5 Reasons to Study Economics at Bangor
Studying Economics helps you to think strategically and make informed decisions. A degree in Economics helps students better understand the world around them through developing skills such as analytical skills which will help you in everyday life. Economics graduates are highly employable as you’ll learn transferable skills to take into a range of different industries. Graduates are especially sought after for roles in the banking and financial sector. Students graduating with a degree in economics are among some of the highest paid in the UK.
Our courses focus on producing quality employees and our graduates have gone on to work in a range of different sectors from portfolio management to economist. One of our notable Graduates, George Buckley, now works as the Chief European and UK Economist at Nomura.
Our economics syllabus in Bangor is based on giving you a deep understanding of real-world economics and developing your skills so that you can solve real world economic problems. We look at issues affecting the world today such as Brexit or the cost-of-living crisis and how these issues affect the economy. Our academic team are active researchers and a lot of the modules we teach are driven by current research making the courses relevant and interesting.
In your first year in Bangor, your studies will be based around the CORE economics syllabus, a free online text used by many of the best universities around the world.
We’re committed to quality teaching and providing student support here at Bangor. We’re currently ranked 2nd in the UK for Academic Support (NSS 2022) in Economics. Studying Economics in Bangor means you’ll have access to staff from the Business School and from our friendly student support team. We assign each student a personal tutor when they arrive at Bangor University giving you access to a member of academic staff throughout your studies.
Bangor is a unique student experience with students coming from across the globe to study with us. By studying Economics here at Bangor Business School you’ll be part of a diverse, international group of students, all of whom bring their own experiences of global economies. Having so many different viewpoints allow for a richer experience of studying Economics. By using examples and learning more about how different countries’ economies work ,you’ll gain a greater understanding of global economics and international trade.
As part of our Economics degree programmes you can choose to undertake a year in industry through our ‘with work placement year’ option or study abroad for a year with our ‘with international experience’ option. Both are great ways to improve your employability when graduating. Here is Will's story.
Here's a quick overview of our courses so that you can compare and find the right fit for you.
Here's a quick overview of our courses so that you can compare and find the right fit for you.
Student Experience
Our current students talk about their experience of Bangor Business School so far and share advice on why you should consider studying Economics at Bangor University.
Student Profile Natalia Kele Ehenulo
Through my course I am guided into topics such as Analytics, Econometrics, FinTech, Applied Economics where I can apply my research skills in conjunction to my interest in Data Analytics. My experiences of interacting in class and with lecturers has grown my interest. The interactive nature of the classes has allowed me to excel and grasp a greater understanding of the topics and test my abilities whilst comprehending my real-world role if I was to continue with this career path.
Got any questions? Chat to students and staff
Do you have a question about life as a Bangor University student? Our ambassadors will be happy to help you find the answer.
They can tell you more about studying here, about the amazing Clubs and Societies we have, and how they made friends and settled in to life at university.
If you have any questions about the course, our lecturers are on hand to help. Below are some examples of frequently asked questions. Can you think of any more?
- What are the qualities of a successful Economics student at Bangor?
- How can I prepare myself to study Economics at Bangor?
- How will I know that Economics at Bangor is the right choice for me?
0:06 Well the staff are so friendly and accessible I knew I could go to them with any issues I
0:11 had or any questions about assignments it was a really relaxed atmosphere and relationship
0:16 that I had with them and I knew that they cared about what I was interested in as well.
0:21 I made the most out of the societies because when you come to University for the first time it was
0:26 nice to know that there was just so many different opportunities available there was a running
0:30 club, we would run around Bangor sometimes in Treborth and that just offered the opportunity
0:36 to get out and about meet people again. I'm making friends now that I've made for life.
0:42 We do offer personal one-to-one tutee's and it's just a really colligative atmosphere to work in
0:48 and I do sincerely believe the students benefit from that as well. When students are actually engaging
0:53 with you which is fantastic and you know that you're making a difference that's really rewarding.
1:00 They were always happy to help any time you send an email they'd answer
1:03 so as soon as they could. Just that total support there all the time only an email away and all
1:04 the new friends I've made and all the communities in Bangor it's great.
1:17 So I lived up at
1:18 the St Mary's Halls which is quite a nice little tight-knit community it was really good and really
1:23 refreshing as well to have people both from my course in my flat but also from other courses.
1:31 Bangor is such a beautiful area you've got Snowdon or the Wyddfa so close by and just
1:36 being able to climb that venture around to different parts of North Wales is brilliant.
Celebrating Our Graduates
Every year we see hundreds of students graduate from Bangor Business School. The graduation ceremony is a highlight of the year for our staff, Undergraduate and Postgraduate students. Here is a look at what at some had to say as they reflect back on their time at Bangor University during Winter Graduation.
Riaz Anwar, Lecturer in Accounting also shares her thoughts as she receives her University Teaching Fellowship. "When students are engaging with you it's fantastic because you know that you're making a difference that's really rewarding." - Riaz Anwar
Graduate Profiles - Where are they now?
Meet some of our alumni and find out what they are up to now and how they found their experiences of studying at Bangor Business School.
Alumni Profile Charles Vogt
The support, care, and encouragement from my lecturers gave me the confidence I needed to succeed in finding employment. Not only do lecturers care about how you perform inside the classroom, but they also care about how you’ll succeed later down the line. The career fairs and employment support on offer at BBS certainly helped me to connect with people in the same area of study and branch out my network in order to secure a job after graduation. In fact, if I hadn’t attended a Bangor University careers fair, I wouldn’t have met the employer I’m still with today!
Alumni Profile Norra Tengcharoensuk
The course itself was great and delivered by knowledgeable and caring lecturers, and the modules were set up in a way where the things you learnt were applicable to the real world. I think content plus applicability really helped bring the course to life and opened doors for me to pursue a job in the field and industry that I am interested in.
0.2 Hello my name is George Buckley and i was a Bangor University student many moons ago now back in the early 1990s
0.7 and I want to tell you a bit about my career progression and perhaps give you some advice about your time at university and beyond.
0.17 Now i did a degree in Economics at Bangor and I loved Bangor.
0.21 I thought it was a great place to study you have the beautiful backdrop of the Menai Straits on one side and of course the Snowdonia national park on the other
0.29 super place to study and I then went on to Bristol to do a master's degree in economics and finance and completed a PhD at Bristol
0.38 as well thereafter and after that I went to went to the city and became the Chief UK Economist at Deutsche bank
0.46 and since then as you can see, I'm now the Chief European and UK Economist at Nomura.
0.53 So what advice can I give you? Well one thing I would say is that the time that you spend at university
0.59 I certainly found went by so quickly, so you need to make the most of it make sure that you get a good degree but also make sure that you leave university with more strings to your bow than just that
1.01 Make sure you foster some good friendships, make sure that you join clubs, get extracurricular activities under your belt
1.19 and importantly if you want to do something like I have it's really important these days that you get some good work experience
1.37 So if you get the chance to do any work placements make sure you take them but above all, enjoy your time at Bangor.
George Buckley
George did a degree in Economics at Bangor Business School and loved his experience. In this video he talks about how to make the most out of your time at university and why taking up extracurricular activities or joining a club or society at University can enhance your experience. George now works as the Chief European and UK Economist at Nomura and reflects on his memories of studying at Bangor Business School.
Meet the team Dr Rhys Ap Gwilym Senior Lecturer in Economics
Dr Rhys Ap Gwilym is a Senior Lecturer in Economics here at Bangor Business School. Alongside his teaching Rhys also is also heavily involved in research at the School and is currently our Director of Research, Impact and Engagement.
Meet the team DR DANIAL HEMMINGS LECTURER IN FINANCE
Dr Danial Hemmings is a Lecturer in Finance here at Bangor Business School. Danial has broad teaching experience in the areas of Corporate Finance, Behavioural Finance, Financial Markets, Financial Management, Accounting and Accounting Communication and is currently teaching a range of modules at both Ungraduated and Postgraduate levels.
Meet the team DR LAURENCE JONES LECTURER IN FINANCE
Meet Dr Laurence Jones Lecturer in Finance here at Bangor Business School. Laurence has lots of experience working in industry having worked as Head of Data and Analytics for a Fin-Tech startup dealing with stock recommendations, as a data scientist and as a mathematician/statistician.
Meet the team DR SHEE YEE KHOO LECTURER IN FINANCE
Meet Dr Shee Yee Khoo Lecturer in Finance here at Bangor Business School. Shee-Yee has particular research interest in credit ratings, corporate finance and behavioural finance and is currently teaching both Undergraduate and Postgraduate classes.
Your Careers Starts Here
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0:06 I think this is the absolutely perfect opportunity for our students to
0:10 start and to build their confidence, to develop techniques for liaising or
0:18 or for speaking with employers and it's in a safe environment because it's actually on
0:22 campus. Something for everybody. Be brave make sure that you actually talk to some employers
0:29 and if you ever go to an event like this before make sure that you find out who's going to be
0:34 here and do a little bit of homework so that you can use your time really wisely.
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0:42 We were lucky enough to have fairs of this nature but I think I personally went from
0:47 University to the Anglesey council at first just as an administrative role and I would never have got
0:53 that without my degree so it's just a combination of everything. We're looking for graduates who are
0:59 graduating in the summer and there may be openings then to become trainees with us.
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1:06 We provide workshop for students ahead of career fairs so that they can get the most out of the
1:12 fair, we try and help them with their networking skills and feeling confident about approaching
1:18 potential employers and what kind of questions that they should be asking. They're very well
1:23 aware that at the end of their academic careers with us that they're going to be competing in a
1:29 labour market with thousands of other students so we want to focus on producing confidence, aspiring
1:35 and resilient students that can effectively compete in the labour market. I think we've
1:39 got a very good mix of employers across many different disciplines that would appeal to a range
1:46 of students that we have within the college and the feedback that we're getting is very positive
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1:54 Ask as many questions and actually it's okay to have a different Viewpoint of stuff
1:58 that's what we're trying to promote be curious and find out a different solution
2:02 to problems. I think Bangor University is a place close to my heart I'm an ex-student
2:06 here having graduated 26 years ago, I'm thrilled to be able to come and talk
2:11 to people like myself who 26 years ago needed that help and guidance.
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0:07 It's really nice after covid to come back and be in one place and meet potential employers face to face and really
0:14 see what's out there. It's hard to ignore all the opportunities that are ahead of me when they're
0:20 literally in the room in front of you and it's so nice to be out and about networking and meeting
0:25 people who have never done it before. Know what you want coming in filter out what you don't want
0:30 look for what you do want. Come prepared and ready to sort of present yourself as an opportunity
0:36 rather than just being given an opportunity, you know have confidence in yourself too. See yourself
0:41 as an asset and sell yourself to these potential employers.
0:48 So at this point, this event is really really crucial for me because I'm in my final year now so I am already looking for a
0:54 graduate job and obviously I've spoken to so many employers to generate leads so when I graduate and
0:59 I've got a pipeline where I'm going to go and I've got a job planned already.
1:04 So my best advice for future students would be to would be literally just get involved take part especially
1:10 in Bangor University. Bangor University has so much to offer, this is going to help
1:14 you build not your academic skills but your interpersonal skills which are really really
1:18 crucial in this competitive job market these days you don't only need academic skill you need
1:23 interpersonal skills as well these activities are a really important part of your studies.
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1:32 It's really done well and I would like students to come in and you know like see this fair this festival
1:38 especially I would like to like request all the advice all the you know International
1:43 students to come and see that yes there are more like opportunities than you think there is.
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1:51 So we've been developing like CV work right now so I've had a look at my CV and what sort of things I want to do
1:56 so that's really helped me for future career advice and things like that. It helps students explore different places they can go
2:02 ask questions that tutors or professors may not be able to ask. Come prepared
2:07 that's a massive thing do your research and even if it's just a five minute search into the
2:11 business do it. Don't be worried about asking silly questions because ask any question that you want
2:16 to ask they'll answer anything. Know what you're looking for it's a massive help if you go in there
2:20 with you don't really know what you're going to do your anxiety about this sort of thing
2:24 will go up massively know what you're going to do and you're going to be perfectly fine.
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0:00 Hi I'm Natalia Ehenulo, I'm from Reading. A lot of the exams obviously written and
0:06 you know for me particularly we're doing either equations
0:09 or we're doing essays but the lecturers also take the time to really go through
0:14 software systems that you will do eventually when you come out even if we don't do it in the
0:19 exam for example stator and Excel we can't do those in the exams but they think about the long
0:24 term, the longevity of our skills as well and they make sure we do that we've done it in assignments
0:30 I know for credit risk analytics we have to use a Excel to calibrate the Merton model I know
0:37 for research methods and financial econometrics we've also had to use Stata and these are really
0:42 employable skills. I know when I was looking for jobs outside of University that a lot of companies
0:49 ask us to have proficiency in Excel or python r or some sort of data software and having those skills
0:56 already enabled in us really makes it easier to fill out those applications and meet the skill
1:02 requirements that employers are looking for. It definitely did help and it's definitely something
1:08 that I'm glad that I've had the opportunity to do whilst being here.
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Student Support
0:00 Hi I'm Natalia Ehenulo, I'm from Reading and I'm currently studying
0:06 MSc Finance at Bangor University. I've been here now for four years I did my undergraduate here
0:13 studying Business Economics which I graduated from in July 2022. My experience at Bangor
0:21 Business School has been great so far, I've really really enjoyed the interaction with the lecturers. 0
:26 I think at the beginning of uni you're very new to so many subjects, I mean if you have happened
0:31 to study a similar subject at A-level you have a bit of knowledge on it but obviously you're
0:36 doing a vast array of modules you just don't know everything yet and I think that can be quite
0:41 daunting coming into the subject and I really like how the lectures take time with you to go
0:46 over certain things. I know I constantly emailed many lecturers you know asking for feedback on
0:52 my work what exactly does the assignment question
0:55 mean or what can I do better on my next assignment if I'm not as happy with my grade
1:00 and they really take the time to sit down with you go over certain things, why that wasn't good.
1:05 I also think at the beginning of uni when you're in your first year or you're just starting your Masters
1:11 as well they go completely from scratch even things like referencing, every school within Bangor
1:16 has a different reference, so it could be Harvard, it could be APA, and they really take the time
1:21 okay this is how you don't plagiarise this is exactly what you need to do in order for them to
1:27 give you the best marks because they are on your side they do really really want you to do well
1:32 and I really appreciate that.
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