Modern Languages, Communication and Cultures with French at Heriot-Watt University
Modern Languages, Communication and Cultures with French (MA (Hons), C4CF) at Heriot-Watt University asked for BBC - ABB 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
~ABB
Competitive128 points · around ABB
Published as BBC - ABB
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 128
The middle entrant had 128–143 points. 40% had fewer than the 128 asked.
10 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 65%, other higher education 35%.
Course
- Award
- Master of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- C4CF · C4 genetics
- Duration
- 3 - 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Year abroad
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
80%
still studying
UK 85%
15%
left higher education
UK 10%
5%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
15 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyWider subject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course88%89%
Learning opportunities81%87%
Assessment and feedback67%85%
Academic support87%91%
Organisation and management71%85%
Learning resources89%90%
Student voice79%81%
40 final-year students · 71% responded · NSS 2025-26
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
65% working5% working and studying5% unemployed20% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
45%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 50%
75%
say their work is meaningful
UK 82%
35%
use what they learned
UK 55%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 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
Subjects
Campus
- Campus
- EdinburghCampus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Others in language and area 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor University | Creative Writing and Modern Languages BA (Hons) | 104 - 128 points | 112–127 |
| Cardiff University | English Literature and a Modern Language BA (Hons) | ABB - BBC | 128–143 |
| Heriot-Watt University | Modern Languages, Communication and Cultures with French this course | BBC - ABB | 128–143 |
| King's College London, University of London | Modern Languages with a Year Abroad BA (Hons) | ABB | 128–143 |
| Lancaster University | Languages and Global Cultures BA (Hons) | 128 points | 128–143 |
| University of Birmingham | Modern Languages BA (Hons) | 128 points | 128–143 |
| University of Exeter | Arabic and Politics BA (Hons) | ABB | 144–159 |
| University of Glasgow | Comparative Literature MA (Hons) | 120 - 128 points | — |
| University of Leeds | Modern Languages BA (Hons) | ABB | 128–143 |
| University of Liverpool | Mathematics with Languages BSc (Hons) | ABB | 128–143 |
| University of Reading | International Business and Management with a Modern Language BSc (Hons) | ABB | 112–127 |
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