Degree in Economics

What you learn

The study program combines basic, compulsory and optional subjects until reaching 240 ECTS in the areas of instrumental techniques (mathematics, statistics, econometrics, etc.), economic education (micro and macroeconomic theory, economic structure, economic policy, economic history, industrial economy, markets, economic spaces, Public Finance and Taxation, etc.), legal and social education (law, sociology, etc.) and business education (business economics). The study program includes internships in companies and a final degree project.

For this degree there is also the possibility of taking at least 50% of the credits in English. Information about teaching in the multilingual group can be found at the following link:

Organization of the plurilingual option

Complete study skills

Professional and academic career

Graduates in Economics must have a deep knowledge of economic thinking and handle the concepts and techniques used in the economic analysis of societies, territories and organizations, in the economic structure and in the formulation and implementation of economic policies. Likewise, they must understand the relationships that exist between economic agents (companies, institutions, households, etc.), economic spaces, and real and financial flows that are established worldwide. They are also trained to define economic policies and business decisions at a management level.

Professional environment

Graduates in Economics must develop their profession in an economic and business context characterized by its growing complexity and dynamism. The processes of economic globalization, with their repercussions in the field of opening and internationalization of economies, will determine the work environment of these graduates.

Professional and academic career

Graduates in Economics have preference to access the university master's degrees taught at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the UDC. Subsequently, they will be able to access the doctorate program taught at this faculty.

These graduates are prepared to access jobs of medium or high responsibility in any public institution or private company. Their multi-purpose academic training allows them to enter the management levels of public administrations, private companies or non-profit entities.

Graduates will be able to develop their professional activity, for instance, in the following areas:

• Mid-level business manager
• Senior management
• Business analyst
• Personal and public consulting
• Audit
• Public administration
• Self-employment, entrepreneurship
• Market analyst
• Free professional exercise
• University education, secondary education and vocational training

Companies and institutions involved

The Faculty of Economics and Business has signed agreements with companies from different sectors of activity to carry out internships with academic recognition.

The faculty offers detailed information on this issue at:

External Academic Internships

Planning for teaching

This study has teaching guide
You can read it to learn more about the study. In the table below you can see the individual teaching guides for each subject.

Study structure

The degrees are organized by courses. Click on a academic year for more information.

• 1st year
• 2nd year
• 3rd year
• 4th year

 BOE with syllabus (PDF)

Teachers

The study is taught by teachers from the departments of: Business, Computer Science and Information Technologies, Economics, Languages and Literatures, Mathematics, Private Law, Public Law and Sociology and Communication Sciences

The degrees are organized by courses. Click on a academic year for more information.

• 1st year
• 2nd year
• 3rd year
• 4th year

Student mobility

UDC holds student mobility agreements with universities and other third-level institutions across four continents. Students are offered several opportunities each year to apply to study abroad in one of these centres (for a single term or for a whole year), with the guarantee that all credits obtained will be duly recognised in their academic record upon their return.

For each round of applications, the University publishes the list of exchange options available to students and, where relevant, the specific conditions associated with each. Students may also apply to the University for funding for international work experience placements and internships.

Work experience placements are accredited in the student's academic record and the European diploma supplement. Students are free to decide in which host company or academic institution within the EHEA they wish to carry out their placement. To assist them in their search, the University has created an online noticeboard with jobs postings and other news.

Work-study placements in A Coruña are arranged by the International Relations Office (ORI) of the UDC in collaboration with the international relations coordinators in the student’s home university. The general entry criteria, rights and obligations of students, and admission and acceptance procedures for the programme, are regulated by the UDC Mobility Policy.

Particular centre actions

There are agreements with European (Erasmus), Ibero-American (bilateral) and Spanish (Sicue) universities to take degree subjects with academic recognition.

The faculty offers details about these mobility actions at:

Mobility and International Exchange

Mobility and National Exchange