Program Overview
BA Modern Languages and Latin - 2026 entry
Overview
The Modern Languages and Latin degree programme is highly flexible, allowing you to structure your studies around your interests or follow a specific career-orientated pathway. You will study Latin alongside one other language: Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish, which can be taken from beginners level. Your final degree title will reflect your choices, and you will divide your time equally between the two languages.
Course duration
The programme is available as a 3-year or 4-year degree, with the 4-year option including a valuable international placement year. This allows you to immerse yourself in the language and culture of your chosen country while either studying or working.
Entry requirements
- A-Level: ABB
- IB: 32/655
- BTEC: DDM
- Contextual offers: A-Level: BBC, IB: 28/554, BTEC: DMM
Course content
The programme is made up of compulsory and optional modules, which are worth 15 or 30 credits each. You will take up to 30 credits outside the department through modularity.
Year 1
- 30 credits of compulsory Latin modules
- 15 credits of compulsory Classical Studies modules
- 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language
- 15 credits of optional Classical Studies modules
- 30 credits of optional Modern Languages modules
Year 2
- 30 credits of compulsory Latin modules
- 15 credits of compulsory Classical Studies modules
- 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language
- 15 credits of optional Classical Studies modules
- 30 credits of optional Modern Languages modules
International Placement (if taken)
- 120 credits of compulsory modules
Final year
- 30 credits of compulsory Latin modules
- 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language
- 15 credits of optional Classical Studies modules
- 30 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language
Our languages
You can choose from one of the seven languages we offer at Exeter:
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
Fees
- UK students: £9,535 per year
- International students: £24,700 per year
Scholarships
The University of Exeter has many different scholarships available to support your education, including £5 million in scholarships for international students applying to study with us in the 2025/26 academic year.
Learning and teaching
- Written language is taught through weekly classes, with teams of tutors, including native speakers.
- Oral practice is held in classes of eight to 10 students with native speakers of the language(s) that you are studying.
- Teaching on our culture modules is varied, involving a combination of lectures and seminars, backed up by smaller group work and web-based learning.
Assessment
- You will be assessed in a variety of ways, but primarily through coursework and exams (essays, source commentaries, research exercises, oral presentations), and online assessment (for language and culture modules).
Your future
- Modern Languages graduates from the University of Exeter have an excellent reputation with graduate recruiters and compete very successfully in the employment market.
- You will develop skills that are attractive to employers and relevant for a wide range of careers, including managing and analysing information, articulating ideas and arguments, problem solving, critical thinking, and cultural awareness and adaptability.
Career paths
Recent graduates are now working as:
- European Funding Officer
- Trilingual Fraud Specialist
- Insurance Broker
- Marketing and Communications Officer
- Reporter
- TV Researcher
Recent graduates are now working for:
- Civil Service
- Bloomberg
- Challenges Worldwide
- Ernst & Young
- Cancer Research UK
- Hugo Boss
Further study
A Modern Languages degree is also excellent preparation for postgraduate study, and recent graduates have progressed to a range of courses, including:
- MA Translation Studies
- MA Global Literatures and Cultures
- MA European Politics
- Graduate Diploma in Law
- PGCE Secondary French
- MA International Relations
- MSc Globalisation and Latin American Development
- Professional Language Skills
