Studying Economics: What's It Like?

Stay tuned to hear Nikola, a 3rd-year student Economics student at Trinity Hall, share everything you need to know about studying Economics at Cambridge, how Economics at Cambridge compares to other universities, and applying for internships in the finance sector! A full list of discussion points can be found below. 00:00 Introductions

01:10 What is Economics? 02:50 What kind of students is Economics for? 04:00 How Economics enables you to apply Maths to real life situations 05:20 Why did you chose to study Economics? 06:50 How has your understanding of current affairs changed since studying Economics? 07:40 What’s the Economics course structure like? 10:40 What your dissertation on? 14:40 Data collection, Problem Solving, Coding and Essays in Economics 16:30 How are Economists taught? 17:50 How have you found Economic supervisions 21:40 Which universities did you apply to? 23:20 Choosing between Economics at Cambridge and Economics and Management at Oxford 26:30 Choosing between History and Economics at Oxford or Economics at Cambridge 28:30 Different career paths after studying Economics at Cambridge 29:20 Applying for internships whilst studying at Cambridge 31:50 How to get into the finance sector?