Economics BSc with Foundation Year

Keele University

Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.

For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/

How is the behaviour of households, organisations and governments determined? How is that affected by their economic environment? How do global markets work? Which public services should be funded? Explore how economics seeks to answer these and other questions on our Economics BSc, and develop your understanding of the subject’s theories and techniques to open doors to a range of exciting future career opportunities.

- Access to industry-leading software such as Bloomberg and STATA- Gain a competitive edge with our Professional and Academic Development Programme- Option to spend a year working in industry, or undertake an entrepreneurship year- Study abroad opportunities- Study alongside innovative companies based in Keele Business SchoolInterested in unravelling the complexities of economics and deciphering the motives and behaviours of key market stakeholders? Study economics to cultivate the skills for analysing these interactions and attain a comprehensive understanding of economic models and tools. This will equip you to accurately assess environments and devise effective policies as a future economist. Our curriculum provides you with expertise in economic principles, seamlessly blending theory with practical applications. It focuses on strengthening core areas including econometrics and business analytics, statistics with Bloomberg, artificial intelligence and labour markets, growth strategies and policies, international money, cryptocurrencies and applied quantitative research. You will enhance your skills in economic research and communication across diverse audiences, conduct advanced analysis of economic relationships, improve your proficiency in statistical software, and engage in real-world projects and live trading simulations to strengthen your competencies in understanding and applying economics principles.