Summary
Language opens doors. Literature helps you understand what you find on the other side.
On this course, you will combine English with a modern language, choosing from French, German or Spanish. You will explore how stories, ideas and cultures move across borders, shaping the way people think and communicate.
You can start a language from scratch or build on existing knowledge. Alongside literature, you will study topics such as translation, film, contemporary society, anthropology and history, developing a broad and connected view of the world.
As you progress, you will strengthen your critical thinking, communication and cultural awareness. You will graduate with the confidence to work across languages and cultures, opening up a wide range of global opportunities. Our graduates are creative, adaptable thinkers working in publishing, journalism, marketing, teaching, heritage, and beyond. Many find roles in copywriting, PR, editorial, or media, while others succeed in law, business, or further study. Southampton English graduates are highly employable, with 100% in work or further study within 15 months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes 2022/2023, Published in 2025). Employers value the research, communication, and analytical skills you’ll gain.
Key features of the course
Study in a top 12 English department in the UK, according to the Times and Sunday Times 2026.
Shape your degree through a wide choice of modules across English literature and languages and cultures.
Take advantage of the comprehensive collection of physical books and journals, as well as extensive digital collections and rare volumes that make us one of the UK's best resourced institutions for the Humanities. We also have established links with Chawton House, God's House Tower, Mayflower Studios, and the John Hansard Gallery, bringing new perspectives to your learning.
Use digital humanities facilities to explore texts and cultures through technologies such as virtual reality, 3D scanning and immersive audio visual spaces.
Spend a year abroad on a workplace, teaching or university placement, with opportunities across the world.
Receive additional teaching hours and funding for a language course abroad after your first year, helping you progress quickly.
Student support
You will be taught by experts who take the time to know you as an individual. Through small group seminars and support from your personal tutor, you will build confidence in your ideas and your voice.
You will also have access to wellbeing services, peer mentoring and dedicated careers support, all within a welcoming and supportive community.
Further information
BA English and Modern Languages is a four year full time course based at Avenue Campus.
Find out more on our course page.
Over the four years of this English course, you’ll spend around 25% of your time studying your chosen language, with the remaining 75% spent on modules in linguistics, cultural studies, other languages, or modules from outside the department.
Year 1: Start to develop your language skills. You’ll take a year-long double module in the language covering all the relevant areas of language study.
Year 2: You’ll study language-specific linguistics modules for your chosen language. You can choose modules that equip you with different ways to study cultures and languages that will further build your understanding of language within culture.
Year 3: Year Abroad
Year 4: You’ll develop your language and linguistics studies to an advanced level on your return from abroad. You’ll further understand languages and culture through advanced modules that cover a range of topics from migration to film and literature.
You will also have opportunities to tailor your learning through student-selected units and an elective placement.
For a full list of modules available please visit the course page - https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/one-modern-language-english-degree-ba#modules
The learning activities for this course include the following:
Lectures
Classes and Tutorials
Coursework
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
University of Southampton has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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The following entry points are available for this course:
Find out about equivalent entry requirements and qualifications for your country: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/uni-life/international/your-country.page
We welcome applicants with other qualifications eg. European Baccalaureate. You will be expected to attain an A level equivalent standard.
The University of Southampton requires all applicants to achieve at least a Grade 4 in English and Mathematics GCSEs (taken in England) or a Grade C in both subjects (where taken in Northern Ireland or Wales). Some degree subjects stipulate specific additional GCSE minimum grades, which will be specified as part of the individual degree programme entry requirements.
For more details on the suitability of your qualifications or foundation programme please contact the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Admissions Team at AdmissionsUG.AH@southampton.ac.uk
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | with no component below 6.0 |
Find out more about the University’s English Language requirementshttps://www.southampton.ac.uk/studentadmin/admissions/admissions-policies/language.page
Most of the students who enrolled on this course in previous years met their offer conditions at our published entry criteria, securing their place on their chosen course.
We encourage all applicants with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, to apply to study with us. Applicants who qualify for contextual admissions will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.
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.
We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it's a postgraduate course, there isn't enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course - learn more.
This report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
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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.
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Email:AdmissionsUG.AH@soton.ac.uk
Phone:023 8059 4732
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