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Philosophy, Politics & Economics BA/BSc
UCAS code: L0V0
Key information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Classroom
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
A*AA
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Three years
Application status:
Closed
Start date:
September 2023
Application deadline:
25 January 2023
Our Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) BA/BSc is a high-quality, interdisciplinary programme that will equip you with the skills and knowledge to understand, analyse and contribute to the the political and economic institutions of the 21st century, both in the UK and globally. This programme is administered by the Department of Political Economy and taught jointly with the Department of Philosophy.
Key benefits
- You will learn to think critically and independently about fundamental issues in philosophy, politics and economics and about the interaction between these disciplines.
- Sitting within the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy, the Department of Political Economy has an interdisciplinary ethos that cultivates a highly stimulating intellectual environment, which attracts leading scholars from all over the world.
- Our Philosophy Department is one of the largest and most prominent in the UK. It is ranked 4th in the UK and Europe and 8th in the world in the QS World Rankings by Subject 2020.
- We offer a wide range of optional modules, covering many areas of philosophy, politics and economics and their interrelations.
- This programme enables you to develop an understanding of the relationship between political and economic processes, institutions and ideas and the broader philosophical questions underlying public policy.
- In the 2018/19 National Student Survey the BA/BSc PPE Programme received an 88% student satisfaction rate which placed this UG Programme as top 3-4 in faculty of Social Science & Public Policy.
Employability
Graduates from this course acquire a valuable set of diverse and highly transferable skills that equip them to flourish in a wide range of careers and perform to the highest standards in policy development, governmental roles and communications, amongst others.
Employability
Graduates from this course acquire a valuable set of diverse and highly transferable skills that equip them to flourish in a wide range of careers and perform to the highest standards in policy development, governmental roles and communications, amongst others.
Key information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Classroom
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
A*AA
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Three years
Application status:
Closed
Start date:
September 2023
Application deadline:
25 January 2023
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