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English Language and Literature - MA (Hons)

The University of Edinburgh

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UCAS CODE: Q300

Course options

  • Qualification

    Master of Arts (with Honours) - MA (Hons)

  • Location

    Main Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    14-SEP-26

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

Many of the world's most fascinating and influential literary works have been written in English. This programme offers you the opportunity to study the development of the English language alongside the literature of the English-speaking world in its cultural contexts. You can also opt to study Scots language, which has its own rich linguistic and literary tradition. The programme aims to develop your critical, analytic, linguistic, literary and creative skills by engaging with a broad range of texts and a variety of approaches to reading. You will also deepen your understanding of the principles of theoretical linguistics, the way we learn language, the regional and social variations of language in general - and of the English language in particular - and methods of communication. In the second part of the programme, you will study research-led courses selected on the basis of your own interests. In English Literature, for example, this might be a topic or set of texts from a particular period between the late middle-ages and the present.

Tuition fees

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£ 28,000per year

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University information

The University of Edinburgh

  • University League Table

    18th

  • Campus address

    Main Campus, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL, United Kingdom

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    12th out of 93 3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 212
    186 88%

    7th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    76.0 76%

    31st

    16
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.73 68%

    92nd

    1

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