English Language and Linguistics with Foundation Year at Manchester Metropolitan University
English Language and Linguistics with Foundation Year (BA (Hons), LAL0) at Manchester Metropolitan University asked for 72–80 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on mmu.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~80 points
Openbelow CCC
Published as 72 - 80 points
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check mmu.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 80
The middle entrant had 96–111 points.
30 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, other higher education 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- LAL0
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Year abroad
- optional
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
95%
still studying
UK 90%
5%
left higher education
UK 8%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
25 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course81%89%
Learning opportunities85%84%
Assessment and feedback91%75%
Academic support71%94%
Organisation and management74%77%
Learning resources82%89%
Student voice65%79%
20 final-year students · 76% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£25k3 years£20.5k5 years£26.5k
£10k£20k£30k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 10 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
55% working20% studying5% unemployed25% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
50%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 50%
55%
say their work is meaningful
UK 78%
45%
use what they learned
UK 33%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Manchester, North West England, England
- Postcode
- M15 6BH
Subjects
linguistics language and area studies
Campus
- Campus
- Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Linguistics 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.
See all 229 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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