Liberal Arts

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.