Subjects A-Z: Economics

Economics at Glasgow continues a distinguished record that dates back to Adam Smith, who was a Professor at the University in the 18th century and is widely renowned as the father of modern economics.

Today we have international expertise in:

  • macroeconomics
  • financial economics
  • development economics
  • international finance
  • econometrics
  • microeconomics

RAE 2008 results placed the discipline top in Scotland on the basis of GPA and research income and ranked all research as being of international quality: 75% was considered to be world-leading and internationally excellent.

Staff research directly informs our teaching, which means that if you study with us, you can benefit from up-to-date degree programmes that touch on the key theoretical and policy issues of the day.

The 18 Economics MSc programmes taught at the Adam Smith Business School are offered by two teaching centres:


News

  • 11 Mar

    Head of Management addresses the transport debate in new book

    Professor Iain Docherty, Head of Management in the Adam Smith Business School, has co-authored a new book on transport, The Transport Debate.
  • 03 Mar

    PhD studentship competition 2014

    Applications are now invited for PhD studentships in areas of Accounting & Finance, Business & Management and Economics for entry in 2014
  • 25 Feb

    National Student Survey (NSS)

    The National Student Survey (NSS) is now open. Have your say and provide feedback to the University of Glasgow and future students that may wish to study here.
  • 24 Feb

    ASES attends Warwick Economics Summit 2014

    The University of Glasgow’s Adam Smith Economics Society (ASES) has successfully sent a delegation of students to the Warwick Economics Summit 2014. The group attended the weekend-long summit from the 7th to the 9th of February.

Research

Research Groups and Centres, postgraduate research opportunities and other research information

Events