Your Career, Your Future
Graduates from the UCD Quinn School are highly sought after in a range of fields within commercial organisations, public sector and the not-for-profit sector. This highly regarded degree offers graduates exceptional prospects for future employment and study. The BSc Economics and Finance is a competitive programme, with excellent employment rates and above-average starting salaries.
Employment options may include:
- Investment Banking
- Analytics or Risk Analysis
- Stock Brokering
- Portfolio Management
- Corporate Finance, Economics and Insurance
- FinTech and Data Science
- Sales, Trading and Algorithmic Trading
Graduate Outcomes
Graduates from the UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business are well regarded by industry, have an internationally-recognised degree and have an excellent rate of graduate employment. The latest Graduate Outcomes Survey report published in 2023 reported:
83%
In employment
16%
In further study
99%
Consistently high level of graduate outcomes *
2%
Involved in other activities
Supporting your Career Journey
We pride ourselves in on our industry connections and have approximately 107,000 UCD business alumni shaping business practice around the world. Many leading organisations and alumni visit the school throughout the academic year for presentations and networking opportunities with our students.
A number of career-focused initiatives support our students during their time at the UCD Quinn School of Business to prepare them for their future careers.
These initiatives include industry insight days: Quinnsights Programme, The Quinn Internship Programme; The Quinn Mentoring Programme; and the Quinn Finance London Careers Trip. Career activities are supported by the UCD Careers Network.
Additional information is available on this page.
The Student Experience
Saanvi Vashisht, Student
“The best parts about UCD are the various scholarships it offers, the constant efforts put in by the professors and most importantly the sense of community it provides.
Moreover, my course, BSc Economics and Finance, is one of the most diverse courses with its modules ranging from Statistics to Accounting which helped me get a deeper understanding of various subjects and how they are applicable in the real world. I would definitely recommend this course especially because of the internship opportunities it offers.”
Katelyn O'Hara, Securities Division at Goldman Sachs
“Reflecting back on my time in Economics and Finance and the past year spent in my current role, I believe that Economics and Finance well equipped me to start my career path. The technical skills in mathematics, statistics, finance and economics taught coupled with the problem-solving and communication skills established in group projects and class presentations over the course of the degree are highly relevant to the job market today. In particular, understanding the global markets and learning coding languages for business intelligence enabled me to make commercially relevant enhancements in my current role."
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