English studies degrees

1,369 courses at 120 UK universities offer English studies for 2027 entry: most ask for between 104 and 128 UCAS points; 399 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often ABB.

Qualifications BA (Hons) 1,064, MA (Hons) 254, BSc (Hons) 17, Foundation Year 8
Study full-time 1,325, part-time 44

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing English studies with another subject.

• history 81
• modern languages 60
• philosophy 54
• film studies 50
• Spanish studies 43
• French studies 40
• media and communication studies 35
• drama 35
• German studies 31
• Italian studies 26

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• Q3 English studies 304
• W8 creative writing 59
• Q1 linguistics 49
• R9 other European languages 15
• Q2 comparative literature 13
• P3 media studies 12
• T2 Japanese studies 9
• C8 psychology 5

Universities

• University of Glasgow 94
• University of St Andrews 83
• Lancaster University 65
• University of Essex 54
• University of Aberdeen 41
• University of Liverpool 37
• University of Westminster, London 36
• University of Oxford 35
• The University of Edinburgh 30
• Swansea University 28
• University of Exeter 28
• Manchester Metropolitan University 23
• University of York 23
• Anglia Ruskin University 22
• Queen Mary University of London 22
• University of Portsmouth 22
• University of Worcester 22
• Bangor University 21
• University of Strathclyde 20
• University of Reading 19
• Aberystwyth University 18
• University of Southampton 18
• University of Warwick 17
• Liverpool Hope University 16
• Open University 16
• University of Derby 15
• University of Leeds 15
• York St John University 15
• University of Manchester 14
• University of Sussex 14
• Cardiff University 13
• Queen's University Belfast 13
• Royal Holloway, University of London 13
• SOAS University of London 13
• University of Sheffield 13
• University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 13
• Bath Spa University 12
• Keele University 12
• Loughborough University 12
• Newcastle University 12
• Nottingham Trent University 12
• Northumbria University, Newcastle 11
• Oxford Brookes University 11
• UCL (University College London) 11
• University of Stirling 11
• Brunel University of London 9
• Lincoln Bishop University 9
• Liverpool John Moores University 9
• University of East Anglia UEA 9
• University of Nottingham 9
• Falmouth University 8
• University of Bedfordshire 8
• University of Bristol 8
• University of Chichester 8
• Birkbeck, University of London 7
• Birmingham City University 7
• De Montfort University 7
• Ulster University 7
• University of Birmingham 7
• University of Dundee 7
• University of Lancashire 7
• University of Wolverhampton 7
• King's College London, University of London 6
• University of Chester 6
• University of Hull 6
• University of Leicester 6
• University of Plymouth 6
• Edge Hill University 5
• Leeds Beckett University 5
• University of Greenwich 5
• University of Lincoln 5
• University of Salford 5
• University of Winchester 5
• Aston University, Birmingham 4
• Cardiff Metropolitan University 4
• Durham University 4
• Goldsmiths, University of London 4
• University Centre Farnborough 4
• University of Cambridge 4
• University of Huddersfield 4
• University of Kent 4
• University of Roehampton 4
• University of Surrey 4
• University of Wales Trinity Saint David 4
• Birmingham Newman University 3
• Bristol, UWE 3
• Canterbury Christ Church University 3
• City St George's, University of London 3
• Coventry University 3
• Edinburgh Napier University 3
• Sheffield Hallam University 3
• St Mary's University, Twickenham 3
• Teesside University 3
• University of Brighton 3
• University of Gloucestershire 3
• Arts University Bournemouth 2
• Central Film School London 2
• Kingston University 2
• Leeds Trinity University 2
• University Centre Peterborough 2
• University of Northampton 2
• University of Suffolk 2
• University of Sunderland 2
• University of West London 2
• BIMM University 1
• Bournemouth and Poole College 1
• Burnley College 1
• City of Glasgow College 1
• Glasgow School of Art 1
• Heriot-Watt University 1
• Leeds Arts University 1
• London Metropolitan University 1
• NPTC Group 1
• Plymouth Marjon University 1
• Raindance Film School London 1
• TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges) 1
• University Centre West Anglia 1
• University of Buckingham 1
• University of the West of Scotland 1
• West Suffolk College 1

Courses

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