BA Latin and French / Overview

Year of entry: 2025

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Degree awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Duration: 4 years
Typical A-level offer: ABB including one or both of the languages to be studied. You will be placed in the Advanced stream for your post A Level language (minimum requirement of grade B or above) and the beginners stream if you have not studied the language at A Level. Only one language can be studied from beginners level.
Typical contextual A-level offer: BBC including one or both of the languages to be studied. You will be placed in the Advanced stream for your post A Level language (minimum requirement of grade B or above) and the beginners stream if you have not studied the language at A Level. Only one language can be studied from beginners level.

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Refugee/care-experienced offer: Applicants who have been in local authority care for more than three months or have refugee status may be eligible for an offer two grades below the standard requirements.

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Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 34 points overall. 6,5,5 in Higher Level subjects (including Latin or French); Full entry requirements
How to apply: Apply through UCAS

Course overview

Study Latin from beginner, intermediate or advanced level.
Develop advanced knowledge of the language and culture of the classicalworld andexamine original sources of ancient literature.
Spend your third year working or studying in a French-speaking country, where you'll gain first-hand insight into the language, life and culture of your destination.
Study at a university ranked 6th in the UK for Modern Languages (QS World University Rankings 2024).

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Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,250 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £26,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Contact details

School/Faculty: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Telephone: +44 (0)161 509 2871
Email: ug-classics@manchester.ac.uk
Website: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/cahae/
School/Faculty overview: See: About us

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