MA (Hons) Economics and Business Management

Economics at Heriot-Watt University's Edinburgh Business School is underpinned by the work of globally active researchers and has the 3rd highest level of student satisfaction in the UK (NSS2019). This joint degree prepares you for a career in business.

Overview

The MA in Economics and Business Management requires no prior knowledge of the core subject areas of management or economics. The course offers flexibility, allowing students to tailor their choices to suit their own interests. It provides students with the skills necessary for an understanding of both economic and management situations, but which are equally transferable to many other situations.

Heriot-Watt University was ranked as the Number 1 place in Scotland, and 3rd in the United Kingdom, to study Economics in the Guardian University League Tables 2018, behind only Oxford and Cambridge. It also achieved the highest level of overall student satisfaction in Scotland, and 3rd highest in the UK, in the National Student Survey 2019.

Employability

In highly skilled work

80% of those are in highly skilled work 15 months after graduating.

Jobs

These are the most common jobs students go into 15 months after graduating:

• Business and public service associate professionals
• Business, research and administrative professionals