Today's world is complex, and its challenges demand creative, adaptable thinkers. Our Liberal Arts degree empowers you to explore multiple disciplines, combining subjects from the humanities, social sciences, sciences, business, and languages. You’ll develop problem-solving skills, analytical thinking, and an international outlook.
At Nottingham, you have the flexibility to build a bespoke degree that aligns with your interests, passions, and career aspirations. With access to over 500 modules across a range of disciplines, you can tailor your studies to suit your strengths. Our core Liberal Arts modules will develop your ability to connect ideas across fields, nurture your creativity, and enhance key career skills.
Whether you’re interested in culture, politics, science, or business, this degree allows you to build a personalised programme while gaining real-world experience through field trips, placements, and international study opportunities.
What you'll study
Your degree spans a wide range of disciplines, allowing you to mix and match subjects across:
English - language and literature
Business - entrepreneurship and management
Culture - film, television, media, communications, art history
Humanities - history, philosophy, classics, archaeology, theology
Politics - international relations and theory
Science - mathematics and psychology
Social Sciences - geography, sociology, social policy, criminology
** Learn a language** - Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish
Opportunities beyond the classroom
You'll have opportunities to:
study abroad for a semester at our partner institutions or at our campuses in China and Malaysia
take a placement year, gaining real-world work experience
enhance your CV through the Nottingham Advantage Award
apply for exclusive internships
Studying Liberal Arts at Nottingham means becoming part of a vibrant and supportive community. You’ll also be part of the Liberal Arts Society, working on collaborative projects, fieldwork, and extracurricular activities while engaging with subject-specific societies.
Engaged Arts
All students within the Faculty of Arts can select ‘Engaged Arts’ modules where you’ll approach real world challenges across contemporary themes such as sustainability or equity and justice. These modules have been newly designed to help you gain the skills and analytical abilities that employers are looking for.
Why choose this course?
Interdisciplinary approach - dedicated Liberal Arts modules connect your interests through the key issues facing society today
A wide selection of subjects and modules - in fact one of the widest selections of any Liberal Arts programme, for tailoring to your personal preferences
Freedom to explore - as you move through your course, deepen your knowledge of your favourite topics and explore new ones
Personalised support - work closely with your dedicated Liberal Arts tutors to choose the best options to achieve your goals
Boost your media skills with the Students' Union award-winning broadcast and print groups - NSTV, URN, and Impact Magazine
Go to Hollywood - opportunity to apply for our prestigious competitive Hollywood Internships programme
Work experience - work with our dedicated Faculty of Arts Placements Team to assist with your employability skills development via a range of placements, internships and volunteering opportunities.
You can also access this course through a Foundation Year. This may be suitable if you have faced educational barriers and do not expect to meet the entry requirements for direct entry to a degree course. Please see the UCAS page for the relevant Foundation Year course for further information.
For detailed information about the modules you will study, please visit the course page: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studywithus/ugstudy/courses/UG/Liberal-Arts-BA-Hons-U6ULIART.html
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 Nottingham 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:
European Baccalaureate - 85% overall. For English pathway; 8.5 in English or UoN accepted equivalent. For Mathematics pathway; 8.5 in Mathematics or UoN accepted equivalent.
We consider applicants solely on the basis of their merits, abilities and potential – we use exam grades to prioritise applicants but look at a range of factors and aim to give everyone an equal opportunity to show their achievements.
We understand that background and personal circumstances can have an impact on academic performance at school or college. Applicants who are eligible under our contextual admissions policies may be considered for a reduced contextual offer.
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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