BA (Hons) Accounting & Economics at Cardiff Metropolitan University

Programme overview

Professionally accredited undergraduate degree combining accounting and economics, accredited by ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA and ICAEW with substantial exemptions from their examinations. Taught at the Llandaff Campus by lecturers who combine research with professional experience, with an optional year in industry.

Faculty: Cardiff School of Management | Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years with a foundation year or a year-long industry placement; 5 years with both. | Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 covers financial and digital accounting, management accounting, micro- and macroeconomics, quantitative methods and global financial services. Years 2 and 3 add performance and financial management, intermediate micro- and macroeconomic theory, behavioural, labour and health economics, with options such as taxation, econometrics, games and information theory and forensic accounting.

Career pathways

Graduates pursue careers at the big four firms (Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PwC), as accountants, economists or finance professionals in public, not-for-profit and private organisations, with progression to postgraduate study in the Cardiff School of Management.

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Entry requirements

Typical offer for Year 1 entry: 112 tariff points. GCSE: five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including English Language (or Welsh First Language) and Mathematics (or Mathematics - Numeracy). A levels: minimum three A levels including grades CCC, no specific subjects required (Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate considered as a third subject). BTEC National/Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM. T Level: Merit. Access to Higher Education Diploma: no specific subjects required. IB Diploma: 2 x H5, no specific subjects required. Irish Leaving Certificate: 2 x H2 grades, no specific subjects required (Higher level subjects only considered at minimum grade H4). Scottish Advanced Highers: grades DD, no specific subjects required (Scottish Highers also considered, alone or combined with Advanced Highers). Combinations of qualifications are accepted if they meet the minimum requirements; contextual offers apply; mature applicants and applicants with relevant experience or RPL are considered individually. International applicants: Academic IELTS 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in all elements, or equivalent. A Foundation Year (separate UCAS code) is available for applicants who do not meet the entry requirements.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Full-time home undergraduate tuition fee; may increase by any level permitted by the Welsh Government. Source

International applicants: GBP 16,000 a year (2026/27). Full-time international undergraduate tuition fee. Source

Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years with a foundation year or a year-long industry placement; 5 years with bo

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