Economics at Durham (L100) or Economics and Chinese at Edinburgh (LT11)

Hey, well done on your offers! Both really good - personally though, you've got to consider whether you'd prefer doing pure economics or economics and chinese (I assume it's a 50:50 split - you'd do less optional modules I would think)

Economics and Chinese would probably be the harder degree, especially if you're taking it up from scratch; they're both really well known universities, perhaps Edinburgh slightly more so... you have until May, take your time and think it over... (that being said though, I prefer Durham much more as a university...)

Hopefully I've been of some help... :3 Good luck on your decision! ^^

Also, the Durham course is an BA, while the Edinburgh one is a MA honours course - what's the difference?

It's a naming convention. In Scotland first degrees are typically a year longer than in England and for Arts course the degree awarded is styled an MA.

The more important consideration here might very well be that extra year, and still more so if the Chinese component of the Edinburgh degree requires as well a year abroad. Is it the case that you're weighing a 5 year undergraduate qualification against a 3 year one? If so, this would seem to me a more significant factor than asking after which university is the better known.

Just another thing you should consider: the Edinburgh course seems very much geared towards a career in China, or Asia - are you sure that's what you want?
Zooming in so early, while doing your undergrad, might prove limiting for your future studies and career, so I would consider the Durham one a broader and more well-suited course if you're not 100% sure that you want to work in China...

Thanks uhuh, I did not realise that the course would be 5 years long, that is definitely a more significant factor...