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- UCAS course code
- LR25
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA Politics and Portuguese
Study the key areas of global politics alongside Portuguese language and culture.
Duration: 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: LR25 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
Study with a language
- Typical A-level offer: ABB
- Typical contextual A-level offer: BBC
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: BBC
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 34 points overall with 6,5,5 at HL
Course overview
- Build strong analytical skills and understanding of key areas of global politics.
- Develop the linguistic skills and cultural knowledge to access and engage fully with political, historical and cultural issues in European and Brazilian Portuguese.
- Spend a year in a Portuguese-speaking country to consolidate your language learning.
- Ranked a UK top-10 for both Modern Languages by QS World University Subject Rankings 2024 and for Social Sciences by THE World Subject Rankings 2025. In addition, the University of Manchester is a world-leading institution, ranked in the top-50 globally across all of Arts and Humanities by Times Higher Education 2025 .
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
- Telephone
- +44 (0)161 509 2871
- ug-languages@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/modern-languages/
- School/Faculty overview
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