Accounting and Economics BA (Hons)

A degree in Accounting and Economics develops skills that are in high demand in areas such as business, finance and the civil service.

This programme allows students to tailor their modules to areas of interest and career ambition,allowing you to specialise in a discipline that you enjoyed studying on the programme.

Recent graduates have progressed to careers in positions including commercial finance analyst at Red Bull, auditor at KPMG, cost technician at PepsiCo, tax processor at Grant Thornton and financial criminal analyst at Barclays.

A typical offer is 112 UCAS points. You need to study at least two subjects at A Level or equivalent (eg BTEC)
Five GCSEs at grades A–C including English Language and Maths
Pass Access with 30 Level 3 credits at Merit (or equivalent)

English (Language or Literature) and Maths GCSE required as separate qualifications at grade C

We will normally require students to have had a break from full time education before undertaking the Access course

International Baccalaureate: 26+ Points

Leicester Castle Business School is accredited by the professional accountancy bodies Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

This Joint Honours option allows graduates to gain certain exemptions from professional accounting body exams (ACCA/CIMA/ICAEW/CIPFA). However, if you wish to maximize your entitlement to professional body exemptions, you should consider studying our Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) course.

The number of exemptions awarded will be dependent on the programme and modules selected.

You will have the opportunity to gain exemptions from the professional accounting body exams with the ICAEW, subject to optional module choices and any module specific criteria.
Benefit from The Trading Room, where you can gain experience of a real-life trading floor environment on campus and online, with access to financial, company and economic data widely used in industry. Students have access to both Bloomberg and Refinitiv/Eikon self-study certifications and their online training materials. These are available to students via campus and online.
Placements opportunities with local, national and global companies. Previous students have landed roles with the Government Economic Service, the Department for International Trade and the NHS.
Our graduates are employed by leading brands, with recent successes including PwC, Lloyds Banking Group, IBM, KPMG and Barclays.
Enjoy an international experience through our DMU Global scheme. Previous study-enhancing trips have included New York, where students visited Wall Street and the Bloomberg headquarters, Copenhagen, Berlin, San Diego and Toronto.