Course Overview

This hands-on degree will ensure that you develop the professional skills and knowledge to prepare you for your future career.

Gain a thorough grounding in economics supported by an attractive combination of cutting-edge skills in handling economic data and analytics relevant to industry, society, and government.

This program is designed to be hands-on with real-world relevance – concentrating on critical global and regional economic challenges such as climate change, financial crises, healthcare and social development, growth, and productivity – to ensure that you develop the professional skills and knowledge that will prepare you for your future career.

You’ll learn in industry-standard facilities like our Bloomberg suite, which offers real-time financial trading simulations – so you can practice in realistic scenarios before you go out there and do it for real.

Make connections with professional industry networks, like-minded entrepreneurs, and corporate partners in our newly enhanced Business Lounge. Conveniently located in the Business School, it’s a vibrant hub for organizations to collaborate and work creatively, as well as helping to build links with our programs, including placement and live business project opportunities that are embedded throughout your studies. It’s also a great space for our students to meet, learn from, and make an impression on decision-makers, laying the foundations for your future career – all on campus.

In your final year, you will also have the chance to spend three months on an internship. This is in addition to the extra option of studying abroad or spending a year on placement in industry, with past placements taking place at global organizations such as HP, Volkswagen, and GE Healthcare.

General Eligibility

Points can be from any qualification on the UCAS tariff but must include at least 80 points from

• A levels

• BTEC Subsidiary Diploma, Diploma, or Extended Diploma

• OCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma, Diploma, or Extended Diploma

• CACHE Diploma or Extended Diploma

• Irish Leaving Certificate

• Scottish Highers

• Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma

• or a combination of appropriate Level 3 qualifications

Applicants should also have

• GCSE Maths at Grade 4 or C, or Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths

Alternative qualifications

• IB Diploma: 30 points

• Pass Access to HE Diploma overall with a minimum of 118 UCAS tariff points.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.0 overall, with no less than 5.5 in each skill.