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Economics and Finance

  • BSc (Hons)
  • 3 to 4 years
  • Full-time
  • 21 September 2026
  • Undergraduate
Main Site (Newcastle)
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Course summary

This Economics and Finance BSc Honours degree develops your understanding of modern economics and key finance topics. You'll gain the skills that are critical to succeed in the finance and economics sectors.

You'll study a combination of topics across economics and finance. You'll gain in-depth knowledge in areas such as:

corporate finance
international financial management
financial economics
economic modelling
micro and macroeconomic theory

You'll graduate from Newcastle University as a confident economics and finance expert. You'll have an appreciation of how the finance sector and the economy interact, and will be ready to take on challenging roles in these sectors.

This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site (Newcastle)

Study options

  • BSc (Hons) • Full-time • 3 to 4 years

Start dates

  • 21 September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
L161
Institution code:
N21
Campus name:
Main Site (Newcastle)
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
L161
Institution code:
N21
Campus name:
Main Site (Newcastle)
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
Not accepted

A level
AAB

Excluding General Studies.
While we are willing to consider any combination of A Level subjects (excluding General Studies), we prefer students to be studying two of the following:
Mathematics
Further Mathematics
English Literature
Physics
Biology
Chemistry
Geography
History
Languages
Economics
Business Studies
Government and Politics
Statistics

Achievement of a minimum of five GCSE grades A*-C or 8-4, or equivalent, is normally required.
GCSE Mathematics grade A or 7 and English Language or Literature grade B or 6 required if not taken at A or AS level.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DDD

Business-related subjects preferred.

Achievement of a minimum of five GCSE grades A*-C or 8-4, or equivalent, is normally required.
This must include GCSE Mathematics grade A or 7 and English Language or Literature grade B or 6.

Access to HE Diploma
D: 45 credits M: 0 credits P: 0 credits

To include at least 6 credits in maths or quantitative methods.

Achievement of a minimum of five GCSE grades A*-C or 8-4, or equivalent, is normally required.
This must include GCSE Mathematics grade A or 7 and English Language or Literature grade B or 6.

Scottish Higher
AAABB

Mathematics required at National 5, minimum grade A (or grade 1 Standard Grade or Intermediate 2 equivalent) and English required at National 5, minimum grade B (or grade 2 Standard Grade or Intermediate 2 equivalent) if not offered at Higher Grade. Where a candidate bypasses the assessment for National 5 qualifications, a minimum of grade B in the Higher in Maths and grade C in the Higher English is required. Combinations of Highers and Advanced Highers accepted.

Please see the Additional Information section about further GCSE (or equivalent) requirements.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
34 points

Standard Level Mathematics or Mathematical Studies and English (Language and/or Literature) required at grade 5 if not offered at Higher Level.

Please see the Additional Information section about further GCSE (or equivalent) requirements.

Extended Project

We welcome applications from students offering an Extended Project and value the skills of research and independent learning that it is designed to develop. If you offer an Extended Project, it will be taken into account as part of your application profile, but we will not usually include it in offer conditions for this degree programme.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H1, H1, H2, H2, H3

Normally to include Mathematics.

Please see the Additional Information section about further GCSE (or equivalent) requirements.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
D3, D3, M2

Achievement of a minimum of five GCSE grades A*-C or 8-4, or equivalent, is normally required.
This must include GCSE Mathematics grade A or 7 and English Language or Literature grade B or 6.

Achievement of a minimum of five GCSE grades A*-C or 8-4, or equivalent, is normally required.
This must include GCSE Mathematics grade A or 7 and English Language or Literature grade B or 6.

English language requirements

English Language Requirementshttps://www.ncl.ac.uk/international/language/#overview

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

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