MLibArts Liberal Arts with Study Abroad (2T23)
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Course summary
Our rich and challenging integrated master's degree in Liberal Arts with Study Abroad, lets you nurture your curiosity and develop advanced knowledge and skills which will be valuable throughout your degree and beyond.
You'll be able to cultivate deep expertise in a subject of your choice, your pathway, while also having the freedom to explore subjects across the arts, humanities and languages. Combining breadth and depth, you'll make innovative connections between disciplines, and develop the rigorous creative and critical thinking tools you'll need to engage meaningfully with the fast-moving world around you.
In your first two years, at least a third of your learning takes place in your pathway subject. Alongside this, bespoke units provide the intellectual and practical foundations for interdisciplinary inquiry across the arts and humanities. You'll place pressing contemporary global issues in historical context, explore how data shapes the stories we tell, and study a modern or ancient language of your choice. Optional units from across the arts, humanities and languages offer further opportunities to broaden your studies.
An outstanding highlight of our course is the chance to spend your third year abroad, studying at one of our prestigious partner universities. This study abroad placement enriches your degree by opening new opportunities for interdisciplinary learning and cultural immersion. Students on a modern language pathway will also study in their chosen language, accelerating linguistic skills and deepening cultural knowledge. Placement opportunities abroad are subject to satisfactory academic progress in your first year. To find out more about studying abroad, visit the Centre for Study Abroad.
In your fourth year, you'll advance to master's level study, taking postgraduate pathway and optional units. Your degree culminates in a substantial interdisciplinary research project, allowing you to draw together your learning by investigating a topic that matters to you.
Course structure
Pathway subjects for our four-year integrated master's MLibArts degree currently include:
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Classics and Ancient History
- English
- Film
- Historical Studies (History and History of Art)
- French
- German
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Music
- Philosophy
- Religion and Theology
- Theatre.
Please note that the Music pathway will only be available to students who meet the requirements listed in the Additional Requirements section.
Entry requirements
We accept a wide variety of qualifications and welcome applications from students of all backgrounds. Below is a guide to the typical offers for this course.
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Selection process
- Regulations and codes of conduct we abide by to create a positive environment for learning and achievement are found in the University admissions policies and procedures.
- If applying with extenuating circumstances please see our policy.
- Full information about our selection processes for Liberal Arts with Study Abroad can be found in the Admissions Statement:
Admissions statement - The admissions statement above relates to 2026 entry. The statement for 2027 entry will be available in summer 2026.