Accounting & Finance and Economics

Accounting, finance, and economics together form the intellectual foundation of how modern economies and organisations function. Accounting provides the tools to record, report, and analyse the financial position and performance of organisations; finance examines how capital is allocated, how risk is managed, and how investment decisions are made; and economics supplies the theoretical frameworks for understanding how markets work, how incentives shape behaviour, and how national and global economies evolve. Bringing all three together on a four-year full-time degree at Liverpool Hope University, with a sandwich placement year, a year abroad, and embedded work placement experience, produces graduates with both breadth and practical depth.

You will build a solid grounding in accounting principles and financial reporting, develop quantitative skills in financial analysis and modelling, and engage with economic theory at both microeconomic and macroeconomic levels. The combination gives you a strategic outlook, understanding the financial dimensions of business decisions within the broader economic context in which organisations operate. The sandwich placement year and work placement experience ground your learning in professional practice, allowing you to apply theory to real financial and business challenges and to build industry knowledge and contacts before you graduate.

A typical entry tariff of 104 UCAS points reflects an accessible but analytically demanding admissions standard. The degree is designed to prepare you for senior financial roles, and many graduates pursue further professional qualifications with bodies such as the ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, or CFA Institute, using the degree as a foundation for chartered accountancy or professional financial analysis. Others move directly into roles in financial services, banking, investment management, corporate finance, economic analysis, taxation, and business consultancy.