This popular joint degree programme provides a grounding in both Social Policy and Economics, two subjects which complement and enrich each other.

Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh will enable you to engage with confidence in many of the political debates of our time. We deal with a wide array of policy areas, for example:

health
welfare
labour markets
education
family and childhood
In Economics, you will examine the incentives that shape and reconcile the important decisions made by individuals, businesses, governments and societies. You will also explore the macroeconomic outcomes that may arise from those decisions, such as:

economic fluctuations
growth
unemployment
crises