Language and area studies degrees

3,996 courses at 124 UK universities offer language and area studies for 2027 entry: most ask for between 112 and 128 UCAS points; 1,630 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often ABB.

Qualifications BA (Hons) 2,454, MA (Hons) 1,322, BSc (Hons) 96, LLB (Hons) 43
Study full-time 3,902, part-time 94

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing language and area studies with another subject.

• history 214
• philosophy 141
• classical studies 129
• international relations 123
• film studies 112
• politics 101
• management studies 85
• history of art 75
• law 67
• music 64

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• Q3 English studies 309
• R7 Russian and East European studies 104
• R9 other European languages 85
• R1 French 70
• W8 creative writing 59
• Q1 linguistics 54
• R2 German 54
• R6 Scandinavian studies 54

Universities

• University of St Andrews 748
• University of Liverpool 327
• University of Glasgow 302
• UCL (University College London) 260
• University of Oxford 218
• University of Aberdeen 190
• SOAS University of London 141
• The University of Edinburgh 97
• Lancaster University 89
• University of Essex 63
• Open University 60
• Swansea University 60
• Queen's University Belfast 59
• University of Exeter 59
• University of Westminster, London 59
• University of York 57
• University of Warwick 48
• University of Strathclyde 43
• Queen Mary University of London 41
• Bangor University 40
• University of Manchester 40
• Royal Holloway, University of London 39
• Aberystwyth University 38
• University of Stirling 38
• Manchester Metropolitan University 35
• University of Leeds 34
• Cardiff University 30
• University of Portsmouth 28
• University of Reading 28
• University of Sussex 26
• University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 26
• University of Birmingham 24
• University of Sheffield 23
• University of Southampton 23
• Anglia Ruskin University 22
• University of Worcester 22
• University of Chester 21
• Birkbeck, University of London 20
• University of Bristol 20
• Newcastle University 18
• University of East Anglia UEA 17
• King's College London, University of London 16
• Liverpool Hope University 16
• Oxford Brookes University 15
• University of Derby 15
• York St John University 15
• Nottingham Trent University 14
• Ulster University 14
• Northumbria University, Newcastle 13
• Bath Spa University 12
• Keele University 12
• Loughborough University 12
• University of Lancashire 12
• De Montfort University 10
• Durham University 10
• Brunel University of London 9
• Heriot-Watt University 9
• Imperial College London 9
• Lincoln Bishop University 9
• Liverpool John Moores University 9
• University of Nottingham 9
• Falmouth University 8
• University of Bedfordshire 8
• University of Chichester 8
• Birmingham City University 7
• University of Cambridge 7
• University of Dundee 7
• University of Greenwich 7
• University of Leicester 7
• University of Wolverhampton 7
• University of Hull 6
• University of Plymouth 6
• University of Surrey 6
• Edge Hill University 5
• Leeds Beckett University 5
• Sheffield Hallam University 5
• University of Bath 5
• University of Kent 5
• University of Lincoln 5
• University of London Institute in Paris 5
• University of Salford 5
• University of Wales Trinity Saint David 5
• University of Winchester 5
• Aston University, Birmingham 4
• Cardiff Metropolitan University 4
• Goldsmiths, University of London 4
• University Centre Farnborough 4
• University of Huddersfield 4
• University of Roehampton 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
• 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
• London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London 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
• 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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