Study Modern Languages at Birmingham

• Engage in active language learning with passionate academics - through our CLIL ("Content Language Integrated Learning") teaching method, you'll study language, grammar and vocabulary in direct relation to topics of real cultural significance in your chosen language.
• Tailor your degree to your interests - choose to continue with languages you studied at A level, begin a new language, or mix the two!
• A wide range of exciting extracurricular activities - join cultural trips organised by the Modern Languages Society, our multilingual Linguist Magazine, specialist talks, research seminars and additional free languages classes at Languages for All.
• Live and study in one of the most culturally mixed cities in the UK. Make global connections on your course and through our student societies, including our culture and language magazine - The UoB Linguist.
• We are a university on the rise in all major league tables and were recently named University of the Year 2027 (Daily Mail)

 As one of the most targeted UK universities by top graduate employers (High Fliers report, The Graduate Market 2026), the University of Birmingham prepares graduates for a variety of careers after university.

Our Modern Languages graduates have gone on to secure roles such as Translator, Director, Founder, and Communications Manager, working for organisations such as:

• BBC News
• House of Commons
• Warner Bros. Discovery

The University has commissioned Cturtle as our data partner for tracking our alumni destinations. The data above is a subset from 43,666 alumni who completed their course up to 31 July 2024.