BAEcon Economics and Finance
About this course
BAEcon in Economics and Accounting and Finance, combining economic theory with finance. Core topics include Financial Analysis, Accounting, Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, and Policy Analysis. Finance units are delivered in collaboration with academics from Alliance Manchester Business School.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAA including at least one of the following A-Level subjects (preference will be given to applicants studying two of these subjects): Accounting; Economics; Finance; Business Studies; Development Studies; Government and Politics; Economic and Social History; Mathematics; Anthropology; Sociology; Philosophy; Religious Studies; English Language; English Literature; Geography; Psychology; Classical Civilisation; History; Archaeology; Communication Studies; Environmental Studies; World Development; Biology; Chemistry; Physics; Modern Languages
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Real offers for this course
Applicants have posted 2 UCAS decisions for BAEcon Economics and Finance (LN13) at the University of Manchester for 2027 entry so far. The published offer is AAA at A level.
What students say
Based on about 40 final-year students who answered
- Teaching on my course: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 77%
- Academic support: 89%
- Organisation and management: 92%
- Learning resources: 90%
- Student voice: 82%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 95 students who started
- Continued on course: 97%
- Left higher education: 3%
What graduates do next
Based on about 15 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 60%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Finance Professionals: 40%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 80%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 50%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 55 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 40%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 3%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 7%
- East of England: 4%
- London: 31%
- South East: 7%
- South West: 4%
- Scotland: 1%
- Northern Ireland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 95 students who started
- A levels: 75%
- Baccalaureate: 14%
- Foundation course: 12%
Accreditation & quality ratings
- Accredited by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations.
- Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) for the purpose of exemption from all professional examinations through the Accredited degree accelerated route.
- Accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for the purpose of exemptions from some professional examinations.
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Financial Reporting
- Introductory Management Accounting
- Financial Decision Making
- Microeconomics 2
- Macroeconomics 2
- Microeconomics 1
- Power and Value: Perspectives from Social Sciences
- An Introduction to Development Studies
- Introductory Mathematics
- Advanced Mathematics
- Advanced Statistics
- Computing for Social Scientists
- Introduction to Mathematical Economics
- Economic History
- Introduction to Ethics
- Critical Thinking
- Introduction to Metaphysics and Epistemology
- Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Making Sense of Politics
- British Politics: Power and the State
- Politics of the Global Economy
- Introduction to International Politics
- Introduction to Political Theory
- Power and Culture: Inequality in Everyday Life
- Cultural Diversity in Global Perspective
- Introduction to Business Anthropology: Consumers, Companies and Culture
- Digital Sociology
- Environment and Society
- Inequalities in Contemporary British Society
- Contested Foundations of Social Thought
- Contemporary Social Thought
- Researching Culture and Society
- Global Social Challenges
- Getting Personal: Intimacy and Connectedness in Everyday Life
- Understanding Social Media
- Measuring Inequalities (Unequal Societies)
- Principles of Data Science
- Data in the Social Sciences
- Introductory Statistics for Economists
- Applied Statistics for Social Scientists
- Investment Analysis
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Foundations of Finance A
- Microeconomics 3
- Macroeconomics 3
- Fundamentals of Finance
- Fundamentals of Financial Reporting B
- Fundamentals of Management Accounting
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Financial Reporting and Accountability
- Intermediate Management Accounting
- Mergers & Acquisitions: Financial Perspectives
- FinTech, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
- Business Law 1: Common Law and Common Business Liabilities
- An Introduction to Development Studies
- Computing for Social Scientists
- Managerial Economics I
- Microeconomics 4
- Macroeconomics 4
- Advanced Mathematics
- Advanced Statistics
- Environmental Economics
- Econometrics
- Mathematical Economics I
- Introduction to Mathematical Economics
- Economic History
- Quantitative Methods
- Development Economics: Growth, Capital Accumulation and Structural Change
- Development Economics: Understanding The Causes of Underdevelopment
- Economics for Public Policy
- History of Economic Thought
- Energy Economics and Policy
- Islamic Philosophy
- Philosophy of Religion
- Philosophy of Race
- Formal Logic
- Ethics
- 20th Century Analytical Philosophy
- Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
- Introduction to Political Theory
- Politics by Numbers
- Security Studies
- Questions About International Politics
- Politics & Society in Britain Since 1940: From Blitz to Brexit
- Arguing About Politics: Political Theory in the World
- The Politics of Globalisation
- The Politics of Development
- Gender and Politics in Comparative Perspective
- The Politics of Policy Making
- Ideals of Social Justice
- Injustice and Resistance
- Environmental Politics
- Comparative West European Politics
- Asia-Pacific Security
- Anthropology of Kinship, Gender and Sex
- Anthropology of Religion
- Political and Economic Anthropology
- Materiality and Representation
- The Human and the Digital
- Social Network Analysis
- Qualitative Research Design & Methods
- Sustainability, Consumption & Global Responsibilities
- Global Migration
- Social Change in China
- Decolonising Sociology
- Social Class and Inequality in Britain
- Families, Relationships and Everyday Life
- Gender, Sexuality and Culture
- Racism and Ethnicity in the UK
- Essentials of survey design and analysis
- Answering Social Research Questions with Statistical Models
- Applied Statistics for Social Scientists
- Introduction to Population Development & Social Change
- Empirical Finance
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Business Law 1: Common Law and Common Business Liabilities
- Business Law 2: Control, Compliance & the Corporate Conscience
- Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting and Regulation
- International Finance
- Share Prices and Accounting Information
- Financial Derivatives
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- Accountability and Auditing
- Corporate Governance in Context
- Financial Engineering
- Corporate Contracting and Managerial Behaviour
- Advanced Management Accounting
- Financial Trading and Market Microstructure
- Applied Practical Investing
- Econometrics
- Mathematical Economics I
- Quantitative Methods
- Advanced Microeconomics
- Advanced Macroeconomics
- Topics in Inequality & Poverty
- Lessons from Behavioural Science
- Economics for Professional Economists
- The Chinese Economy
- Micro Econometrics
- Mathematical Finance
- Financial Economics
- Topics in Development Economics
- Topics in Economic History
- Money, Banking & Financial Markets
- Managerial Economics II
- Advanced Econometrics
- Topics in Health Financing
- Climate Change Economics and Policy
- Public Economics
- Behavioural Economics
- International Trade and Policy
- Health Economics
- Topics in Labour Economics
- Econometrics and Data Science
- Macroeconomics of Development
- Topics in Applied Macroeconometrics
- Topics in Education Economics
- Matching Markets
- Topics in Advanced Economic Theory and Mathematical Economics
- Philosophy of Language
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Psychology
- Environmental Philosophy
- Philosophy of Action
- Advanced Topics in Aesthetics
- Language & Oppression
- The Politics of the European Union
- Russian Politics
- Morality and Markets
- The Politics and Philosophy of Nationalism
- Elections and Voters in Britain
- Liberalism and Empire
- Dimensions of Peace and Conflict: Disciplinary and Regional Approaches
- Political Morality and Dirty Hands
- Chinese Politics
- Public Policy Problems
- Gender, War & Militarism
- Africa & Global Politics
- War Memories and Reconciliation in East Asia
- Intimate Geopolitics of Global China
- Understanding Political Choice in Britain
- The Politics of Climate Change
- Knowledge Production in Peace-building: Practices and Processes
- Global Capitalism, Crisis and Revolt
- Contemporary Parliamentary Studies and the British Political Tradition
- Postcolonial Politics
- The International Political Economy of Trade
- Sex, Bodies and Money: Feminist, Queer and Intersectional Political Economy
- United States Foreign Policy: Dominance and Decline in a Complex World
- Race, Ethnicity, Migration
- Ukraine Rises: Democracy, Protest, Identity and War in Comparative Perspective
- Capitalism and Sexuality
- Decolonising Human Rights
- Global Politics of LGBTQ+ Rights
- Development, Conflict, and Democracy in Latin America
- Can Democracy Work?
- Chinese Political Economy in the Reform Era
- The Anthropology of Health and Wellbeing
- The Good Life: An Anthropology of Ethics
- Migrants, Borders and Im/mobilities
- Screening Culture
- Anthropology of Vision, Senses and Memory
- Food and Eating: The Cultural Body
- Extra-Terrestrial Anthropology
- Climate Anthropology
- Sociology of Life and Death
- Sociology of Human Animal Relations
- Cities and Urban Life
- Forced Migration
- Racism and Resistance in Education
- A Sense of Inequality
- Connections matter: Sociological Applications of Social Networks
- Power and Protest
- Social Thought from the Global South
- Art and Society
- Theory & Method in Demography
- Network Analysis
- Data Science Modelling
- Quantitative Text Analysis in the Social Sciences
- Causal Inference for Policies, Interventions and Experiments
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BAEcon Economics and Finance at University of Manchester earn?
The median salary is £33,000 after 15 months, £30,500 after 3 years, £41,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £29,000 and £56,000. The £41,500 median after five years is £7,000 less than the UK median for Economics.
What do graduates of BAEcon Economics and Finance at University of Manchester do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BAEcon Economics and Finance at University of Manchester?
92% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BAEcon Economics and Finance at University of Manchester?
The typical offer is AAA at A level. The average entrant had 149 UCAS points.
Is BAEcon Economics and Finance at University of Manchester accredited?
Yes. Accredited by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations. Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) for the purpose of exemption from all professional examinations through the Accredited degree accelerated route. Accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for the purpose of exemptions from some professional examinations.
How many students continue on BAEcon Economics and Finance at University of Manchester?
97% of students continued into their second year, and 3% left higher education.