World-renowned
Congratulations on becoming an offer-holder in BA Economic and Social Studies (BAEcon) at The University of Manchester.
Develop your knowledge and transferable skills in our world-renowned department.
Combine your chosen pathway specialism with complementary social science units.
Strong links
We have strong links with the three main accounting bodies ICAEW, CIMA and ACCA.
Leading university
Study at a top 10 UK university for economics and econometrics (QS World University Rankings 2021).
Your next steps
Accept your offer
Received all of your offers? You can accept your place at university now via UCAS Hub.
Your questions answered
We're supporting you through the application process by answering your frequently asked questions.
Chat to a student
Discover what it's like to study at Manchester by talking to a current student online.
Explore Manchester
A brilliant campus, at the heart of the UK's most liveable city.
Careers and employability
Make your mark at Manchester
Our flexible courses enable you to build a specialised degree to invest in a career that suits your interests.
Our graduates earn an average salary of £40,000 after five years, and 90% of our graduates are in work or further study after 15 months (Discover Uni).
Discover more : about our flexible courses and employability information
Our graduates
Learn from students who've completed internships.
Sabine has been offered a graduate job after completing her placement in audit at BDO.
Careers in Economics
Make the most of Manchester.
Careers Consultant Natalie Walsh talks about career options and employability for BA Economic and Social Studies students.
Your future
Graduate Danniella talks about her role in the banking sector.
Danniella says she did not move into programming straight away - she decided to pursue it as an interest before her career in technology developed.
Read Danniella's story : about her role in the banking sector
Learning and support
Your learning experience
Your course units and a week in the life
Learn more about your course units and view an example course timetable.
Course units PDF download (1926kb)
A week in the life of a BAEcon student PDF download (333kb)
Student support
Support on your course
We foster a vibrant learning community among our staff and students in the School of Social Sciences.
You’ll make friends through our many student societies, activities, and receive support from students through our peer-assisted support scheme.
Providing high-quality education
BAEcon in 60 Seconds
Hear more about the BAEcon course.
Srijan Vasireddy, a second-year student, talks about his experiences on the BAEcon course.
BAEcon Accounting and Finance
Learn more about the international student experience.
Yining talks about his route to becoming a Chartered Accountant and his tips for future students.
BA Economics and Finance
Learn first-hand from our students.
Kaiwen Shen says his University experience was everything he ever wanted. Both challenging and fulfilling.
BAEcon Finance
Student Faris says even though this next step 'can be terrifying, it is also very exciting and interesting'.
Read Faris's story : about Faris's experience of studying at Manchester.
Student blogs
Our students and staff from across the Faculty of Humanities have been sharing their thoughts about studying here in Manchester.
Events for offer-holders
Lockdown Lectures
Hear what inspires our lecturers to change the world.
Filmed during the first lockdown in 2020, watch Megan Ritchie, Politics and International Relations student, interview sociologists Gary Younge and Claire Alexander on lockdown, ethnicity, race and inequality.
Find out more : about what inspires our lecturers to change the world
Contact us
Get in touch
Our admissions staff are here to answer any questions you have.
Email: socialsciences@manchester.ac.uk
Website: www.manchester.ac.uk/economics
Social media
Twitter: @uomsoss
YouTube: Social Sciences on YouTube
Instagram: @uomsocialsciences
Coronavirus
You probably have concerns about the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on your application and what the next academic year will look like.
The University aims to answer your questions as best we can at this time. We have compiled a set of Frequently Asked Questions to help.
If you have any further questions, you can contact our admissions team at socialsciences@manchester.ac.uk.
Your course
Courses within this subject area
Remind yourself how much your course at Manchester has to offer you.
Courses
Follow the relevant link for details about the course you have an offer for:
- Accounting and Finance BAEcon
- Development Studies BAEcon
- Development Studies and Data Analytics BAEcon
- Economics BAEcon
- Economics BSc
- Economics and Finance BAEcon
- Economics and Philosophy BAEcon
- Economics and Politics BAEcon
- Economics and Data Analytics BAEcon
- Economics and Sociology BAEcon
- Finance BAEcon
Joint courses
If your joint course crosses into another subject area, find out more about what it offers: