Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre

Bachelor of Economics
714001
Business and Tourism
This course covers macroeconomics, microeconomics, and statistical tools for decision-making. It provides flexibility to explore sub-fields within majors and opportunities to tailor learning to specific interests and career goals […]
Full time Part time
Course Fee
CSP/$15030 (1st year contribution)
The University of Queensland - St Lucia
Start Date
Feb 2026
Jul 2026
Duration

3 years Full time or 6 years Part time

Offer Rounds
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Course outline

Economics explores how people, businesses, and governments make choices. In this course students study microeconomics, macroeconomics, and statistical tools for decision making such as benefit-cost analysis. This course allows exploration across various sub-fields of economics within majors and offers opportunities to tailor learning to specific interests and career goals through a wide selection of electives. Economics provides the skills to address complex global challenges, support informed decision-making, and influence policies that shape businesses, governments, and society. The conceptual and data analytical toolkits gained will open vast career opportunities in both the public and private sectors – economics is helpful in just about any industry.  For more information, visit Bachelor of Economics at UQ.

The University of Queensland

Majors

Economics and public policy; economics of strategy and behaviour; international and financial economics; quantitative analysis.

Admissions Criteria

For additional information about the admissions criteria for UQ and for this course, refer to UQ’s website.

Prerequisites

English, Literature, English and Literature Extension or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 and 4, C); Mathematical Methods (Units 3 and 4, C)

Minimum Selection thresholds (ATAR/Selection Rank) for semester/trimester/term 1, 2025
84.00
ATAR/Selection Rank profile for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR/Selection Rank for semester/trimester/term 1, 2025

For more information about the ATAR/Selection Rank profile, please visit ATAR/Selection Rank profile explained.

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

98.40

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

99.95

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

90.35

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

90.70

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

81.15

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

84.65

Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.

Student Profile by Applicant background for semester/trimester/term 1, 2025

For more information about the Student profile, please visit Student profile explained.

Number of students

N/P#

Percentage of all students

N/P#

Number of students

0

Percentage of all students

0.0%

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

Number of students

17

Percentage of all students

21.8%

Number of students

0

Percentage of all students

0.0%

Number of students

0

Percentage of all students

0.0%

Number of students

49

Percentage of all students

62.8%

All students

Number of students

78

Percentage of all students

100%

Notes

* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5
# N/P – Not published: the number is hidden to prevent calculation of numbers in cells with less than 5 students

Career opportunities

Economic consultant, investment analyst, business development manager, economic analyst, business analyst, international trade manager, policy analyst, energy and resource economist.

Membership

Australian Computer Society; Australian Human Resources Institute; Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance; Australian Institute of Management; Australian Marketing Institute; Economic Society of Australia; Financial Services Institute of Australasia; Market Research Society of Australia; Securities Institute of Australia.

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