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Modern Languages with Digital Communications

  • BA (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time with time abroad
  • 28 September 2026
  • Undergraduate
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Course summary

Become a multilingual storyteller and craft digital content that connects communities worldwide.

Combine your love for language-learning with a skillset in storytelling and content strategy. You'll harness multiple languages, digital tools, and technologies to create inclusive content that reaches across borders.

How do the languages and translations we use change the meaning of media? You'll study games, film, journalism, social media, advertising and visual culture to uncover their hidden meanings and cultural impacts.

  • Experience a new approach to language learning with our CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) teaching method - study topics of cultural significance in your chosen languages, designed and delivered by expert researchers.

  • Enjoy focused academic contact – We pride ourselves on our small groups, allowing individual attention and active language learning through engagement with cultural material.

  • Cultural venues at your fingertips - Birmingham is home to a diverse range of arts, media, a cultural venues on-campus and in the city. Discover our on campus gallery, museums, and music spaces, or head to the city for festivals and events.

  • Join our language and culture-based societies to further enhance your skills and contribute to the student-led Linguist Magazine.

  • Study a range of exciting modules including "Languages, Media and Digital Cultures," "Multilingual Storytelling and Content Creation," and "Language, Digital Communication and Cultural Industries."

Top 10 for Iberian languages in the UK Complete University Guide 2026
Top 10 for German and Italian in the UK Complete University Guide 2026
Top 20 for French in the UK Complete University Guide 2026

Real-life experience on our year abroad
One of the most exciting elements of any degree in Modern Languages is the opportunity to spend your third year abroad, perfecting your language skills, developing a thorough appreciation of another culture and acquiring all manner of transferable skills.

We’ll help you organise your time away, and you’ll be supported throughout by your Year Abroad Coordinator, as well as our academic and wellbeing teams. This means you can relax and embrace hands-on opportunities working, studying or visiting in your chosen countries!

Modules

For a full list and descriptions of modules on offer, please visit the course page on our website.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site

Study options

  • BA (Hons) • Full-time with time abroad • 4 Years

Start dates

  • 28 September 2026

Apply by
14 January

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:
R9P3
Institution code:
B32
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

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:
R9P3
Institution code:
B32
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
Not accepted

A level
ABB

A level grade B is required each modern language that you plan to study at Advanced level. If you do not have the relevant language A Level, please feel free to contact us to discuss your options.

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

BTEC Extended Diploma: DDM, plus a B at A-level in the required subject/s mentioned above. BTEC Diploma: DD, plus a B at A-level in the required subject/s mentioned above. BTEC Subsidiary Diploma: D, plus AB at A-level, including the required subject/s mentioned above.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
32 points

6,5,5 in Higher Level subjects. You also require a Higher Level or equivalent in each modern language that you plan to study at Advanced level. If you do not have the relevant language at Higher Level, please feel free to contact us to discuss your options.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)

Accepted in place of a non-required A level with the equivalent grade.

Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.

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 historic entry grades range shown below includes students admitted with alternative offers through our contextual admissions schemes. These are typically 1 or 2 grades below the standard offer. You can find information on these schemes using the link below.
You can check your eligibility to receive an offer for this course using our Offer Calculator using the same link.

Learn more on the University of Birmingham 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

Per year tuition fees

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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

For details of the annual tuition fee for International Students please see the course web page listed in the 'course details' section above.
If you are made an offer to study by the University, the yearly tuition fee will be stated in your offer letter.

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