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ECONOMICSAT KENTStudying Economics gives you the opportunityto analyse some of today’s profound issues, suchas poverty and economic growth, developingeconomies, environmental protection, andfinancial and monetary crises. You learn tothink as an economist and to apply youranalytical skills and technical knowledge totackle challenges and exploit new opportunities.

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InspirationalteachingGreat teachers inspireenthusiasm and provokedebate. Whether explainingforeign exchange or discussinggame theory, our staff areskilled at bringing their subjectto life. They share their researchand challenge you to contributeyour ideas.

World-leadingresearchOur academics have researchstrengths in developmenteconomics, labour, growth,business cycles, econometricsand agri-environmentaleconomics. They write books,and journal articles, present at conferences and introduceyou to the latest research.

Year abroad optionIf you choose Economicswith a Year Abroad, youhave exciting opportunitiesto study at one of our partneruniversities in Europe or Japan.Most destinations provideteaching in English.

Academic supportUniversity is different fromschool. You need to be self-motivated and well organisedto succeed. We help you byassigning you an academicadviser, running a peermentoring programme andoffering help with academicskills, such as essay writing.

ExpertadvisersMany of our staff membersserve as academic advisersand experts to agenciesincluding HM Treasury, theEuropean Commission and theWorld Bank. They bring real-lifeexamples into their teaching,ensuring it is relevant andup to date.

Year inindustrySpending a year in industrygives you valuable workexperience and an insightinto the opportunities availableto an economist. Recentplacements for our studentsinclude the Bank of England,the Government EconomicService, Deloitte and PwC.

Lively campusKent is a campus university,so everything you need iswithin walking distance. Youcan watch a play or a film at theGulbenkian arts centre, danceat the Venue nightclub, keep fitat our sports centre and meetfriends at one of the manycampus cafés and restaurants.

Career successCareer prospects for Kent Economics graduates are excellent andwe are committed to helping you to achieve success. Our degreeprogrammes give you a broad foundation in economics andincorporate flexible pathways that allow you to specialise in yoursecond and final years. Internships, work placements, optionsto learn a second language and study abroad opportunitiesboost your employability; presentations by alumni and employersand one-to-one advice sessions help you to identify your idealcareer, focus your efforts and secure your first graduate job.

WHY STUDY ECONOMICSAT KENT?


National Student Survey 2018• Over 87% of final-yearEconomics students whocompleted the survey weresatisfied with the overallquality of their course.

Destinations of Leavers fromHigher Education (DLHE) 2017• Over 92% of Economicsstudents who respondedto the most recent nationalsurvey of graduatedestinations were in workor further study withinsix months.

Research ExcellenceFramework• In the most recent ResearchExcellence Framework, Kentwas ranked in the top 20 forresearch intensity in theTimes Higher Education,outperforming 11 of the 24Russell Group universities.

Teaching ExcellenceFramework• Kent was awarded gold,the highest rating, in theUK Government’s TeachingExcellence Framework*.

Independent rankings

State-of-the-artfacilitiesThe brand-new Economicsbuilding provides excellentfacilities for teaching andresearch and is designed tomake it easy for you to workcollaboratively, explore newideas and relax within ourfriendly academic community.

InternationalcommunityAs a member of our diverse,international community of staffand students, you benefit fromthe range of perspectivesthey bring to the study ofeconomics, as well as theirpersonal insights into differenteconomies around the world.

*The University of Kent’s Statement of Findings can be found atwww.kent.ac.uk/tef-statement

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What are you planning to doafter you graduate?I did a placement year and I reallyenjoyed it, so I think I’d like to dosomething similar. I worked for a firmcalled The Behavioural Architects.They’re based in London and doconsultancy work for companies,a kind of market research withinsights from behaviouraleconomics. I worked on manydifferent projects and even thoughit was a small company, we wereworking with some really big names.

Have you had good careersadvice from Kent?The careers and employabilitysupport is really good. There arealways lectures on getting jobs,CVs, applications and assessmentcentres. We get advice specificto our subject, to help us to geteconomics-related jobs.

What advice would you giveto prospective students?Do your research! Make sure youlike the place itself because you’llbe there for quite a few years. Yourcourse is really important too, solook at the specific modules – theones you have to do as well as themodules you can choose. Andspeak to the students to find outwhat they think. People usually givean honest opinion, so if you haveany questions, someone will beable to answer it.

Charlotte Brown is inher final year studyingEconomics withEconometrics and aYear in Industry. This iswhat she told us aboutlife at Kent.

Why did you choose Kent?I looked at the course and itseemed really flexible. There were a lot of different modules you couldchoose from and it was possible toswitch to a different degree withinthe School of Economics once youfound out what areas you liked.

How did you feel when you firstarrived here?It felt quite exciting. You have yourspace to make your own and you’refully independent, living by yourself,cooking for yourself, no one to doyour washing! And everyone’s in thesame boat, so you help each other.

How is your course going? It’s great, I really enjoy it, particularlythis year because all of ourmodules are optional in the thirdyear. I’ve been able to focus on the areas I’m really interested in –behavioural economics anddevelopment economics.

Behavioural economics isinfluenced by psychology andanthropology – the focus is on howwe make decisions. My dissertationis in this area; it is looking at lyingand cheating. I’m in the processof planning an experiment at themoment, which is quite exciting

– it will look at how a person’srelationship with someone elseaffects how likely that person is to lie. My supervisor hopes it will be good enough to potentially bepublished, so that’s really exciting.

How would you describe theteaching?My lecturers like to use examples to explain things – they love it whenthey can use something that’sactually happening in the real world.The lecturers are approachable andyou can go and talk to them in theiroffice hours – they really encouragepeople to do that.

What about your fellow studentson the course?My friends on the course are reallygreat. It’s good to have people totalk about your lectures with; I thinkit helps with your understanding.We do a lot of our seminar worktogether, so we can talk throughproblems, which is really useful.

What do you do in your sparetime at Kent?I like walking and horse-riding andthere is a horse-riding society atKent, so sometimes I go along withthem. Canterbury is a city but weare close to a lot of outdoor spaceso if I want to go walking, I go upto Blean Woods where you canwalk for hours. You can also getto the beach from here quite easily;I can use my bus pass to get meto Whitstable for no extra cost.

STUDENT VIEW

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CHOOSING YOUR DEGREE

Not sure which degreeto choose? Here’s a quickguide to the programmeson offer.

Single honoursprogrammes

Economicswww.kent.ac.uk/ug/109The first year of this programmeintroduces you to the wayeconomists think about differentissues and the tools that economistsuse for analysing real economicproblems. In your second andfinal years, you take compulsorymodules in macroeconomics,microeconomics and econometrics,together with a number ofspecialised optional modulesfrom the wide variety available.

As well as your compulsory andoptional economics modules,you have the opportunity to studyelective modules from other subjectareas across the University. If youwould like to study a languagebut do not want to take the ‘YearAbroad’ programme, you canchoose language modules aselectives.

Financial Economicswww.kent.ac.uk/ug/126This degree introduces you tothe tools that economists havedeveloped in financial and moneymarkets. This work has beenenormously influential in contributingto the development of financial

instruments used by households,firms and governments in theirrespective decisions to save orborrow. A particular feature ofthe course is that it emphasisesreal-world examples.

Economics with Econometricswww.kent.ac.uk/ug/113

Financial Economics withEconometricswww.kent.ac.uk/ug/127You can add Econometrics toeither our BSc Economics or BScFinancial Economics programmes.You study modules that examine theway in which economists constructand use mathematical and statisticalmodels for forecasting andprediction, to help policymakersreach decisions concerning arange of economic problems.

The School has particular strengthsin the econometric analysis ofmicroeconomic, macroeconomicand financial datasets.

Economics with a Year Abroadwww.kent.ac.uk/ug/3123This four-year programme includesa year studying at one of ourpartner universities in France,Germany, Greece, Japan or Spain.In France or Germany, you willbe taught in French or German.In Greece, Japan or Spain, youwill be taught in English.

To help you get the most from youryear abroad, you are required tostudy the language of yourdestination country (with theexception of Greece) as an integralpart of your degree programme.


Add a year in industrySpending a year in the workplacenot only boosts your employability,but also helps in your final year ofstudy – when you return to Kentyou have seen and experiencedhow skills and knowledge areapplied in practice.

You can add a year in industry toour single honours programmes(except for Economics with a YearAbroad) and to our joint honoursprogrammes with Accounting andFinance, Management or Politics.You take the same compulsory andoptional modules as students on thethree-year single honours degreesand spend a year in industrybetween your second and finalyears of study.

Note: there are separate UCAScodes for the following Year inIndustry programmes (see p19for details):• Accounting and Finance andEconomics with a Year in Industry

• Economics with a Year in Industry• Economics and Managementwith a Year in Industry

• Economics and Politics witha Year in Industry.

For other programmes, you choosea Year in Industry pathway onceyour course begins. It is usuallypossible to switch between degreeswith and without the Year in Industryup to Stage 2.

Joint honoursprogrammesJoint degrees combine the coreelements of each subject and giveyou flexibility to tailor a programmeto your own interests. Economicscan be combined with a rangeof other disciplines, includingAccounting and Finance, Law,Management, Politics andSociology. For a full list ofprogrammes, see p19; visitwww.kent.ac.uk for the latestprogramme information.

It may be possible to switch fromjoint honours to a single honoursEconomics degree – or to a jointdegree with Economics – after yourfirst year, as long as you havecompleted all of the prerequisitemodules for that programme.

International studentsThe Kent International FoundationProgramme (IFP) is open tooverseas students who do notmeet our standard entry conditions.

It gives entry to the first year ofa number of our economicsprogrammes, providing you: • pass all components of the IFP

and• achieve an overall average of65% and

• achieve 70% in the Mathematicsand Statistics module and 65%in the Economics module.

Visit www.kent.ac.uk/international-pathways/ifp for more details.

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YOUR STUDY PROGRAMME

You study a combinationof compulsory andoptional modules, givingyou a sound knowledgeof fundamental economicprinciples, concepts andtechniques.

Your studies are divided intoStages 1, 2 and 3. If yourprogramme includes a year inindustry or a year abroad, youdo this between Stages 2 and 3.

Teaching and assessmentEach academic year has two12-week teaching terms and onesix-week examination term at theend of the year. Modules are taughtby a combination of lectures andsmall group sessions throughoutthe two teaching terms. Smallgroup sessions may take the formof seminars, computer workshops,problem sets, debates, gamesand experiments. On average,you receive 12 to 14 contacthours of teaching a week.

Assessment usually takes the formof an end-of-year examination inthe final term, which counts for 80%of your final grade, together with20% from the assessment of writtenwork submitted through the year.However, a number of modulesin each stage of study are entirelycoursework-based.

Module informationPlease note that the module listsgiven here are not fixed, as newmodules are always in developmentand choices are updated yearly.Details are correct at the timeof publication (June 2019). Seewww.kent.ac.uk/ug for the mostup-to-date information.

To read a full description ofany of the modules listed, go towww.kent.ac.uk/courses/modulesand search for the module codeshown below.

Employability modulesAll students take an employabilitymodule at each stage of theirprogramme. These modules, whichare compulsory, help you to preparefor the world of work but do notcount towards your final degreeclassification.

Year Abroad programmeStudents on the four-yearEconomics with a Year Abroadprogramme who intend to study inFrance, Germany, Japan or Spaintake an appropriate compulsorylanguage module at each stage.This means that they take feweroptional and elective modules thanindicated in the course structurebelow. Students who wish to studyin Greece are not required to takelanguage modules.

Stage 1 single honours Compulsory modules All students take:• Data Analysis for Economists(EC314)

• Mathematics for EconomicsMode A (EC305) or Mode B(EC306), depending on whetherthey have previously studiedMathematics at A level

• Principles of Economics (EC304)• Statistics for Economics (EC309).

Students on financial economicsprogrammes also take:• Financial Accounting, Reportingand Analysis (CB369).

Optional and elective modules Students may choose from thefollowing optional modules:• The Economic Developmentof Europe: An Introduction(EC311)

• Strategy and Games (EC312)• Professional Economics (EC315).

They may also choose from electivemodules offered by other subjectareas across the University,including languages.

• Economic Controversies (EC538)• Mathematical Economics(EC5850)

• Policy Analysis (EC531)• Political Economy (EC583)• The Economics of HumanCapital (EC582)

• The Economics of Moneyand Banking (EC534).

If you studied a language elective atStage 1, you may opt to continue withit at Stage 2 (subject to approval).

Year in industry/abroad The year in industry or abroadtakes place between Stages 2and 3 (see p13).


Stage 2 single honoursCompulsory modules All students take:• Introduction to Econometrics(EC580)

• Introduction to Time-SeriesEconometrics (EC581)

• Macroeconomics (EC502)• Microeconomics (EC500).

Students on financial economicsprogrammes also take:• The Economics of Moneyand Banking (EC534).

Optional modules Students may choose fromthe following optional modules,depending on their programmeof study:• Applied EnvironmentalEconomics (EC631)

Stage 3 single honoursCompulsory modules All students take either:

• Economics Dissertation (EC541)or:• Economics Extended Essay(EC565).

Students on programmes witheconometrics also take:• Econometrics 1: An Introductionto Modern Econometrics usingStata (EC542)

• Econometrics 2: Topics in TimeSeries (EC543).

Students on financial economicsprogrammes take:• Financial Economics and AssetPricing (EC563)

• Financial Economics: FinancialMarkets and Instruments(EC562).

Optional and elective modules Students choose optionaleconomics modules or acombination of optional economicsmodules and elective modulesoffered by other subject areasacross the University.

Optional modules offered atStage 3 include:• Agricultural, Food and NaturalResource Economics (EC571)

• Development Economics (EC540)• Econometrics 1: an Introduction toModern Econometrics using Stata(EC542)

• Econometrics 2: Topics in TimeSeries (EC543).

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• Economic Growth (EC569)• Economic Integration in the EU(EC544)

• Economics of the Labour Market(EC545)

• Financial Crises (EC603)• Financial Economics and AssetPricing (EC563)

• Financial Economics: FinancialMarkets and Instruments (EC562)

• Games for Economics andBusiness (EC546)

• Industrial Economics (EC547)• International Finance (EC548)• International Trade (EC549)• Microeconomics of Development(EC570)

• Monetary Economics (EC550)• Political Economy (EC583).

If you studied a language electiveat Stages 1 and 2, you may optto continue with it at Stage 3.In addition, students may be able to choose Stage 2 optionalmodules at Stage 3 if they havenot previously studied them.

Joint honoursStage 1Joint honours students take:• Principles of Economics (EC304)• Statistics for Economics (EC309)• Mathematics for EconomicsMode A (EC305) or Mode B(EC306), depending on whetherthey have previously studiedMathematics at A level.

They also take the modules requiredby their other subject (for details,see the course information atwww.kent.ac.uk/ug).

Stage 2Joint honours students take: • Macroeconomics (EC502)• Microeconomics (EC500).

They also take the required modulesfor their other subject.

Stage 3Students choose from a wide rangeof economics optional modulesand take the compulsory and/oroptional modules from their othersubject area.

YOUR STUDY PROGRAMME (CONT)


Year abroadIf you choose our single honoursEconomics degree, you can optto include a year abroad. Goingabroad as part of your degree isan amazing opportunity and achance for you to developacademically, personally andprofessionally. You gain confidenceand independence, and furtherdevelop many of the transferableskills employers are looking for,such as the ability to communicateeffectively and to plan and organiseyour time. You also demonstrate thatyou are flexible in your outlook andhave the enthusiasm and drive tosucceed in a new environment.

For many students, their yearabroad is a life-changing andrewarding experience. Having risento the challenge of living in anothercountry, they have a renewed beliefin their ability to succeed.

We have exchange links withuniversities in France, Germany,Greece, Japan and Spain. Ifyou choose to study in Franceor Germany you are taught in thelanguage of that country; for otherdestinations the teaching is inEnglish. To find out more, seewww.kent.ac.uk/goabroad/opportunities/az.html

At Kent, you have theopportunity to broadenyour experience byspending a year inindustry or studyingabroad.

Year in industryAll of our single honours degreeprogrammes, with the exception ofEconomics with a Year Abroad, offera year in industry. Our joint honoursprogrammes with Management orPolitics also offer this option.

If you are not sure whether you wantto spend a year in industry at thetime you apply to Kent, you mayhave the opportunity to transfer to aYear in Industry programme up untilStage 2 of your course.

Year in enterpriseIn some cases, it may be possibleto spend a ‘year in enterprise’managing your own businessstart-up.

Study and career benefitsEmployers are very keen to employgraduates who already have workexperience, so this year can greatlyenhance your job prospects byproviding you with relevantemployment experience. It alsoallows you to evaluate a particularcareer path and gain knowledgeof the working environment. If yourplacement is a success, you mightbe offered a job with the sameemployer after graduation.

This practical experience can alsobe put to good use in your finalyear of study, helping you to gaina better degree. It gives you a senseof how theory works in practice andimproves your skills in many areas.

Finding a placement Our employability team helpyou through the process of findingyour placement. We provide talks,training and one-to-one adviceon the application process. Wework closely with the University’sCareers and Employability Serviceto help you find businesses andorganisations offering placementsthat are right for you. We also keepin touch with you during your yearaway from the University.

Salary and benefitsStudents usually work on placementfor the entire calendar year. Salaryand holiday entitlements varyaccording to each employer.However, many students find thatthey earn enough to be able to savesome of their income and this oftenhelps them in their final yearof studying at Kent.

AssessmentYour year in industry is assessedby a combination of a written report,regular blogs about your trainingand work experience, and employerfeedback. The assessmentcontributes 10% to your overalldegree result.

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• helping you with emotional,psychological or mentalhealth issues

• applying for relevant fundingto support you.

Find out more at:www.kent.ac.uk/studentsupport

SUPERB STUDY SUPPORT

We’ll support youthroughout your timeat Kent, from helpingyou adjust to universitystudy to discussingmodule choices andessay topics with you.

You are assigned an academicadviser to help you get the mostfrom your degree programme.You can arrange to meet them todiscuss general academic issuesor specific assignments, andthey are able to refer you to othersources of help if you need it.

Peer supportSometimes, you might findaspects of your course particularlychallenging. If that happens,the best advice often comesfrom people who’ve been in yoursituation. On our academic peermentoring scheme, you canbe matched with a third-yearstudent who can offer a studentperspective on your course,discuss ideas and help improveyour study skills.

Study skills adviceSuccessful students take control oftheir own learning. Kent’s StudentLearning Advisory Service (SLAS)can help you to increase yourcompetence and confidence andfulfil your potential. You can requesta one-to-one appointment or attendworkshops on a diverse range oftopics, from making the mostof lectures to writing well andavoiding plagiarism.

Student support andwellbeingYou might need extra help to getthe most from university. If youhave a medical condition, specificlearning difficulty, mental healthcondition or disability, the StudentSupport and Wellbeing team isthere to support you.

The team is committed to improvingaccess to learning for all studentsat Kent and can assist with manythings, including:• talking to your lecturers aboutany help you need in lecturesor seminars

• arranging note-takers, signersand other support workersfor you

• discussing exam accessarrangements

DID YOU KNOW?Kent won the OutstandingSupport for Students awardat the 2018 Times HigherEducation (THE) Awards.

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A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE

What do you hope todo once you have yourdegree? Whether youhave a specific careerpath in mind or haven’tyet thought much beyonduniversity, we can helpyou to plan for successin the future.

Build your CVYour degree studies help you todevelop skills such as thinkingcritically, solving problems andworking both independently andin a team. Expressing ideas clearlyand concisely to people withouteconomics training is especiallyvaluable. Employers look forgraduates with transferable skillslike these, which are also vitalif you go on to further study.

At Kent, you have lots of other greatopportunities to enhance your skills.For instance, you could:• join a society or sports club (evenbetter – get involved in running it)

• volunteer in the community• work in a part-time job or takeup a summer internship

• represent your fellow studentsas a student rep, or becomea student ambassador

• become an academic peermentor.

Getting involved like this means that you can earn EmployabilityPoints, which you can exchange for employability rewards. The morepoints you earn, the more valuablethe rewards. We work with local,national and international employersto offer internships, work experienceand a range of other activities thatprepare you for the world of work.

Experience workWe encourage all of our studentsto gain work experience while atuniversity, whether it is a springweek, a longer summer internshipor a year in industry placement(see p13). We provide guidanceon finding and applying forinternships, and the Universityof Kent offers a bursary to helpwith work experience expenses.

Find a great jobEconomists are in great demand inbusiness, banking, finance and thepublic sector, as well as in nationalgovernments and internationalinstitutions. Destinations for ourrecent graduates include the Bankof England, Barclays, Deloitte, EY,HM Revenue and Customs, HMTreasury, JPMorgan Chase andKPMG. Economics is a versatiledegree and many graduates gointo jobs that are unrelated toeconomics, including managementconsultancy, accountancy,journalism and careers in thepublic sector, such as teaching.

We have a programme ofemployability events to enhanceyour job skills. You can also visitour careers fair to talk to potentialemployers and use our award-winning Careers and EmployabilityService for advice on preparingyour CV. Our track record speaksfor itself: over 95% of Kentgraduates who responded tothe most recent national surveyof graduate destinations were inwork or further study within sixmonths (DLHE, 2017).


I chose Kent because it had a goodreputation for its teaching, it hadgood graduate prospects andI found the atmosphere of thecampus very appealing. The yearin industry was another importantfactor in helping me decide,because at the time I was applyingI didn’t have much work experience.

I enjoyed my course in terms of the support it gave, the challenge itpresented and the skills I was ableto develop both on the course andduring work experience. The rangeof module options was alsoamazing because in the first year,you could study data analysis andwork with Excel and other softwarepackages, and engage inprofessional economics, whichessentially helps to train you as aneconomist right from the word go.

I found the lecturers very helpfulbecause they can break downcomplex material into a languagethat is easier to understand andthey actively try to help you.However, it is independent learning,so you have to work hard and readthe books, or you can find helpfulcourse-related YouTube videos oronline guides in addition to yourlecture notes to get to thoseanswers.

The student societies are greatways for you to meet new people,experience different vibes and

connect with diverse individuals.If there isn’t a society that fits yourinterests, this gives you the chanceto fill that gap and run your ownsociety, which can be incrediblyrewarding; I know a few peoplewho have done this.

Without a doubt, my year in industry was my favourite year. As a placement student, I worked at the Office for National Statistics andfound the work rewarding becauseI was utilising my first-year andsecond-year modules virtually everyday. I used data analysis skills whileworking on a publication, I usedmy professional economics skillsto quickly gather information, usedeconometric skills while workingon a student essay and also usedmy macro/micro knowledge whendelivering presentations toeconomists.

If you choose to pursue a yearin industry (which I recommend),you get to attend placementworkshops during second year,which can help with interviewtechniques, assessment centres,online tests and CV tailoring.

During my university course,I successfully applied for aninternship with Kent County Council(KCC) via the Employability Pointsscheme [see p16 for more details].The position mainly involvedstrategy engagement and my

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Rohin Paul graduated in 2018 with a first class degreein Economics. This is what he told us about his studies,and life after Kent.

main role was to help feed intoKCC’s Energy and Low Emissionsstrategy (ELES). I visited differentlocal councils across Kent to findout best practice and carried outresearch online to collate evidence.It was a great experience as Iwas developing new skills, suchas stakeholder engagement.

I currently work at HM Treasuryas an Assistant Economist in theGlobal Economics team. The teamprovides analysis and policy adviceon specific countries as well as theglobal economy, and I help to coverJapan and South Korea. The rolegenerally involves reading theFinancial Times, researchingeconomic trends anddevelopments, responding toad hoc requests for information,conducting data analysis andworking on briefing materialsto ensure the government’sstakeholders are informedof developments in my areas.It’s definitely the most challengingrole I have ever had, but it’sworthwhile in terms of the skills youbuild and the people you work with.

My advice to a prospective studentwould be to get yourself out of yourcomfort zone, engage in activitiesthat really push you and keep youroptions open – not everything willgo to plan, but remain positive andseek other opportunities. Alongsideworking hard on your studies,I would definitely recommend thatyou join societies and enjoy yourtime at Kent as much as possible.

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COME AND FIND OUT MORE

Choosing a universityis a big step, so it’simportant to find out asmuch as you can beforeyou make your decision.Come and visit us to seewhat we can offer you.

Open DaysOpen Days are a great way to findout what life as a student at Kent is like. For instance, you can:• learn more about the courseyou are interested in at asubject presentation

• ask questions – talk to theacademic teams at theinformation stands

• find out about student finance,opportunities to study abroadand extracurricular activitiessuch as those run by Kent Sport.

Explore the campus at your ownpace on the self-guided walkingtour. You can visit different typesof accommodation, chat to currentstudents and enjoy the stunningviews over the city of Canterbury.

Open Days are held in the summerand autumn. Book your place atwww.kent.ac.uk/opendays

Applicant DaysIf you apply to Kent and we offeryou a place (or ask you to comefor an interview), you will usuallybe invited to an Applicant Day.Applicant Days run in the autumnand spring terms and are anopportunity to find out about thecourse in more detail. You spend

time with your academic schoolmeeting staff and current students,and take part in activities that giveyou a flavour of your prospectivecourse and university life.

Informal visitsIf you can’t make it to an Open Dayor Applicant Day, you can still visitus. We run tours of the campusthroughout the year.

If you live outside Europe, weappreciate that you might find itdifficult to attend our scheduledevents, so we can arrange apersonal campus tour for youand your family.

Let us know you’re comingScheduled tours and personalcampus tours (for internationalstudents) need to be booked inadvance – you can do this viawww.kent.ac.uk/informal

Self-guided toursIf you prefer to explore on your own,you can download a self-guidedwalking tour at:www.kent.ac.uk/informalor pick up a copy from us.

A self-guided audio tour is availabletoo, which allows you to learn aboutKent without even leaving home.See www.kent.ac.uk/courses/visit/informal/audio-tour.html

Meet us in your countryOur staff regularly travel overseasto meet with students who areinterested in coming to Kent.

We also have strong links withagents in your home country whocan offer guidance and informationon studying at Kent.

Find out more at www.kent.ac.uk/courses/international

Explore onlineIf you can’t come and see us,you can find out more about theacademic team, the course andevents in the department andSchool online at:www.kent.ac.uk/economics

Keep in touch with us via socialmedia:• www.facebook.com/SchoolOfEconomicsAtTheUniversityOfKent

• www.twitter.com/econunikent• www.instagram.com/econunikent• www.linkedin.com/in/keyneskent

Contact usIf you would like more informationon Kent’s courses, facilities orservices, please contact us on:T: +44 (0)1227 768896www.kent.ac.uk/ug


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LocationCanterbury

AwardBSc (Hons) – single honoursprogrammes; joint honoursprogrammes with Accountingand FinanceBA (Hons) – joint honoursprogrammes with the exception ofAccounting and Finance

Degree programmes

Single honours• Economics (L100)*• Economics with Econometrics(L141)

• Financial Economics (L111) • Financial Economics withEconometrics (L142)

Four-year single honours• Economics with a YearAbroad (L101)

• Economics with a Yearin Industry (L102)

Economics joint honours• Accounting and Finance (LN14) • Accounting and Finance witha Year in Industry (LN15)

• Management (LN12)• Management with a Yearin Industry (LN13)

• Law (ML11) • Politics (LL12)• Politics with a Year in Industry(LL14)

• Sociology (LL13)

Offer levels

L100, L101, L102, L111, LL12,LL13, LL14, LN12, LN13 A levels: BBB IB Diploma 34 points overall or15 points at HL, in either caseincluding Mathematics 4 at SL orHL, or 5 in Mathematical Studies

LN14, LN15A levels: BBB IB Diploma 34 points overall or16 points at HL, in either caseincluding Mathematics 4 at SL orHL, or 5 in Mathematical Studies

L141, L142A levels: BBB includingMathematics IB Diploma 34 points overall or15 points at HL, in either caseincluding Mathematics 5 at HL

ML11A levels: AAA-ABB IB Diploma 34 points overall or17 points at HL, in either caseincluding Mathematics 4 at SL orHL, or 5 in Mathematical Studies

BTECBTECs are accepted on a case-by-case basis and normally onlyin combination with A levels, forexample BB at A level plusDistinction.

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