Economics and Accounting

The University of Leicester

Qualification

Degree

Length

4 yrs

UK fees / yr

£9,535

Study

Full-time

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About this course

If you would love to study economics and accounting here at Leicester, but don’t quite have the entry requirements, this Foundation Year degree is your path to making it happen. The browser you are using is no longer supported and for that reason you will not get the best experience when using our website. If you would love to study economics and accounting here at Leicester, but don’t quite have the entry requirements, this Foundation Year degree is your path to making it happen.

Our degree will give you the opportunity to study two interrelated subjects, providing you with a comprehensive knowledge of the key areas of economics and accounting. You will be introduced to techniques of accounting, such as financial reporting, management accounting, auditing and taxation. If you choose to take our Economics and Accounting with Foundation Year BSc, you will have the opportunity to gain exemptions from certain professional exams through CIMA , ACCA , ACA (offered by the ICAEW ) and ICAS giving you a head-start in a career in accountancy.

These exemptions are dependent upon the satisfactory completion of certain modules.

Could you get in?

The grades students arrived with

96-111 pts30%

112-127 pts40%

128-143 pts20%

144-159 pts5%

160-175 pts5%

How they qualified

95% got in with alevel. The rest came in a mix of ways:

alevel95%

otherHE5%