Economics and Finance

Economics and finance sit at the heart of how modern societies allocate resources, manage risk, and generate prosperity. Studying them together gives you a dual lens: economic theory helps you understand why markets and governments behave as they do, while finance explores how money flows through institutions, how assets are priced, and how organisations make investment decisions under uncertainty. The combination is particularly powerful because the two disciplines constantly inform each other, and graduates who can move fluently between them are well placed in a world where policy and markets are deeply intertwined.

You will study the core frameworks of microeconomics and macroeconomics alongside financial mathematics, corporate finance, and the behaviour of capital markets. You will learn to build and interrogate quantitative models, work with financial data, and develop the critical reasoning that lets you evaluate competing arguments rather than simply apply formulae. The programme at Newcastle is shaped by its research community, so you will encounter contemporary debates alongside established theory.

The course includes the option of a sandwich placement year and a year abroad, both of which substantially deepen your commercial and cultural understanding, as well as access to work placement opportunities throughout your studies. All of this runs across three years of full-time study, with the typical entry tariff at 152 points.

Graduates from economics and finance programmes move into a wide range of roles: investment banking and asset management, financial analysis and risk, economic consultancy, policy work in government departments and central banks, and corporate treasury functions. The analytical and quantitative skills the degree develops also translate well into data-intensive roles in technology and professional services. Further study, including postgraduate work in economics, finance, or the MBA route, is a natural progression for those who want to specialise further or move into research and academia.