PPE brings together some of the most important approaches to understanding the world around us, developing skills useful for a whole range of careers and activities. PPE students have the opportunity to study a curriculum with a balance of breadth and depth, and consciously kept at the cutting edge.
It encompasses specialist and technical training in economics, philosophy, and social science, together with truly global coverage and in-depth study of increasingly diverse social and political ideas and history. Regent’s typically admits two PPE students each year.
From the moment I started my undergraduate studies here I have found the college to be the perfect community and platform from which to make the most out of everything that Oxford, and the study of PPE in particular, has to offer.
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Yes, candidates for PPE are required to take the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA).
Most of the first year is taught in Regent’s, as is about half of the second and third years, depending on which options papers are chosen. The remaining papers are taught by specialists from across the University.
The first year covers introductory courses in each of the three disciplines: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. The structure and further contents of the course can be found here.
Students have two to three essays or problem sets each week, which are discussed in depth in tutorials, and they attend lectures. In the second and third year some option papers are taught in faculty/departmental classes.
Philosophy – 7 minute walk. Politics/Economics – 15 minute walk.