Undergraduate degrees

Develop your language skills, work or study overseas, discover cultures and societies around the globe

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Degree combinations

We offer flexible programmes, both within our School and in collaboration with 14 other subjects across the University. You can study a wide range of degree schemes in Chinese, French, German, and Spanish from beginners and advanced levels, and Italian from beginner level.

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Discover Languages at Lancaster University

Lancaster's distinctive approach to undergraduate language degrees gives you the opportunity to acquire both high-level language skills and a thorough understanding of languages, cultures and societies within a global context.

  • Flexible programme

    Lancaster has a flexible approach to undergraduate study. Many students choose to study Chinese, French, German, Italian or Spanish in the first year of their studies, either at intensive or advanced level.

  • Careers and Employability

    When you arrive in Lancaster, you might not have a plan for after you graduate, but when you're ready to take the next step, we're here to help you.

  • Undergraduate Prizes

    Each year, we ward a number of prizes to our undergraduate students.

International Placement Year

Spending a year abroad is an integral and assessed part of our language degrees. We offer flexibility to split your time abroad between different activities. It gives you the opportunity to improve your language proficiency, broaden your cultural knowledge and gain transferable skills that are much valued by employers.

The International Placement Year is compulsory for students taking Chinese, French, German or Spanish at major level. Please note that there is no placement year for Italian.

International placement year

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