British Sign Language (Interpreting, Translating and Applied Language Studies) at Heriot-Watt University

British Sign Language (Interpreting, Translating and Applied Language Studies) (MA (Hons), Q196) at Heriot-Watt University asked for BBC in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 128–143 UCAS points.

UCAS listing ↗ Course page on hw.ac.uk ↗

A-level grades

~BBC

Selective

112 points · around BBB

Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check hw.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.

Who actually got in

Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course

Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 112

20% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 128–143 points. 25% of them had fewer than the 112 asked.

10 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%

Came in with A-levels or Highers 35%, other higher education 30%, a degree 20%.

Course

Award: Master of Arts (with Honours)
Code: Q196 · Q1 linguistics
Duration: 3 - 4 years
Mode: Full-time
Starts: September 2027
Entry: Year 1
Year: 2027

Placement year: built in
Year abroad: optional

Accredited by the National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD) for the purpose of fulfilling the educational requirements to become a Registered Sign Language Interpreter. More ↗

Student experience

After the first yearThis course

85%

still studying

UK 88%

10%

left higher education

UK 10%

moved to a lower award

UK 0%

20 students · started 2022-24

National Student SurveyThis course

% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course90%93%

Learning opportunities92%88%

Assessment and feedback78%86%

Academic support90%95%

Organisation and management50%86%

Learning resources87%91%

Student voice60%83%

10 final-year students · 59% responded · NSS 2024-26

After graduating

SalarySubject at this uni

15 months

£26.5k3 years

£24.5k5 years

£29.5k

£10k£20k£30k£40k

middle halfmedianUK, same subject

15 months: survey of 20 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates

15 months onWider subject at this uni

85% working10% working and studying5% studying

UK, same subject: 85% in work or study

50%

in professional or managerial jobs

UK 55%

100%

say their work is meaningful

UK 75%

55%

use what they learned

UK 50%

Managers, directors and senior officials15%
Elementary occupations15%
Welfare and housing associate professionals10%
Teaching Professionals10%
Administrative occupations5%

Graduate Outcomes survey · 20 graduates · 65% responded · 2023-24

Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.

Location

Campus: Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland
Postcode: EH14 4AS

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Subjects

British Sign Language studies language and area studies
translation studies language and area studies

Campus

Campus: EdinburghCampus
Housing: Accommodation ↗
Union: Students' union ↗

Others in English studies at other universities

The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.

University	Course	Entry	Middle entrant
University of Glasgow	Scottish Literature MA (Hons)	120 - 128 points	—
Heriot-Watt University	British Sign Language (Interpreting, Translating and Applied Language Studies) this course	BBC	128–143
University of Lancashire	British Sign Language (BSL) and Deaf Studies BA (Hons)	72 points	—

See all 7 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side