Accounting and Finance BSc
AAB at A level; graduates earn a median £38,000 three years on.
86% of entrants came with A levels · 82% stay on after year 1 · Newcastle course page, Discover Uni
What do you need to get in?
Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. A contextual offer can be lower for applicants from under-represented backgrounds; none is published for this course.
Newcastle course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile
UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.
Other qualifications1
| Qualification | Typical offer | Required subjects |
|---|---|---|
| IB | 34 points2027 entry, from meta tags; required subjects not in HTML (widget filled by bundle.course-ug-min.js) | — |
What do you study?
Module — one course unit, usually a term or a year long; “core” means everyone takes it. One UK credit is about ten hours of study; a full year is 120 credits.
Newcastle course page · optional modules vary by year
Year 2 · 7 core, 2 optional · 100 credits ≈ 1,000 hours
Year 3 · 4 core, 9 optional · 60 credits ≈ 600 hours
Where does it lead?
Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 150 graduates.
Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 14, 23
Half of graduates earned between £27,500 and £46,000. Five years on, the median is £50,000.
All outcome figures4
| Measure | Value | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Continue after year 117% left | 82% | 90 |
| Pay 3 years on, median | £38,000 | 150 |
| Pay 5 years on, median | £50,000 | 165 |
What does it cost?
Tuition fee loan — paid straight to the university; repayments start the April after you leave, at 9% of income above the threshold. UK fees are capped by government and rise with inflation; placement and study-abroad years are usually charged at a lower rate.
Newcastle fees page · source
About £30,150 in fees over 3 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £25,750 a year (2027/28).
What do students say?
NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 71% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.
National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 75 students answered
Highest: 99% agreed on question 1; lowest: 63% on question 24.
All questions26
| Question | Agree |
|---|---|
| Question 1 | 99% |
| Question 2 | 67% |
| Question 3 | 84% |
| Question 4 | 81% |
| Question 5 | 81% |
| Question 6 | 92% |
| Question 7 | 89% |
| Question 8 | 70% |
| Question 9 | 89% |
| Question 10 | 66% |
| Question 11 | 77% |
| Question 12 | 89% |
| Question 13 | 90% |
| Question 14 | 63% |
| Question 15 | 90% |
| Question 16 | 90% |
| Question 17 | 99% |
| Question 18 | 93% |
| Question 19 | 96% |
| Question 20 | 81% |
| Question 21 | 96% |
| Question 22 | 78% |
| Question 23 | 75% |
| Question 24 | 63% |
| Question 25 | 72% |
| Question 26 | 96% |
Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.
Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from Newcastle University’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. Newcastle University is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.