Economics and Accounting

Economics and accounting together form a powerful lens for understanding how financial systems work and how economic forces shape the decisions of organisations and governments. Economics provides the theoretical frameworks and analytical tools for interpreting market behaviour, growth, inequality, and policy, while accounting supplies the practical discipline of measuring, reporting, and interrogating financial information. The combination equips graduates to think rigorously about both the big picture and the specific numbers that translate economic reality into organisational action.

At Queen's University Belfast, this three-year full-time degree integrates economic theory with accounting practice, ensuring that neither discipline is studied in isolation from the other. You will engage with questions of corporate strategy and financial management through an accounting lens, while also developing the capacity for macroeconomic analysis and the evaluation of policy outcomes that economics provides. The programme builds the quantitative skills that both disciplines demand, alongside the ability to communicate complex financial and economic analysis clearly.

With a typical entry tariff of 152 UCAS points, this is a programme that expects strong academic preparation and rewards sustained intellectual effort.

Graduates from combined economics and accounting degrees have career options that span both the accountancy profession and the broader world of economic and financial analysis. Professional accountancy training routes are a natural step, and the academic preparation this degree provides supports progress through chartered and management accountancy qualifications. Beyond accountancy, graduates move into financial analysis, investment and banking, economic consultancy, government economic service roles, corporate finance, and data-driven business roles where the combination of quantitative rigour and financial literacy is valued.

Postgraduate study in economics, finance, accounting, or business provides a further route for those who wish to deepen their expertise.