Degree in Economics

Admission and exit profile

In general, relevant information for the access, incorporation and integration of students who wish to begin university studies at the University of La Laguna is available on its website. Web.

In the case of the Bachelor's Degree in Economics, the following access routes are established according to the type of studies completed:

Access routes to undergraduate studies in Economics
Types of studies Access routes
Baccalaureate-LOGSE Preferred pathways 1 (Scientific-Technological), 2 (Health Sciences) and 3 (Social Sciences)
Graduates Graduate access from any university degree
Over 25 years old Passing the ULL PAM 25 test

Regarding the profile of the incoming students, they must integrate into the training project that this Bachelor's degree entails with the following attitudes and personal and academic qualities:

  • Motivated and interested in the study of economic systems and their functioning
  • Mastery of the knowledge acquired in the LOGSE high school or equivalent studies
  • Ability to study, understand, analyze and synthesize
  • Capacity for logical and abstract reasoning
  • Ability to use tools to analyze economic reality
  • Predisposition to interpersonal and group interaction, to teamwork
  • Creative, innovative, organizer, methodical and planner
  • Ability to adapt and overcome
  • Enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit

Regarding the professional profiles of economists, which include both Business Administration and Economics graduates, the "White Paper on Economics and Business Studies" identified, in a generic way, the profiles collected in the following tables:

Demand profiles of graduates in Economics and Business
Bachelor of Business Administration and Management Both degrees Bachelor of Economics
Free Exercise Audit of Accounts
Accounting
Financial
Human Resources
Accounting
Labor and Social Security
Marketing
Company administration
Fiscal
Foreign Trade
Advice and consulting
Human Resources
Accounting
Labor and Social Security
Marketing
Company administration
Macroeconomy
Private Enterprise and Financial Sector Management and General Direction.
Administration
Financial and accounting Audit
Commercial-Marketing
Staff
Abroad
Financial sector risks
Securities Agencies and Companies
Financial Products
Computing
Study Services

Source: CONFEDE (2005), White Paper on Economic and Business Studies

Summary of professional profiles according to private demand
Bachelor of Business Administration and Management Both degrees Bachelor of Economics
General Management and Accounting and Auditing Management
Finance
Sales – Marketing Human Resources – Labor
Taxation
Foreign Sector
Financial Sector
Consulting and advice on other topics: Urban Planning and Territorial Planning, Environment, Information Systems
Judicial and forensic proceedings
Incorporation, dissolution and administration of companies and asset management
Macroeconomy
Study Services

Source: CONFEDE (2005), White Paper on Economic and Business Studies

More specifically, the professional profiles of the Economics Degree could be grouped into the following blocks:

  1. Research and planning services and statistical and prospective institutes
  2. Public Administration: Local and Regional Administration Technicians and Commercial and Economic Technicians of the State and Social Security
  3. Taxation
  4. International organizations and foreign trade
  5. Business management
  6. Economic and business consulting (environmental, tax, labor, etc.)
  7. Administration, management and direction of companies and financial institutions
  8. Teaching and Research