To wonder how the new Imperial BSc Economics, Finance and Data Science will stack up to its competitors?

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Have a DC looking at economics for university. We came across this.

www.imperial.ac.uk/study/ug/courses/business-school/economics-finance-data-science/

I'm very surprised that STEM only Imperial are doing an economics degree.

I'm wondering how this degree would compare with the other top UK unis for economics, Oxbridge, LSE, UCL, Warwick.

Imperial has a well established Business School, largely post grad. Obviously academic reputation overall for Imperial is excellent, it's just this is a new UG degree.

Didn't think Imperial did much econ. Oh well now they do!

Hi, I wanted my son to go in this Degree. Realistically speaking do we know what A level grade students are having. I know the minimum is A*AA but what is the reality?

There was a thread here recently about how little face time the poster’s DChaving at Imperial.

For Imperial, it means what is says on the tin, and courses rarely go into clearing. For courses with significant maths component, they also ask for STEP (but you'd have come across that in the course info if it was needed for this one)

Imperial don't have a standard policy for contextual offers, but they will interview or guarantee an offer for those with potential from disadvantaged backgrounds

Very interesting. I wouldn’t be surprised if this course is highly competitive and sought after. I’ve studied STEM at Imperial and Oxbridge it’s practically a direct feeder into the City / Finance / FinTech. I have lots of friends that studied Data Science / Computer Science and directly use those skills as Quant traders in the city, so I think it’s a very clever (and profitable) move by imperial to branch into this area