Economics and Finance department
The Economics and Finance department is home to world-class academics with close ties to international universities, research institutes and the world of practice.
Our economics expertise spans mathematical decision theory, economic history and public policy, with close ties to the New Zealand Policy Research Institute. In finance, we specialise in corporate finance, governance, financial markets, investment and international finance, with researchers contributing to the Auckland Centre for Financial Research, which bridges academia and industry.
Undergraduate study in economics and finance will give you a solid grounding in this area.
You can pursue economics or finance in our range of postgraduate study options:
Research in economics and finance
The Economics and Finance department at AUT is a hub of research with real-world applications – from climate policy and financial market efficiency to global economic interactions.
OUR RESEARCHResearch institutes and centres
Our researchers are engaged with many aspects of public policy and have strong links with the finance industry. They often work within:
Use real-time finance data
Get hands-on experience by using the same technology as global finance professionals. Our Business School Trading Room houses real-time databases – helping our finance students better understand economic events and the factors that affect them.
Databases include Thomson Reuters EIKON, Thomson Reuters Datastream, Thomson Reuters Tick History, Morningstar Direct, Standard & Poor’s Compustat Global and Audit Analytics.
