Economics and Accounting - MA (Hons)

The University of Edinburgh

Economics and Accounting are complementary, both in terms of knowledge and the wider-ranging skills they help develop, such as IT and data interpretation (for example, corporate and public sector accounts).Studying this combined programme will help you understand the economic incentives that shape the important decisions made by individuals, businesses, governments and societies.This combined programme is suitable if you are planning to take accountancy qualifications after graduation.**Programme benefits*** Our staff make up one of the leading groups of economic theorists in Europe. We are the base for the Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics.* You can participate in a large number of business societies, business events and peer-support schemes.* This degree offers the opportunity to study abroad in Year 3.* The proposed structure of the degree will allow you to be exempt from a number of subjects should you choose to take a professional accounting examination after graduating.

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