| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2026-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Translation and Interpreting MA
Overview
Our Translation and Interpreting MA is open to native and non-native speakers of English, who also speak any of the following languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Spanish. The course builds on your existing language skills and provides extensive professional training aimed at a career in the translation and interpreting markets.
Course Structure
The course is designed to enable you to succeed as a professional linguist or freelance interpreter in the public and private sector and/or engage in further research. The course has an excellent graduate employment record, and our membership of Elia Exchange ensures that we can assist you in securing high-quality work placements both during the course and following graduation.
Core Modules
- Interpreting: This module is designed to provide you with training in public service interpreting as well as in interpreting in formal conference scenarios in both consecutive and simultaneous interpreting modes.
- Interpreting Skills Lab: This module equips you with a range of essential skills needed to succeed in the interpreting profession.
- Specialised Translation: This module offers practical, language-specific translation training, utilising a wide range of specialist texts of the kind you will be expected to handle in a professional context.
- Translation Skills Lab: This module equips you with a wide range of practice-oriented skills needed to succeed in the language services industry.
- Professional Development: This module offers a range of seminars and workshops designed to prepare you for your working lives as translators and interpreters, either in-house or freelance.
- MA Interpreting Project OR MA Translation Project OR MA Dissertation: The final core module consists of individual study for and completion of an extended piece of analysis on your own performance in fulfilling an interpretation task or an extended piece of translation, accompanied by an analytic commentary and a set of annotations on the translation process.
Option Modules
- Translation as Cultural Practice: This module examines the ways in which translation, conceived as a cultural practice, can be understood within diverse linguistic, social, professional and historical contexts.
- International Liaison and Advocacy: This module considers current theories and practices of information processing, communication and interpretation and their relevance to global co-operation.
- International Organisations and Institutional Discourse: This module aims to develop a critical understanding of the interaction between language, discourse, and power as it is projected in an institutional communication context.
Entry Requirements
- A minimum of a lower second class honours degree (2:2). Linguists without a degree but with sufficient experience in translation and/or interpreting will also be considered.
- All applicants must take an entry test consisting of written and oral components.
- If your first language is not English, you should have an IELTS 6.5 with 7.0 in speaking and a minimum of 6.0 in all other components.
Tuition Fees
- UK tuition fee: £11,900 (Price per academic year)
- International tuition fee: £20,000 (Price per academic year)
Research Groups
Our research achieves real-world impact and we are proud to claim a rich and diverse profile of high-quality research and knowledge exchange in a wide range of disciplines.
- Westminster Forum for Language and Linguistics
Facilities
Take a look at our state-of-the-art Sanako interpreting suites available to students on the Translation and Interpreting MA.
Teaching and Assessment
- Scheduled hours: 17%
- Independent study: 83%
- Placement: 0%
- Written exams: 6%
- Practical: 17%
- Coursework: 77%
Supporting You
Our Student Hub is where you’ll find out about the services and support we offer, helping you get the best out of your time with us.
- Study support – workshops, 1-2-1 support and online resources to help improve your academic and research skills
- Personal tutors – support you in fulfilling your academic and personal potential
- Student advice team – provide specialist advice on a range of issues including funding, benefits and visas
- Extra-curricular activities – volunteering opportunities, sports and fitness activities, student events and more
Course Location
Our Regent Campus is composed of three sites, situated on and around Regent Street – one of the most famous and vibrant streets in London.
Related Courses
- Specialised Translation MA
- International Communication - Liaison and Advocacy MA
- Translation and Interpreting MA
University of Westminster
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University of Westminster is a public university located in London, England. It offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across various disciplines. The university is known for its focus on practical learning and its strong connections to the industry.
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