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iamgenius

i know aston has a good rep for economics but would you say its good for economics??

Reply 1

ammarb87

arent u giving ur own answer in ur question !?

Reply 2

iamgenius

OP

^^^LOL! i meant i know aston has a good rep for BUSINESS TYPE degrees..

so would it be any good for economics?

(its one of them times when your thinking abt a word and you type it..)

Reply 3

Spunky

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I wouldn't say its the best university academically for Economics, however, its certainly up there somewhere. If you like Aston as a university and there's nothing wrong with the course why not go there :smile:

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Reply 4

__WiZaRD__

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Casey

I wouldn't say its the best university academically for Economics, however, its certainly up there somewhere. If you like Aston as a university and there's nothing wrong with the course why not go there :smile:

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You sure about that, Casey???

Reply 5

ammarb87

they dont do economics. They do International Business and Economics?
I am thinking of it too cus they have placements etc. I cant decide between aston, loughborough, cardiff and newcastle... advice would be appreciated !

Reply 6

iamgenius

OP

^^they do but not stright economics.

i applied for economics and management.

Reply 7

ammarb87

Yeah they do International Business and Economics .. hows that ? ranking ?

Reply 8

faffers

Hey there. I do Economics and Management at Aston Uni. There are only 17 of us ever so ure lucky to have found someone!! I love it anyway, so i'd definately recommend it. You do the first year like most other business school students at Aston, so the first year is fine. The first year covers a general introduction to lots of topics, from accounting to law, and it also gives you the chance to change courses at the end of the year. The only thing different in the first year is that you have to get at least 50% in Micro and Macro economics, Business Decision Analysis, and Quantitative techniques. If you're good at maths though you'll be fine. Aston is a really good business school, so whatever you do there, you'll get a good degree. Hope that helped.

Reply 9

ammarb87

Yeah but are you guaranteed good jobs in the end? ARe you doing a placement year? Is it better than cardiff ?

Reply 10

faffers

Well Aston Business school has the best graduate employment statistics of any business school, so i'd think you're pretty safe! Something like 90% get graduate jobs within 6 months. Yeah i'm doing a placement year, its compulsary for Economics and Management here. I haven't been on it yet because i'm only a first year, but i hear so much good rep about it, and i had a talk about it today...they've very enthusiastic about it! It's something employers look for and really like the look of. It's definately worth doing a placement year to gain some competitive advantage in the job market because business and economics degrees are so similar these days.

Reply 11

faffers

I don't know how good Cardiff is because i never looked at that uni. I haven't heard of anyone who applied there for economics though. It's probably medioca i'd imagine. The top ones seem to be Aston, LSE, Cambridge, Bristol, and Loughborough.

Reply 12

supernova2

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Cambridge/LSE, UCL/Warwick, Bristol/Nottingham/York, Manchester/Bath, Loughborough/Southampton, Aston.

In that order...

ish

Reply 13

ammarb87

So I should go for Loughborough or Aston then ? Which degree will be more respected? EcoBsc or Intl Bus and Eco BSc >

Reply 14

iamgenius

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faffers

Hey there. I do Economics and Management at Aston Uni. There are only 17 of us ever so ure lucky to have found someone!! I love it anyway, so i'd definately recommend it. You do the first year like most other business school students at Aston, so the first year is fine. The first year covers a general introduction to lots of topics, from accounting to law, and it also gives you the chance to change courses at the end of the year. The only thing different in the first year is that you have to get at least 50% in Micro and Macro economics, Business Decision Analysis, and Quantitative techniques. If you're good at maths though you'll be fine. Aston is a really good business school, so whatever you do there, you'll get a good degree. Hope that helped.

the fact there is only 17 ppl on the course has heavily put me off selecting aston as a potential offer. i mean there asking for ABB entry requirements. allt his means it would be unlikely i would get in. no?

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