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UCAS CODE: V500

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    University Park Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    21-SEP-26

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Course overview

Philosophy can be transformative. You can do it for its own sake as well as for its ability to shape lives, institutions, and society.

You might be full of curiosity and wonder, anger and injustice, confusion or a desire to make sense of yourself and the world. Philosophy covers all these bases. And more.

The first year introduces you to the essentials of ethics, reasoning and logic while also expanding your sense of what philosophy can do. You explore Western philosophies from ancient Greece onwards as well as world traditions. We’ll also teach you how to apply philosophy to contemporary issues.

Looking to your future

Philosophy trains you to argue persuasively and think deeply. Philosophy at Nottingham doesn't stop there. We also want you to live good lives and have good jobs. Our unique Communicating Philosophy module lets you work with professionals such as lawyers and journalists and see how you can apply your new philosophical skills to a range of careers. There's also plenty of opportunities to get practical work experience.

Careers overview

Philosophy doesn’t lead to a single specific career - it leads into a huge range of professions!

A degree in philosophy will equip you with key professional skills, including:

  • analytical reasoning
  • articulating complex arguments and lines of reasoning
  • constructive criticism and discussion
  • seeing the things your colleagues miss
  • presenting and persuading

A person with good philosophical skills is:

  • resilient - as the nature of work changes you can adapt
  • flexible - you can choose across different sectors as you develop and grow and opportunities arise
  • creative - come up with new ideas and responses to developing situations

Philosophers go on to work in law, politics, the media, education, the charity sector, business, management, the arts – to name just a few. We also have a good record of our undergraduates progressing to Masters and PhD study.

Tuition fees

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£ 23,000per year

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University information

University of Nottingham

  • University League Table

    26th

  • Campus address

    University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, England

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    20th out of 46 3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 211
    147 70%

    22nd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    78.0 78%

    13th

    8
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.17 79%

    26th

    8

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