
Discover Liberal Arts and Sciences at Birmingham

Pursue your passions and open doors across departments with our prestigious undergraduate BA Liberal Arts and BASc Arts and Sciences degrees. Our degrees let you take the lead, building a course that suits your interests and develops highly sought-after interdisciplinary skills.
Our Liberal Arts and Sciences programmes
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Curate a degree programme as varied and unique as your passions
Take control of your degree by choosing undergraduate Liberal Arts or Arts and Sciences, where you build a programme that suits your interests, and acquire the interdisciplinary skills that employers are looking for.
Through our BA Liberal Arts degree, you will create your own unique programme which can combine social sciences, arts, humanities and law. Or, choose our BASc Arts and Sciences to study science disciplines alongside arts and humanities.
Why Study Liberal Arts and Sciences at Birmingham?
- Flexibility to build your course - you will have the option choose one or two subject(s) as your Major, which will serve as your specialism, or keep your degree broad. This is complemented by the different subjects you choose to explore and build into a portfolio of expertise.
- Join a welcoming, enthusiastic community – As a Liberal Arts and Sciences student, you will have the opportunity to join a close-knit cohort supported by passionate faculty. You can meet your peers and tutors for weekly tea and biscuits in the designated Liberal Arts and Sciences Hub, join student-leadership groups and societies, and make connections with course mates, the city and beyond.
- Experience a third-year like no other - Our exciting degree programmes offer a rich extra-curricular experience to make you stand out in a competitive graduate market. Through the BASc Arts and Sciences built-in third year, or by choosing to add an extra year to our BA Liberal Arts, you'll broaden your global potential. Choose to explore internationally with our Year Abroad, carry out a project-based placement with a community organisation closer to home with our Year in Civic Leadership, or join our Year in Computer Science to gain in-depth knowledge of computing.
International scholarships in the College of Arts and Law
10 international students can be awarded £3,000 toward tuition fees for year one entry.
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