Postgraduate Masters degrees for an increasingly globalised world

The School of Modern Languages offers three Masters degrees designed to enhance your intercultural competence and transferable skills.

Whether you want to pursue doctoral study or upskill your professional profile, the School’s programmes offer excellent training. Graduates have gone on to careers in the public sector, international development, consultancy, as well as journalism, translation, and publishing.

The School offers the MLitt Global Languages, Literatures and Cultures and MLitt Comparative Literature as one-year, full-time qualifications, as well as a two-year MA/MLitt German and Comparative Literature co-delivered with Bonn University. Assessment on all programmes is by coursework, which can include portfolios, essays, presentations, and a dissertation.

The School offers a truly global approach with specialists across eight languages – Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Persian, Russian, Spanish– and Comparative Literature. Expertise spans from the Middle Ages to present day and includes prose, poetry, theatre, film, history, translation, and material culture.

The MLitt Comparative Literature allows students to study texts in their original language or through English translations, or a combination of the two.

The MLitt Global Languages, Literatures and Cultures requires language competency in at least one of the languages offered by the School: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Persian, Russian, and Spanish.

In your core modules, you will address classical and contemporary approaches to literature and culture as well as research and dissemination skills relevant to doctoral study and the workplace.

You will also explore issues from around the world with experts from Modern Languages alongside the option to borrow a module from the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Studies. Your will conclude your programme with a 15,000-word dissertation supervised by a specialist in the area.

For further advice about studying a Masters degree in the School of Modern Languages, please email modlangs@st-andrews.ac.uk.

St Andrews is a unique place to study and live. As well as its three beaches and historic buildings, the town is home to a vibrant student community and both Dundee and Edinburgh are only a short journey away.
As a Masters student in the School of Modern Languages, you will be part of the St Leonard’s Postgraduate College, which comprises a vibrant interdisciplinary postgraduate community. You will also have access to the University’s dedicated postgraduate space, Old Burgh School, which offers space and amenities for studying and socialising.

Alongside your academic learning, you will develop your broader capabilities and employability. All Masters students have access to the Saints Skills Awards, two flexible awards programmes undertaking skills analysis, reflective activities and mock recruitment opportunities to help develop your personal and professional skills.

The School also works closely with the University Careers Centre to provide Masters students with careers advice and support, including advice for those who intend to continue to a doctoral degree.

The University offers a wide range of accommodation options to suit different student lifestyles, including a range of options specifically for postgraduate students – see postgraduate accommodation options.

Postgraduate Masters degrees for an increasingly globalised world

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