking opportunities with top employers. 

• Employment stats & salary figures: The programme’s Discover Uni profile states average earnings of £38,000 for graduates, and around 90% of students in work or further study 15 months after graduation. 

• University–industry partnerships: Alumni work at major global firms and institutions—Ernst & Young, Lloyds Banking Group, PwC, JP Morgan, NAO, HMRC—helping to validate the degree’s real-world relevance. 

• Long-term accreditation value: The Economics programme is offered within Durham University Business School, which holds triple accreditation (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS) and strong academic and employer standing. 

• Graduation outcomes: Graduates leave with advanced skills in econometrics, data analysis and economic policy, equipping them for leadership opportunities in sectors spanning finance, government, consultancy and data science.