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Portuguese and English Literature MA (Hons)

The University of Edinburgh

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UCAS CODE: RQM3

Course options

  • Qualification

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

  • Location

    Central area campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP-24

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

One of the world's ten most widely spoken languages, Portuguese is estimated to have around 260 million speakers. Alongside English-speaking cultures, the countries in which Portuguese is spoken have had a significant international influence on literature. This joint honours programme aims to develop your critical, analytic, linguistic and creative skills. As well as language learning, you will engage with a broad range of texts in both English and Portuguese, and a variety of approaches to reading.Studying this combination shows an openness to ideas and perspectives other than your own, an essential attribute in many careers and a global marketplace.Many of our graduates started as complete beginners in Portuguese. By the end of the programme, you will be able to demonstrate a range of language skills and crucial intercultural competencies.


Portuguese

Study with us and you will be immersed in an extraordinary range of literature, film, music and the arts from Portugal, Brazil and Portuguese-speaking (lusophone) Africa.Intensive language training, including a year abroad, gives you the opportunity to develop advanced speaking, writing, reading and translating skills in Portuguese.


English Literature

Based in the first UNESCO World City of Literature, you will study in the oldest department of English Literature in the UK, one of the longest-established in the world. You will gain the essential skills needed for the critical close reading of poetry, drama and prose and explore the cultural contexts of writing in English from the late Middle Ages to the present. At honours level, you will select courses on the basis of your own interests in specific topics, periods or literary genres.


Why Edinburgh?

We are unique in Scotland in offering students a full academic year abroad within the four-year honours programme, regardless of whether you spend the year studying or working.Our programme is flexible. In Years 1 and 2, as well as your core subjects, you will choose option courses from a wide range of disciplines. You will then specialise as you progress through your honours years.When you graduate, you will have the combination of broad cultural education and specialist knowledge valued by employers worldwide.

Application deadline

31 January

Tuition fees

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£ 26,500per year

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Entry requirements

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A level : AAA

Required subjects: A Levels: a language other than English at B, and either English Literature or combined English at B.

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University information

The University of Edinburgh

  • University League Table

    12th

  • Campus address

    University of Edinburgh, Student Recruitment and Admissions, 33 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City Of, EH8 9JS, Scotland

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    9th out of 97 2

    14th out of 47

  • Entry standards

    / Max 205
    184 91%

    8th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    74.0 74%

    21st

    16
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    3.64 73%

    92nd

  • Entry standards

    / Max 211
    183 84%

    7th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    84.0 84%

    6th

    9
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    3.42 68%

    44th

    9

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