French and Spanish

Overview

You will acquire near-native fluency in each language, while gaining the broad cultural education prized by graduate employers.

You will explore aspects of Francophone and Hispanic culture, including literature and cinema, fascinating political history, social movements and philosophical ideas.

Our courses cover material from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century and include specialist options taught by leading experts in their field.

Why Edinburgh

We are unique in Scotland in offering students a full academic year abroad within the four-year honours programme, regardless of whether you spend the year studying or working.

Our language programmes are also extremely flexible. In Years 1 and 2, you will choose option courses from a broad list of disciplines in addition to your core subjects.

Career opportunities after the French and Spanish programme at The University of Edinburgh

Studying languages to degree level, especially when you spend a year abroad, gives you a set of skills and life experiences highly prized by employers.

Our employment statistics for language graduates are impressive. Our graduates can be found in every sector, especially those that require disciplined and imaginative thinking.

With a qualification in French and Spanish, you will understand two languages of international communication, including one of the most widely spoken in the world.

Many of our former students are working in roles where language skills are of special value, such as:

• outreach

• education

• translating

• interpreting

This includes for multinational companies, political institutions, and other organisations.