The ability to understand foreign languages and cultures ought to be one of the fundamental principles of the globalised world. Studying foreign languages at university offers the opportunity to
MSt (Res), a research-based Masters degree. You will engage in a full-time research project and write a thesis of no more than 30,000 words. It is an excellent opportunity to spend a shorter time in
PhD (Doctorate), normally of three years duration leading to a thesis of no more than 80,000 words and an oral examination. During their first two years in Modern Languages, PhD students would
Engage with traditional and new approaches to comparative literature, deepening your understanding of the field, and working with texts both in their original languages and in English translation.
Students become truly bilingual and intercultural by studying at two world-renowned and historic universities. The course combines a theoretical grounding in comparative literature with the practical