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Business Economics including Foundation Year at Kingston University - UCAS

Kingston University

Degree level: Undergraduate

Business Economics including Foundation Year

Course options

2025 - 2026
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Kingston University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Course summary

Reasons to choose Kingston

  • We're a diverse, inclusive, and friendly department that introduces you to a variety of ways to study Economics.
  • Our flexible structure means you can transfer between our three Economics courses at the end of your first year.
  • You will have free access to the Financial Times, Economist, and our state-of-the-art Bloomberg Trading Room.
  • We will teach you a wide range of skills, theories and methods to prepare you for employment and empower you to shape the economies of tomorrow, no matter your background.
  • Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.
About this course This course has a unique pluralistic approach. You’ll discover a wide variety of economic theories and schools of thought, learning to understand and address problems from a range of perspectives. You’ll study why businesses, people, and governments make decisions and the consequences of these decisions. The course focuses on real-life applications of economics. You’ll explore how businesses operate in the economy and can choose to study the financial aspects of business and specialist aspects of economics. You’ll also use industry-standard IT facilities and develop many further skills that are highly valued by employers, including analytical, numerical, data analysis, and problem-solving skills, and the use of specialist statistical software. This course is offered with a Foundation Year in Social Sciences This foundation year is taught at the University giving you a taste of academic life in a supportive environment. The year gives you the academic and technical preparation for undergraduate study in a wide range of social sciences subjects. Lectures, labs and tutorials will give you a broad understanding across subjects including economics, criminology, politics, sociology and psychology. Future Skills Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it. Career opportunities Our graduates work in a range of occupations, including as economists in regulatory bodies, in the civil service, in the Bank of England, in the City of London, and as managers and consultants at multinational companies. Many also progress to postgraduate study.

Modules

Example modules

  • Competition and the Firm
  • Economics of Organisations and Strategy
  • International Trade and Finance
  • Working as an Economist
To view the full list of modules, please visit the University course webpage.

Assessment method

Assessment typically comprises exams (e.g. tests or exams), practical (e.g. presentations, performance), and coursework (e.g. essays, reports, self-assessments, portfolios, dissertation).

How to apply

29Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
L101
Institution code:
K84
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Foundation
  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/foundation-year-social-sciences/

Student Outcomes

Operated by the Office for Students
65%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
85%
Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

For international fees, please visit: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/fees/ Please visit the provider course webpage for further information regarding additional course costs
Business Economics including Foundation Year at Kingston University - UCAS