Liberal Arts

Welcome to Liberal Arts at Durham

Liberal Arts gives you the opportunity to design your own degree. You can study two, three, or even four subjects, in and beyond the Arts and Humanities, choosing and combining modules in ways which reflect your individual interests and aspirations.

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Look Closer at our Liberal Arts courses

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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Liberal Arts – formerly ‘Combined Honours in Arts’ – is a flexible multidisciplinary programme, which gives those who want to specialise in more than one subject the chance to study in some of the UK’s most highly-regarded departments in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

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World-leading status affirmed in QS World University Rankings 2026

Durham University has been named in the QS World University Rankings world top 100, a position it has achieved every year since 2010. The rankings have confirmed the University’s strong global reputation for employability (64th) and it is also 22nd in the world for sustainability.

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If your interests include English Literature, History, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, Classics, Music, or Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, the Liberal Arts programme gives you a way to combine these subjects, and other subjects, including Politics, Economics, Sociology, and Geography, at Durham University.