University College London (UCL), University of London, BA, Economics and Business with East European Studies

The department of Economics at UCL has an outstanding international reputation in key areas of current research. It is the only department of economics in the UK to have received the outstanding grade-point average of 3.5 in the 2008 RAE with over 90% of staff submitted. The UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) is one of the world's leading specialist institutions, and the largest national centre in the UK, for the study of Central, Eastern and South-East Europe and Russia. SSEES is committed to the quality and relevance of the unrivalled learning opportunities that it offers to students from across the world. The SSEES library contains over 400,000 books, journals and film resources. The department is regularly consulted by organisations such as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Union.

Who is this course for?

This degree offers a grounding in economics and business studies combined with an application of these disciplines to the East European region. It provides the opportunity to learn an East European language and to gain deeper insights into the major economic issues involved in the transition from Communism to post-Communism.

First destinations of recent graduates (2009-2011) of this programme include:

• Full-time student, MA in Development Studies at Birkbeck University (2011)
• Full-time student, MSc in Economics with European Studies at the University of Oxford (2010)
• Graduate Consultant, Arup (2010)
• Financial Analyst, Deloitte (2009)
• Entry Level Sales and Analysis Programme, Bloomberg (2009)