About the School

With its prime location between London's financial district and the city's major airport, the School of Economics and Finance is consistently ranked among the top economics departments in the country.

Facts and figures

Over 50 academic staff
17 visiting practitioners
560 undergraduate students
800 postgraduate students
Over 35 research students
8 undergraduate degree programmes
One pre-masters graduate diploma
11 taught Masters programmes
2 Degree Apprenticeship Programmes
Two Masters of Research programmes
PhD programme

Record of Excellence

4th in London for Economics in Complete University Guide 2023
90.1% of SEF* students are in work or study 6 months after graduation (DLHE 2016/17)
Ranked top for social mobility in economics in England in a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in collaboration with the Sutton Trust and the Department of Education.
Ranked 4th in the UK in research outputs, 10th in impact, and 12th in environment in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), with an overall ranking of 8th (joint) in the field of Economics and Econometrics.

* UK domiciled, full-time, first-degree students