Hi wilby63,
Congratulations on all 5 of your offers. It’s great to hear that you are considering your options carefully, especially considering you will be studying 3-4 years at your chosen university. Have you had a chance to visit any of the universities in person? It may be worth doing so to see if the environment suits you. We are currently holding a number of offer holder days; should you have any questions about these events, please feel free to contact our offer holder day team at
[email protected] I’m glad to hear you mentioned placements at Surrey. We’re proud to offer all Economics students the opportunity to undertake a work placement year as part of their degree. Speaking as someone who has secured a placement for a top 5 global accounting firm, I can confidently say that at Surrey you aren’t in the process alone. Throughout Year 1 and Year 2 of your course, you will have a compulsory year-long Employability module, which aims to support you in developing your employability skills and gets you exploring different paths to employment. To find out more about these modules, please visit:
https://catalogue.surrey.ac.uk/2024-5/module/ECO1021 and
https://catalogue.surrey.ac.uk/2024-5/module/ECO2063For more information on course content, please visit:
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/undergraduate/economics For more tailored support, you can book 1-1 sessions with a careers advisor from our award-winning Employability and Careers team. They can offer support for everything from writing CVs, Cover letters, mock interviews, organising your LinkedIn profile and much more. Not to mention, this support is available for all sorts of roles whether it be for part-time work, internship, placement or even graduate schemes. You can even continue to receive this support up to 3 years after graduation.
In addition, we also have a platform called SurreyPathfinder where we advertise roles on behalf of 2300+ partnered businesses. Beyond placements, our platform provides access to insight weeks, summer internships and graduate job opportunities. The Employability and Careers team hosts career fairs throughout the year, offering the chance to network with potential employers.
Our campus is conveniently located within a 10-minute walk from Guildford Station and a 30-40 minute train ride to London, because of this, you will have access to an ever-growing job market.
As a result, it’s no secret that our graduates are highly employable- with over 95% of all graduates in work or further study!
As an added bonus for studying post graduation at Surrey, we offer a bonus 20% discount for Surrey graduates who choose to continue studying for a postgraduate degree. For more information visit:
Discounts for Surrey graduates: 2023 entry | University of Surrey Here are some blogs from some of our economics undergraduate students:
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/student-life/what-our-students-say?field_subjects_target_id[366]=366&field_study_level_value[ug]=ug I also came across a blog from Joao, an Economics graduate from Surrey. It may be of interest as he covers some of the course content and what you may expect should you join us. h
ttps://blogs.surrey.ac.uk/student-experience/2020/12/09/all-you-need-to-know-about-studying-economics-in-surrey/ I hope that answers some of your questions. Please do let me know if you have any further questions.
All the best,
Daniel
BSc Accounting and Finance
University of Surrey