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Modern Languages
The School of Modern Languages is home to a lively international postgraduate community. At the moment about 50 students from all over the world are reading for taught or postgraduate degrees in an exceptional variety of areas, including Arabic, French, German…
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Modern Languages · Language and area studies
The School of Modern Languages is home to a lively international postgraduate community. At the moment about 50 students from all over the world are reading for taught or postgraduate degrees in an exceptional variety of areas, including Arabic, French, German, Italian, Russian, Central and Eastern European Studies, Spanish and Latin American Studies, Comparative Literature, as well as Language and Linguistics, Mediaeval Studies and Cultural Identity Studies. Candidates for the PhD undertake at least 3 years of study and submit a thesis of not more than 80,000 words. The possibility exists for doctoral theses to be submitted in either English or the language of study.
Getting in
As the university states it
A good UK Honours degree or equivalent. Overseas applicants whose first language is not English must, in addition, provide evidence of competence in written and spoken English (e.g. satisfactory British Council IELTS score or TOEFL score).
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