Land economy

Land economy is the study of law, economics, real estate and environmental science. This multidisciplinary discipline has become more common; however, the University of Cambridge is the only European university offering a specific land economy degree at undergraduate level, whilst the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is the only African one. The University of Aberdeen offers a one-year post graduate MSc in Land Economy and this course which is focused on rural land economy has been running for many years.

Tripos at the University of Cambridge

Land Economy is offered as a three-year undergraduate degree course as part of the Cambridge Tripos. The course has a distinctive multidisciplinary nature and is deemed as especially applicable to the twenty-first century world in the where economics, law and the environment meet. As increasingly, the control of scarce resources affects the livelihoods of people around the world.

Students reading Land Economy at the University of Cambridge must apply to a college of the University of Cambridge in order to be considered for admission (as with any other degree program at Cambridge). Specific A-Level subjects are not required, although many successful applicants have studied Mathematics, Economics and Geography in the past. The standard A-Level offer is A*AA, although some colleges make offers of A*A*AA. Similarly, IB offers tend to be around 42 points, with a 7, 7, 6 in the applicants' Higher Level Subjects.