The School of Economics is one of the premier centres for teaching and research in economics in the UK, achieving a 5* ranking in the last independent Research Assessment Exercise and a maximum score of 24 in the Quality Assurance Agency’s Subject Review of the quality of its taught programmes.
The school is large and well resourced, with some 46 full-time academic staff, 60 research students (many of whom are Graduate Teaching Assistants), 120 taught postgraduate students and an effective team of support staff.
The school includes a number of research centres and research groups, with their own research staff and active international networks and programmes of visiting researchers. These centres include: The Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade; The Centre for Globalisation and Economic Policy; The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics; The Granger Centre for Time Series Econometrics; and The Centre for Finance and Credit Markets.
Active research within the school is reflected in the range of theoretical and applied masters courses and research supervision offered by the school.
Postgraduates from the Nottingham School of Economics are well-trained for a variety of careers. Some of our most recent masters students have gone on to work for government departments, central banks, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and private sector firms. Others have gone on to study for a PhD at universities in the UK and overseas. Our PhD graduates have obtained employment in other universities, both in the UK and overseas, and in international organisations such as the IMF and World Bank.