- UCAS course code
- RR27
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA German and Russian
Gain specialist language and culture skills with a focus on Germany and Russia.
Duration: 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: RR27 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
Study with a language
- Typical A-level offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: BBC including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: BBC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 34 points overall with 6,5,5 at HL including specific subjects
Career opportunities
A degree in Modern Languages and Cultures paves the way for a broad range of careers.
You'll develop intercultural awareness and enhanced communication skills - both highly valued by employers.
You'll also acquire transferable expertise at the very heart of language learning, including enhanced powers of perception and interpretation and advanced decision-making and multitasking skills.
You'll develop independence and self-confidence during your residence abroad, and your intercultural communication skills will make you a strong contender for media, journalism and PR roles.
Many of our graduates go straight into business services, marketing, advertising, management, banking or communications.
Others pursue postgraduate study or further vocational training to become accountants, lawyers, teachers (both in the UK and overseas) or to enter the Civil Service.
The University of Manchester is the most targeted university in the UK for top graduate employers (High Fliers Research, 2024).
Employers of our German graduates include PwC, Sandhills East, Lidl, Vodafone,InghamsTravel, Amazon, Egger (Germany), and Mark Warner.
Employers who have taken on graduates of our Russian courses in the past include Spencer Ogden, Reach International, Macmillan Education, RWS Group, Channel Island Securities Exchange, International School of Moscow, The British School of Tashkent, JETProgramme, NHS, Language Empire,openDemocracy, Russia House, Westminster Russia Forum, Gazprom Marketing & Trading, Pearson VUE, Cambridge Education & Training, Royal Mail and Harrington Starr.