Economics and International Relations

Explore how economics and international relations challenge each other and prepare yourself to successfully confront these challenges in your career. you’ll learn from economics experts shaping global policy and one of the largest dedicated international relations departments in the world. you study the principles of economics and finance including both macro- and microeconomics, different approaches to international relations and the major events of modern international history. in economics, you’ll focus on areas such as trade, global imbalances, the financial crisis, financial markets and institutions. in international relations, you study areas such as contemporary international theory and global political economy. to help you gain quantitative skills, you’ll study mathematics and statistics, and to extend your statistical knowledge you’ll train in econometrics. you also choose from a broad range of economics and international relations options, such as labour or development economics, or studying a specific world region.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

""to help you gain experience and increase your employability, you can apply for an optiol placement as part of your course. you’ll be responsible for applying for and securing your placement. our dedicated careers team can provide you with information and advice. if you’re successful in obtaining a placement, this will form part of your course.it can help you: get ahead of the competition. employers are increasingly looking for relevant work experience for graduate jobs and schemes explore career options before you graduate. you'll get an idea of the type of job or sector you might want to go into gain industry and employability skills. learn how to use software and equipment, or work on live projects. you'll also gain skills in team-working, communication and time magement develop your professiol networks. you'll build a network of contacts for the future recent students have gone on placements at: first equity partners pwc (pricewaterhousecoopers) ernst & young.

• Type: Optional

• Duration: 12 Months

• Fees: Contact us for up-to-date information

You'll develop communication, analytical, cultural awareness and numeracy skills. these skills mean you could go into graduate jobs at multinational companies, and organisations such as the civil service and government, banks, consultancies, and non-governmental organisations. you'll also benefit from extensive career support including mentoring by employers and alumni, networking, guest lectures, events and workshops. you can meet and hear from graduate employers and former sussex students, find out more about graduate schemes and get help with preparing for selection tests and assessment centres. there are also several societies you can join including one run by the economics students, which brings together students from economics courses as well as those from other courses who share an interest in economics.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Sussex has partnerships with the following companies: