Learn how economies, markets and institutions work. Shape your degree through our pathways: Economics, Finance or Data and Econometrics. Develop strong analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills and learn how to apply them to real world issues, like inflation, inequality, global markets, sustainability and financial decision making. Our graduates can understand and respond to the major economic and financial issues shaping the world today. They are suited to a range of professional roles including policy, finance, consultancy, business analysis, data or postgraduate study. In first year, build foundations in economics and develop quantitative and employability skills. Optional modules give an understanding of markets, financial decision making and the wider economics environment that firms and governments operate in. As you progress to second year, continue to follow a pathway through more optional modules. Pathways will begin to move you further towards applied, finance or technical and data focused study. In final year, study advanced economics and learn how to apply what you have studied to contemporary issues and specialist areas of interest. Optional modules are supported by in-house academic research, allowing you to engage with ideas shaping modern economics and policy. During your time with us, you can apply to spend a Year in Industry. Placements are taken in third year, returning to campus after placement to complete final year. Students who apply for the standard three-year programme can swap to the Year in Industry programme once they arrive on campus in September. This programme is available with either a Year in China or a Year Abroad. The Year in China offers undergraduate students the opportunity to spend one year at our joint venture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). You can choose either the China Studies Track, where you will take courses from the China Studies Degree, the Creative Track, or the Entrepreneurship Track . XJTLU is a fully English-speaking university, located in Suzhou. The Year Abroad offers students the opportunity to spend a full academic year studying at one of our partner universities around the world, following a mixture of culture and/or discipline-related modules. If you wish to study this programme with a Year in China or a Year Abroad you will have the opportunity to apply after you arrive at Liverpool. The University of Liverpool also offer a BA (Hons) in Economics. Please see details of this programme at: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/economics-ba
A Level: AAB | A level Mathematics minimum grade A required. Some Level 3 qualifications are only acceptable alongside 2 or 3 A levels, please contact us for details. | Scottish Higher: AAAAB | AAAAB and Mathematics at Grade A in Advanced Higher | Access to HE Diploma: 36 UCAS points | Access to HE Diploma: 9 UCAS points | Access to HE Diploma | Pass relevant Access to HE Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits with 36 at Distinction (including a minimum of 15 Maths credits) and 9 at Merit. | GCSE/National 4/National 5 GCSE Mathematics at grade 5/C and GCSE English at grade 4/C required. Applicants with equivalent qualifications and applicants who do not meet the GCSE English requirements will be considered on an individual basis according to their circumstances. | Scottish Advanced Higher: AAB | Including Mathematics grade A | Extended Project: A | :Applicants who offer the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and 3 A levels and meet our offer criteria will be made the standard offer, plus an alternative offer. This will be at one A Level grade lower plus a grade A in the EPQ, for example the offer would be AAB including A in Mathematics or ABB including A in Mathematics plus A in the EPQ. | International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: 34 UCAS points | 34 points overall with no score less than 4 and including 6 in HL Mathematics or pass the IB Diploma plus 6,6,5 in 3 HL subjects including 6 in HL Mathematics. | WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales: B | B in the Welsh Baccalaureate, plus grades AA at A level to include Mathematics. Some Level 3 qualifications are only acceptable alongside 2 or 3 A levels, please contact us for details. | Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016): D*D*D | BTEC National Extended Diploma at D*D*D plus A level Mathematics grade A. BTEC qualifications must be in a Business related subject: Applied Law Applied Psychology Business Business, Accounting and Finance Computing Creative Digital Media Production Engineering Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Health and Social Care Hospitality Information Communications Technology Information Technology Media Public Services Strategic Management and Leadership Travel and Tourism BTEC applicants without an A level should apply to N100, N120 or N500. Some Level 3 qualifications are only acceptable alongside 2 or 3 A levels, please contact us for details. | Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017): H1H1H2H2H2H3 | including Mathematics at H1
Students on both pathways are given rigorous grounding in both microeconomic and macroeconomic theory and econometric theory during the first two years of study. Students following the generalist pathway have an opportunity in the first year to take business-related modules offered by the School, whilst those on the finance pathway take introductory modules in accounting and finance. In the second year, finance students continue their specialist studies with modules in financial management and securities markets, whilst students on the generalist pathway can select modules from a range of economics areas. In the final year, students are able to select from a greater range of optional modules so that they can specialise in the areas of economics and finance that are of the greatest interest to them and their future aspirations.
If this is your first degree and you are a Home student applying for entry in 2026, you do not have to pay your fees upfront. Instead, you can take out a tuition fee loan which is paid straight to the University. This is available to most students, no matter what their household income. Please note, for Home undergraduate students, 2026/27 fees have yet to be confirmed. Tuition fees are subject to increase each year, subject to the government’s regulated fee limits. For information, for UK students applying for 2025 entry the Tuition Fee was £9,535. You will find full information about tuition fees in the “Fees and funding” section of all course pages on our website. Or see the “Paying for your studies” section of our website for more information. Some of our programmes charge less than the full £9,535 fee: • Psychology BSc (Hons) (2+2 programme with Foundation element), run in collaboration with Wirral Metropolitan College. • Programmes with a year in industry or a year abroad Some programmes which include compulsory fieldwork or additional elements such as the Pilots Licence in Aerospace Engineering may incur additional costs. Where this is the case, those costs will be outlined at on-campus events such as the University Open Days or Applicant Discovery Days. For further information please see: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/ — Tuition fees for Home undergraduates 2026/27
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