6 Economics Summer Course Programs in United Kingdom

Our Fundamentals of Graduate Economics and Finance Summer School will equip you with the fundamental tools you need to succeed. In just one week, our expert Oxford faculty will guide you through key concepts and techniques that form the backbone of many graduate-level courses in Economics.

This course explores the central ideas and evidence that economists have proposed to understand global poverty and sustainable development. These are essential analytical tools to design effective solutions to some of the greatest social problems of our time.

This course explores the economic forces shaping the digital and AI-driven economy and the unique challenges they pose for business strategy, competition, and public policy. It examines how online platforms and artificial intelligence technologies leverage data, algorithms, and network effects to transform markets - and the implications for market power, innovation, and regulation.

In every stage of our lives, we’re developing and learning more about ourselves and the world around us. The more knowledge we have, the greater our opportunities. Study Economics with Oxford Summer Courses and take advantage of those opportunities. Through our Economics summer school, you’ll discover how societies, governments, businesses and households divide up their resources, how markets work and the probability of business success and failure within a domestic economy.

While the world has been moving increasingly towards greater inter-connectivity through trade, infrastructure, communications, and migration, criticism of ‘globalisation’ has been growing ever louder. This wide-ranging course explores the process of globalisation, its macroeconomic implications, and the role of international organisations such as the United Nations. You will examine some of the responses to globalisation, from populist political movements like Brexit and Trumpism to diverse transnational social movements such as Black Lives Matter and the Arab Spring of 2011. In so doing, the programme will engage with ethical and theoretical constructs to help us to understand better the thinking behind the differing dynamics we are examining. This course is perfect for students seeking to understand some of the most significant political phenomena of our time.

PPE: Climate Change, Politics, and Environmental Justice is a course that delves into the examination of the political challenges and economic ramifications associated with both the proactive measures and lack of action in addressing anthropogenic climate change, the accelerated warming of the Earth's temperature fueled by fossil fuel consumption and the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The course utilizes case studies at local, national, and international levels to explore these issues comprehensively.