Languages and area studies degrees

2,788 courses at 58 UK universities offer languages and area studies for 2027 entry: most ask for between 120 and 136 UCAS points; 1,319 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often ABB.

Qualifications BA (Hons) 1,510, MA (Hons) 1,116, BSc (Hons) 75, LLB (Hons) 36
Study full-time 2,721, part-time 67

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Often studied with

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

• history 121
• international relations 120
• English studies 115
• classical studies 108
• linguistics 87
• politics 84
• philosophy 81
• management studies 78
• history of art 62
• film studies 61

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• R7 Russian and East European studies 104
• R9 other European languages 85
• R1 French 70
• R2 German 54
• R6 Scandinavian studies 54
• R3 Italian 48
• T7 American studies 38
• R4 Spanish 36

Universities

• University of St Andrews 728
• University of Liverpool 309
• UCL (University College London) 253
• University of Oxford 207
• University of Glasgow 190
• University of Aberdeen 137
• SOAS University of London 135
• The University of Edinburgh 79
• Open University 50
• University of York 46
• University of Westminster, London 41
• Queen's University Belfast 40
• University of Warwick 38
• University of Exeter 35
• Lancaster University 31
• Royal Holloway, University of London 29
• University of Manchester 29
• University of Stirling 29
• Swansea University 28
• University of Strathclyde 27
• Queen Mary University of London 23
• University of Leeds 22
• University of Birmingham 18
• Birkbeck, University of London 16
• Manchester Metropolitan University 16
• University of Chester 15
• University of Essex 15
• Bangor University 13
• University of Bristol 13
• University of Sussex 13
• University of Sheffield 12
• Aberystwyth University 11
• King's College London, University of London 11
• University of Reading 11
• University of Southampton 11
• Newcastle University 10
• Cardiff University 9
• Heriot-Watt University 9
• Imperial College London 9
• University of East Anglia UEA 8
• Durham University 6
• University of Lancashire 6
• University of Portsmouth 6
• University of Bath 5
• University of London Institute in Paris 5
• De Montfort University 4
• Oxford Brookes University 4
• University of Cambridge 4
• University of Surrey 4
• York St John University 4
• Northumbria University, Newcastle 3
• London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London 2
• Nottingham Trent University 2
• Sheffield Hallam University 2
• University of Greenwich 2
• University of Kent 1
• University of Leicester 1
• University of Suffolk 1

Courses

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