BAEcon Economics and Data Analytics / Overview

Year of entry: 2025

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Degree awarded: BAEcon
Duration: 3 or 4 years
Typical A-level offer: AAA
Typical contextual A-level offer: ABB

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Refugee/care-experienced offer: Applicants who have been in local authority care for more than three months or have refugee status may be eligible for an offer three grades below the standard requirements.

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Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 6,6,6 at Higher level, 36 points overall.; Full entry requirements
How to apply: Apply through UCAS

Course overview

Learn economics theories and how to contrast these theories in real life, using data analytic and data science techniques.
Use data and data analytic methods to evaluate policies, understand trends of macroeconomic aggregates, predict and classify economic phenomena, and map and analyse complex network relationships between firms, institutions, policy makers and other agents in society.
Enjoy using a variety of statistical software used in government, industry, and academia, including R, SPSS and other popular packages.
Apply to study abroad or complete a professional placement on a four-year optional course.

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Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,250 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £29,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Scholarships/sponsorships

Scholarships and bursaries, including the Manchester Bursary , are available to eligible home/EU students.

Some undergraduate UK students will receive bursaries of up to £2,000 per year, in addition to the government package of maintenance grants.

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Contact details

School/Faculty: School of Social Sciences
Contact name: School of Social Sciences Admissions Office
Telephone: +44 (0) 161 543 4029
Email: ug.baecon@manchester.ac.uk
Website: https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/economics/
School/Faculty overview: See: School Subjects

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