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Language, Culture and History: Italian Studies MA

UCL (University College London)

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UCL (University College London)

Course options

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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    UCL (University College London) - Bloomsbury Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    28-SEP-26

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

Deepen your knowledge about Italian culture and language through this degree that will enhance your employability prospects in professional or academic fields. The Language, Culture and History: Italian Studies MA offers a diversity of optional modules ranging from Italian literature to language classes. Taught at UCL – the original home of Italian Studies in Britain – this is an outstanding opportunity for learning at a renowned institution. The Language, Culture and History: Italian Studies MA course will introduce you to texts from a variety of periods in Italian history and places them within a historical and philosophical framework. You will hone the subject-specific skills necessary for the pursuit of your chosen optional modules, including sourcing material, fieldwork techniques, bibliographic skills and linguistic skills, as well as skills which are transferable to professional workplaces and situations. The Language, Culture and History: Italian Studies MA, comprises of one compulsory module. This core module provides a combination of methodology and research topics (historiography, literary studies, cultural studies), and is designed to work as a postgraduate-level foundation. Providing you with the specific skills and knowledge to research, write academic essays and the dissertation. You will also take optional modules and a dissertation. If you choose the 60-credit dissertation, you take 90 credits of optional modules. If you choose the 90-credit research dissertation, you take fewer optional modules (60 credits), in favour of writing an extended dissertation to focus on your own interests. The course is designed for students wishing to further their interest in Italian literature, language and history, and for those intending to proceed to doctoral research. It can also enable students with first degrees in other disciplines to move on to a research degree in this field.

Application deadline

28/08/2026

Tuition fees

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(International fees)

£ 35,400per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

UCL (University College London)

UCL (University College London)

  • University League Table

    13th

  • Campus address

    UCL (University College London) - Bloomsbury Campus, Gower Street, London, Greater London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    History

    6th out of 91

    8th out of 23 5

    7th out of 24 3

  • Entry standards

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    161 80%

    12th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    80.0 80%

    5th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.19 80%

    62nd

    4

  • Entry standards

    / Max 215
    147 68%

    13th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    78.0 78%

    5th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.02 76%

    22nd

    13

  • Entry standards

    / Max 207
    145 70%

    6th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    n/a

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.34 83%

    2nd

    1

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