Economics with Accountancy with a Placement Year

Economics with accountancy is a combination that gives you two of the most analytically rigorous and professionally relevant disciplines available at undergraduate level. Economics provides the theoretical frameworks for understanding how markets work, how governments should intervene, and how resources are allocated in societies. Accountancy provides the practical and conceptual tools for recording, interpreting, and acting on the financial information that organisations produce.

Together they develop a powerful combination of macro and micro economic reasoning with a grounded understanding of financial reporting, management accounting, and the professional context of the accountancy world.

The University of East Anglia offers this four-year full-time programme with a placement year built in, giving you the opportunity to spend a substantial period working in a professional environment before your final year. This placement is central to the programme's design: it allows you to test your economic and financial understanding against real workplace problems and to develop the professional capabilities and network that employers in finance, consulting, and business value. You will study core areas of both economics and accountancy throughout the degree, with the placement year typically taken in year three before a final year that draws on your professional experience.

Graduates of economics with accountancy programmes are strongly placed across finance, professional services, and business. Many pursue professional accountancy qualifications with bodies such as ICAEW, ACCA, or CIMA, where an accountancy degree gives exemptions from some examinations. Others move into economic analysis, financial management, investment banking, management consulting, or commercial roles in industry.

The placement year experience frequently leads to a graduate job offer from the placement employer. Postgraduate study in accounting, finance, economics, or business is also available for those who want to specialise or pursue an academic career.