Our degree in Economics and Finance with A Year in Industry will prepare you for a career in economics, banking and finance. It provides an entry route for both private and public sectors as well as for further academic studies. You will study macroeconomics, microeconomics and quantitative analysis, as well as financial topics such as asset pricing and corporate finance.During your year in industry you will have the opportunity to put your skills and understanding of economics into practice in a real-world environment, gaining invaluable experience for your future career.Why study an Economics and Finance degree at Queen Mary?The quality of teaching and research within the School of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary has been widely acknowledged. In the 2015 National Student Survey (NSS) 94% and 96% of our students expressed a high level of overall satisfaction with the quality of teaching and support provided for their course, for economics and finance respectively. In terms of Research, Economics at Queen Mary has been ranked 10th in the UK for research power in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014). We are a young and international School with staff from all over Europe and beyond, who have links to important institutions in the City and further a-field.You will be able to choose from a wide range of study options and benefit from a varied programme of visiting speakers. Our established exchange programme allows you to spend either a year in the USA, Australia, Singapore or China or a semester through the Erasmus scheme either in Italy or Spain.The School offers excellent resources to its undergraduate students. We have two computer labs for the exclusive use by economics students. Ten Bloomberg terminals give students access to the latest technology and financial software used in the banking and finance industry. We also subscribe to the major statistical databases, and software packages such as those used by economists in finance or in government for data analysis and simulation.The School strongly believes that education, personal and professional development also takes place outside the classroom through structured extracurricular activities. Examples of such extracurricular activities organised by the School and open to all students include the research assistant scheme, the maths and book clubs, economics debates, imagery and essay competitions, football and tennis tournaments. The School also actively support the work of two societies, the Economics Society and the Trading and Investment Society.Every year the School of Economics and Finance organises various guest speaker lectures. So, you will be able to attend a varied programme of lectures and talks. Some of the invited speakers in the past include Tim Harford, John Roemer, Lord Meghnad Desai, Charles Goodhart, Rt Hon Roy Hattersley, Dan Corry, Robert Peston, Scott Page, Frank Allen, Lord Sebastian Coe, Richard Lipsey, Richard Layard, and Sanjeev Goyal.