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Portuguese and Scottish Literature MA (Hons)

University of Edinburgh

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University of Edinburgh
UCAS CODE: RQ59

Course options

  • Qualification

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

  • Location

    Central area campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    12-SEP-22

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

For centuries, both Scottish and Lusophone cultures have had a significant international influence on literature disproportionate to the size of Scotland and Portugal.This programme aims to develop your critical, analytic, linguistic and creative skills by engaging with a broad range of texts in both English, Scots and Portuguese, and a variety of approaches to reading. Through intensive language training, including a year in a Portuguese-speaking country, you have the opportunity to:* learn to read, write and speak Portuguese to a high standard* gain the broad cultural education prized by graduate employersYou will study in the first UNESCO World City of Literature, a fantastic literary city which many greats of Scottish literature have called home. Portuguese is the ninth most widely spoken language in the world. From Brazil to Mozambique, the many countries where it's spoken have fascinatingly rich and varied cultures.On this joint programme, you' ll learn the Portuguese language in the context of an extraordinary range of literature, film, music and the arts from Europe, Latin America and Lusophone Africa, past and present.Likewise, our Scottish Literature curriculum explores the cultural contexts of all major periods of Scottish literature from the late Middle Ages to the present. By enhancing your unique literary and critical faculties, the programme prepares you to contribute to a society in which an understanding of texts of all kinds is crucially important.

Application deadline

15 January

Tuition fees

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£ 23,100per year

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QUALIFICATION TYPE

A level

A level : ABB - 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

University of Edinburgh

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

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Celtic Studies

    6th out of 10 2

    8th out of 49 19

  • Entry standards

    / Max 199
    n/a

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    85.0 85%

    1st

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    3.97 79%

    8th

  • Entry standards

    / Max 226
    180 92%

    10th

    2

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    80.0 80%

    6th

    21

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    3.82 76%

    40th

    5

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