Economics is concerned with how people make choices in conditions of resource scarcity and the results of these choices for society. Many of the world's most pressing issues such as global warming/climate change, underdevelopment, rising inequality, inflation and financial instability are economic in nature. In understanding these problems, economists make use of a wide variety of analytical techniques borrowed from numerous other fields including history, philosophy, mathematics and statistics.
A Level: ABB | GCSE Mathematics minimum grade A. A-level General Studies and Critical Thinking are normally excluded from offers. However, the grade achieved may be taken into account when results are published in August and may be used in a tie-break situation. | Scottish Higher: ABBBB | Scottish National 5 Mathematics minimum grade A. Separate targets are shown for Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers but offers are normally made on the basis of a combination of the two. | Access to HE Diploma: 24 UCAS points | Access to HE Diploma: 21 UCAS points | Access to HE Diploma | A-level General Studies and Critical Thinking are normally excluded from offers. However, the grade achieved may be taken into account when results are published in August and may be used in a tie-break situation. GCSE Mathematics minimum grade A. | Scottish Advanced Higher: ABB | Scottish National 5 Mathematics minimum grade A. Separate targets are shown for Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers but offers are normally made on the basis of a combination of the two. | Pearson BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF) | Successful completion of BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (180 credits) with overall grades D*DD. GCSE Mathematics minimum grade A. | International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: 33 UCAS points | Successful completion of IB with a total of 33 points including 6, 5, 5 in Higher Level subjects. | Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) | Successful completion of BTEC National Extended Diploma (1080 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) at Level 3) with overall grades D*DD. GCSE Mathematics minimum grade A. | Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017): H3H3H3H3H3H3 | If Mathematics not taken at the Higher Level - Ordinary Level Mathematics grade O2.
The tuition fees quoted above are the 2026/27 fees and will be updated when the new fees are known. In addition, all tuition fees will be subject to an annual inflationary increase in each year of the course. Fees quoted relate to a single year of study unless explicitly stated otherwise. Further information on Fees and Funding can be found at: https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/Feesandfinance/. — QUB Fees for 2027/28 Entry (Classroom based)
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