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Politics with Portuguese

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-Time
  • 28 September 2027
  • Undergraduate
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Course summary

Our 75:25 programme enables you to specialise in the study of Politics while also studying a modern foreign language. The great majority of your studies will focus on political institutions and ideas, from the UK to the USA and from Plato to Nato. You will learn about how political theory shapes everyday political debate, how democracies differ from autocracies, how choices are made in political systems, and how nation-states relate to each other in an interdependent, and often unpredictable, world.

A Minor in Portuguese enables students to attain proficiency by graduation, through structured and immersive language training. Students develop advanced skills in writing, reading, speaking and listening in one of the world’s most important languages, spoken in Portugal, Brazil and across Africa, and sustained by dynamic heritage and diasporic communities in North America and Asia. Proficiency in Portuguese opens access to dynamic global regions and to diverse artistic traditions throughout the Portuguese-speaking world. An optional Year Abroad in Portugal or Brazil further strengthens fluency and intercultural competence, while enhancing students' career prospects worldwide.

Most Combined Degrees allow you to adapt the weighting of each by 25% after the first year, helping you to keep your options open. Please note, however, students studying either a Business or Economics pathway in combination with another subject cannot increase from 25% to 50% or from 50% to 75% and it is not possible to transfer from a 50% to 75% Law. To find out more about your programme choice, please go first to our Combined Degrees webpages: liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/combined-degrees.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

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Study options

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • 28 September 2027

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
T764
Institution code:
L41
Campus name:
Main Site
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
T764
Institution code:
L41
Campus name:
Main Site

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level
ABB

Some Level 3 qualifications are only acceptable alongside 2 or 3 A levels, please contact us for details.

T Level

T levels considered in a relevant subject. A typical offer would be to achieve Distinction overall, with a grade B in the Core Component and a Distinction in the Specialism Component.

UCAS Tariff
Not accepted

Scottish Higher
AAABB

Combinations of Advanced Highers and Scottish Highers are welcome.

Access to HE Diploma
Distinction: 33 Merit: 12

Pass relevant Access to HE Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits with 33 at Distinction and 12 at Merit

GCSE/National 4/National 5

4/C in English and 4/C in Mathematics

Scottish Advanced Higher
ABB

Combinations of Advanced Highers and Scottish Highers are welcome.

Extended Project
A

Applicants who offer the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and 3 A levels and meet our offer criteria will be made the standard offer, plus an alternative offer. This will be at one A Level grade lower plus a grade A in the EPQ, for this programme the offer would be ABB or BBB plus A in the EPQ.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 32

32 points overall with no score less than 4 or pass the IB Diploma plus 6,5,5 in 3 HL subjects.

WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales
B

B in the Welsh Baccalaureate, plus AB at A level.

Some Level 3 qualifications are only acceptable alongside 2 or 3 A levels, please contact us for details.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Applications encouraged. BTEC applications are encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits.

Some Level 3 qualifications are only acceptable alongside 2 or 3 A levels, please contact us for details.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H1H2H2H2H3H3

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Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

The University of Liverpool is committed to supporting talented applicants from all backgrounds to succeed. One of the ways we support students and fair access to higher education is through making reduced offers as part of our contextual admissions strategy, the Liverpool Scholars programme, Realising Opportunities national collaboration of universities and Sutton Trust Pathways. Additional consideration may be given to applicants with disrupted education or extenuating circumstances.

Learn more on the University of Liverpool website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

If this is your first degree and you are a Home student applying for entry in 2027, you do not have to pay your fees upfront. Instead, you can take out a tuition fee loan which is paid straight to the University. This is available to most students, no matter what their household income.

Tuition fees are subject to increase each year, subject to the government’s regulated fee limits. For UK students applying for 2027 entry the Tuition Fee is £10,050.

You will find full information about tuition fees in the “Fees and funding” section of all course pages on our website.

Some of our programmes charge less than the full £10,050 fee:
• Psychology BSc (Hons) (2+2 programme with Foundation element), run in collaboration with Wirral Metropolitan College.
• Programmes with a year in industry or a year abroad

Some courses may have course-related costs that are not covered by your tuition fee. You can find information on these at Liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/study-costs

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