Spanish and Economics

Spanish and economics is a degree that combines linguistic access to one of the world's most dynamic regions with the analytical tools to understand the economic forces shaping it. Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world by native speakers, with over 500 million people across Spain, Latin America, the United States, and beyond, and the countries and communities in which it is spoken are increasingly central to global commerce, politics, and culture. Economics provides the rigorous framework for understanding how markets, governments, and institutions work, and how the choices of individuals and policymakers produce the outcomes we observe in societies across the world.

At the University of Strathclyde, this four-year full-time programme develops your Spanish language skills to a high level of proficiency alongside a thorough grounding in economics, giving you the combination of communicative confidence and analytical rigour that employers in internationally oriented roles value highly. You will develop your Spanish through language modules and engagement with the cultures, literatures, and contemporary societies of the Spanish-speaking world, and you will study microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, and applied economics topics that connect economic theory with real-world analysis. The combination prepares you to work in Spanish-speaking markets with greater confidence and insight than a language or economics degree alone could provide.

Graduates go on to careers in international business, finance, consulting, the civil service, international organisations, journalism, and education, drawing on both their language competence and their analytical training. The combination of Spanish and economics is particularly valued in companies and organisations with Latin American or Spanish operations, and in multilateral institutions where economic and linguistic expertise are both needed. Many graduates continue to postgraduate study in economics, Latin American studies, international relations, or business, and some pursue academic careers in economic or area studies.