Economics (with Placement Year) - BSc (Hons)

Explore economic concepts as they apply to the real world with this degree that impacts industry, society and people. Insights from our experts come with real-world relevance. Through our links with major international businesses, you’ll get the opportunity to apply your studies on placement, through internships and even by studying abroad. On our four-year course with a placement year, you’ll gain a whole 12 months of real-life, hands-on experience in industry before you graduate. This course flexes to your interests as you learn, sharing a common first year with our BA Business Economics programme – you can switch direction in the second year, taking your career where you want it to go. How we’ve ranked 5th in the UK for Learning Resources. (Economics, National Student Survey (NSS) 2026, HEIs only) Why study at Hull Tap into our industry connections: Get real industry experience on placement with the likes of Bosch, BMW, Siemens and Disney, or spend a year with the Government Economic Service or the Office for National Statistics. Gain real-world experience: Take an internship in your final year to enhance your chances of employment (in addition to the extra option of studying abroad or spending a year on placement in industry). Where could this take me Graduate with a degree in Economics from Hull, and you’ll be in good company. Our graduates include Muhtar Kent, former CEO of the Coca Cola Company, Jeremy Darroch, Executive Chairman, Sky plc; and Professor Guido Imbens, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2021. You could enter the Government Economic Service, the UK’s principal employer of economists, or work for economic consultancies or trade representative bodies such as the CBI. Hull graduates have found employment with firms like Hull Trains, RWE, Npower, IBM, Young’s Seafood, BAE Systems, Deutsche Börse Group, and Airbus.