Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics

Prospective Undergraduates

Thinking about studying Linguistics or Modern Languages? These are rich, intellectually rewarding fields, through which your degree course may chart one of many diverse routes, all fostering skills that are highly sought-after by top employers.

Applying for Postgraduate Study

Our academic staff are leaders in world-class scholarship and teaching, and conduct research in one or more of the following areas: linguistics, film and screen studies, history and thought, and literary and cultural studies.

Latest news

PhD student Juliette Bretan presents BBC Radio 3 programme on Polish tango

14 May 2025

English PhD student Juliette Bretan recently presented a BBC Radio 3 programme on Polish tango. In the programme, Juliette traces the musical adventure of the tango and its interwar explosion eastwards in colder climes like Warsaw. A rich, unexpected history, encountering some of those who have brought it back to life...

PhD student Tiancheng Hu named 2025 Apple Scholar in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AIML)

6 May 2025

This year's programme has been awarded to only 21 participants worldwide and supports emerging leaders in computer science and engineering.

New publication 'Descartes and the Non-Human' by Professor Emma Gilby is available for free until Friday 16 May

2 May 2025

Descartes and the Non-Human offers a reassessment of Descartes and his relevance for the environmental humanities.

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