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Economics and Accounting - MA (Hons)

The University of Edinburgh

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UCAS CODE: LN14

Course options

  • Qualification

    Master of Arts (with Honours) - MA (Hons)

  • Location

    Main Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    14-SEP-26

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

Economics and Accounting are complementary, both in terms of knowledge and the wider-ranging skills they help develop, such as IT and data interpretation (for example, corporate and public sector accounts).Studying this combined programme will help you understand the economic incentives that shape the important decisions made by individuals, businesses, governments and societies.This combined programme is suitable if you are planning to take accountancy qualifications after graduation.


Programme benefits

Our staff make up one of the leading groups of economic theorists in Europe. We are the base for the Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics. You can participate in a large number of business societies, business events and peer-support schemes. This degree offers the opportunity to study abroad in Year 3. The proposed structure of the degree will allow you to be exempt from a number of subjects should you choose to take a professional accounting examination after graduating.

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£ 28,000per year

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University information

The University of Edinburgh

  • University League Table

    19th

  • Campus address

    Main Campus, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL, United Kingdom

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    18th out of 104 1

    14th out of 76

  • Entry standards

    / Max 209
    187 90%

    3rd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    81.0 81%

    15th

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.09 77%

    83rd

    11
  • Entry standards

    / Max 223
    188 84%

    8th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    88.0 88%

    10th

    1
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.96 74%

    72nd

    3

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