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European Studies (French pathway) with a year abroad BA

UCAS code: RR81

Key information

Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAB
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Four years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2024
Application deadline:
31 January 2024
Apply via UCAS

This European Studies (French Pathway) BA will teach you about the history and politics of Europe and give you the French language skills to truly understand this topic. You’ll get to study in Paris for a year and graduate as a French speaker with a detailed knowledge of European Studies.

Key benefits

  • Become a French speaker, even if you’ve never studied it before, with the ab-initio pathway.
  • Shape your syllabus from a range of interdisciplinary optional modules covering politics, government and national identity. 
  • Spend a year studying in French at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po).
  • Learn from a research-active, multi-national team of academics in a Department ranked 6th in the UK for Politics (The Guardian University Guide 2023).
  • Enjoy extracurricular activities such as guest lectures or the student-organised annual ‘European Week’, where you’ll debate contemporary political issues.
  • Benefit from the department’s unrivalled range of contacts with cultural institutes, libraries, international firms and government agencies.
  • Develop analytical and presentational skills valued by employers, opening up career opportunities in politics, diplomacy, administration, business and journalism.
Sean

As someone who lived and studied in France for high school, one of the reasons I applied for this course was the opportunity for a year abroad at Science Po Paris. I’ve met students from Asia, Africa, America, and the rest of Europe during my seminars and lectures which has greatly expanded my mind. 

Sean, European Studies (French Pathway) BA

Employability

As a European Studies (French Pathway) BA graduate, your level of French will allow you to work in a French-speaking role – or in France.

You’ll also have developed analytical and presentational skills that you can apply to a number of roles.

Previous European Studies BA graduates have taken roles in the Foreign Office, with lobbying firms at the European Commission, in public and private agencies and think tanks, and with leading financial institutions. Some have worked as far afield as Bosnia and Japan.

Recent European Studies (French Pathway) BA graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:

  • Trade Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development
  • Communications Consultant, Kreab Gavin Anderson
  • Event Coordinator, Reed Exhibitions
  • Journalism/Writing Intern, New York Times
  • Internship with Orange in Brussels
  • Internship with the French Embassy in Jordan
  • International Students Advisor, UCL

Curious to find out more? Access on-demand content including taster lectures and talks, and meet our current staff and students on our subject hub page.

Employability

As a European Studies (French Pathway) BA graduate, your level of French will allow you to work in a French-speaking role – or in France.

You’ll also have developed analytical and presentational skills that you can apply to a number of roles.

Previous European Studies BA graduates have taken roles in the Foreign Office, with lobbying firms at the European Commission, in public and private agencies and think tanks, and with leading financial institutions. Some have worked as far afield as Bosnia and Japan.

Recent European Studies (French Pathway) BA graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:

  • Trade Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development
  • Communications Consultant, Kreab Gavin Anderson
  • Event Coordinator, Reed Exhibitions
  • Journalism/Writing Intern, New York Times
  • Internship with Orange in Brussels
  • Internship with the French Embassy in Jordan
  • International Students Advisor, UCL

Curious to find out more? Access on-demand content including taster lectures and talks, and meet our current staff and students on our subject hub page.

Key information

Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAB
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Four years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2024
Application deadline:
31 January 2024
Apply via UCAS

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