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Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Faculty of Arts & Humanities

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Unlock new worlds with degrees in languages, literatures and cultures at King's.

Our undergraduate degrees allow you to immerse yourself in cultures from around the world by exploring literature, music, media, film and digital worlds.

If you're looking to build on your skills and knowledge through postgraduate study, we offer both taught MA programmes and PhD opportunities. You can develop your specialism in comparative literature, critical theory or medieval studies through our Master's teaching, and work with experts across languages, literatures and cultures on doctorate study.

You'll graduate with high-level communication skills and the ability to connect with others from a range of backgrounds – which will both set you up for success in the workplace. Discover more about the career paths of graduates from our department.

 

Explore our courses

Undergraduate

Undergraduate

Language, literature and cross-cultural comparison courses that engage with the world.

Master's

Master’s

Study a postgraduate course with a global outlook and build invaluable workplace skills.

PhD

PhD

Join a world leading research environment on our PhD programmes.

Learn a language from scratch at university level

Did you know you can learn a brand new language at degree level? On our Modern Languages with year abroad BA, students can study a language from an introductory or post A-Level stage, and you will finish the course with close to fluency level no matter where you start.

Our students explain what it was like to study German, French and Spanish at 'ab initio'.

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