History & Modern Languages (French, German, Portuguese or Spanish) with a year abroad King's College London

Overview

Graduates from the History & Modern Languages (French, German, Portuguese or Spanish) with a year abroad programme at King's College London get top jobs in a wide range of sectors, including law, business, government, heritage, finance and marketing.

With modern languages in demand in the current climate, why not enhance your career options by taking History alongside French, German, Portuguese or Spanish? With options to enhance your current study, or to take up any of these languages as a total beginner – there has never been a better time to learn a language.

The Modern Language Departments can draw on unparalleled print, audio-visual and online resources, including the King’s Maughan Library and Senate House Library, the Institute of Modern Languages Research, the British Film Institute and the British Library. All are within easy walking distance of the Strand Building. The Goethe-Institut, Austrian Cultural Forum, Institut français, Camões Centre , Instituto Cervantes, and Canning House also have extensive media and library holdings, and run lively courses including films, readings, seminars and exhibitions which complement our Departments’ internal film screenings, open seminars, exhibitions, and annual departmental play.

Key benefits

• One of the best history departments in the world, ranked 9th in the UK by The Guardian University Guide (2016).

• Graduates get top jobs in a wide range of sectors, including law, business, government, heritage, finance and teaching.

• A wider range of periods and places than most history degrees, from medieval Europe to modern India.

• Students are taught in a friendly and supportive environment by expert historians.

• The central London location offers students easy access to world-class museums, collections and libraries.

• French, German and Spanish have been taught at King's since 1831 and Portuguese since the 1860s, making us one of the oldest modern languages programmes in the country.

• Our language departments are consistently voted among the best in the UK and offer our graduates excellent career prospects.

Career prospects

Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:

• By encouraging critical reflection on both the past and the present contexts of the French, German

• Studies of graduate employability repeatedly stress the career value of language degrees, which provide graduates with international experience and enhancing cultural awareness