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Master of Arts (with Honours) - MA (Hons)
Central area campus
Full Time
SEP-24
4 Years
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Master of Arts (with Honours) - MA (Hons)
Central area campus
Full time
SEP-24
4 Years
This programme gives you the opportunity to examine the economic incentives that shape and reconcile the important decisions made by individuals, businesses, governments and societies. You will explore the macroeconomic outcomes that arise from those decisions, such as: * economic fluctuations * growth * unemployment * crises An understanding of these issues is vital for economic forecasting or influencing economic performance or policy.
Why Edinburgh?Our staff makes up one of the leading groups of economic theorists in Europe. We are the base for the Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics. We receive consistently high ratings for academic standards, teaching and learning resources.
Exam type
A levelA level:
A*AA Grades / Points required
Scottish Higher:
AAAAA Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
39 Grades / Points required
Required subjects: A Levels: Mathematics at B, or AS Mathematics at A. GCSEs: English at C or 4.
AAAAA (achievement by end of S5 preferred). BBB must be achieved in one year of S4-S5. Required subjects: Highers: Mathematics at B. Higher Applications of Mathematics is not accepted in place of Higher Mathematics. National 5s: English at C.
39 points with 666 at HL. Required subjects: HL: Mathematics at 5. SL: English at 5 and Mathematics at 6 (if not at HL).
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England
£9,250 per year
Students from England
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£1,820 per year
Students from Scotland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Wales
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£9,250 per year
Students from Northern Ireland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Channel Islands
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£26,500 per year
Students from EU
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£26,500 per year
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