Land Economy

University Website: http://www.landecon.cam.ac.uk

Director of Studies: Dr John McCombie

Land Economy is based on the two disciplines of economics and law, although no A- level perquisites are required to study this Tripos and no prior knowledge of these subjects is assumed, Nevertheless, Economics, Geography, and Mathematics A-levels can be helpful. However, what the College is looking for are students with the highest intellectual ability, regardless of the subjects that they are taking at A-level. Details of the Tripos are given on the Departmental website. It will be seen there that the relationship of law and economics to resource management, regional and urban problems, and the natural and the built environment are core components of the Tripos.

With a total intake of about 55 undergraduates per year to the University, the Department is relatively small. With many supervisions being organised by the Department, undergraduates from one College are supervised alongside students from other Colleges. This, together with a thriving Land Economy Society, means that there is a very strong Departmental spirit amongst the students.

The Tripos gives partial exemption from legal professional requirements (Law Society and Bar Council) as well as accreditation the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Incorporated Society of Values and Auctioneers (ISVA). Land Economy has one of the best employment records throughout the University. The high intellectual content of the course is welcomed by employers, who also appreciate the way the Tripos concentrates on applying theory to real world problems. A large minority of Land Economy graduates go into the surveying profession, while the others obtain employment in a wide variety of professions, including the city and the Civil Service.

The typical offer at Christ’s is A*AA at A2 level. The Director of Studies is Dr John McCombie who is Director of the Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy in the Department as well as being Director of the Land Economy Tripos.

Land Economy


John McCombie

Research interests:

  • Urban and regional economics
  • Post-Keynesian economics
  • Explanations of disparities in regional and national growth rates (including economic growth and the balance-of-payments constraint).
  • A critique of technical change and the neoclassical aggregate production function

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Undergraduate Admissions Open Days 2012

Wednesday 4 July (all subjects) Booking now open
On Thursday 5 and Friday 6 July the College will be open from 11.00-5.00 in conjuction with the University Open Days. No College booking is required but you must register with the University.
Tuesday 25 September (all subjects) On-line booking will open at the end of July

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