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  • 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

Studying French and History helps us understand the contemporary world, as well as shedding light on the past. On our flexible joint honours programme, you have the opportunity to develop advanced language skills in French while discovering how the French-speaking (francophone) world, and other cultures around the globe, and have shaped modern civilisation.You will have the opportunity to acquire near-native fluency in this widely-spoken modern language while gaining the broad cultural education valued by graduate employers.We will introduce you to the extraordinary richness and variety of the francophone world through the study of:literature and cinemapolitical history and social movementsphilosophical ideasOur courses cover material from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century and include specialist options taught by leading experts in key disciplines, including post-colonial studies and gender studies.Your studies are your gateway to the cultures of parts of:EuropeAfricaThe AmericasStudying the human past, you will interact with evidence in primary form, and through critical reading of a wide body of historical writing.The Edinburgh experience is distinctive for its range of historical themes, chronological periods and geographical areas. You can choose from courses covering:the early Middle Ages to the most recent pastBritain and Europe, Asia, Africa, and the AmericasFurther, our courses offer a rich variety of approaches to the past, including:political historycultural historysocial historyeconomic historyintellectual historygender historyglobal and transnational history

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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

    22nd out of 43 7

    18th out of 90 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 221
    192 87%

    5th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    72.0 72%

    29th

    18
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.84 71%

    43rd

  • Entry standards

    / Max 204
    187 92%

    7th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    75.0 75%

    20th

    1
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.82 71%

    87th

    2

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