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School of Modern Languages & Cultures
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Undergraduate Study

Durham University's School of Modern Languages and Cultures is one of the largest sections of the University. There are 48 full-time research-active staff, about 55 teaching fellows and part-time language specialists, and 10 support staff. In total at any one time there are approximately 1,000 undergraduate students taking courses in the School, about 600 of them studying for the BA in Modern Languages and Cultures.
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Our subjects

From Arabic to Russian and Visual Arts and Film - see which subjects we offer.

Arabic

Find out more about Arabic Studies.
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Chinese

Find out more about Chinese Studies.
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French

Find out more about French Studies.
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German

Find out more about German Studies.

Hispanic

Find out more about Hispanic Studies.
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Italian

Find out more about Italian Studies.
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Japanese

Find out more about Japanese Studies.
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Russian

Find out more about Russian studies.
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Visual Arts and Film

Find out more about Visual Arts and Film.
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Centre for Foreign Language Study (CFLS)

Interested in learning a foreign language?
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Look Closer at our School of Modern Languages and Cultures

Discover the big picture and the little details of our School of Modern Languages and Cultures.

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  • Courses

    Find out more about the courses the School of Modern Languages and Cultures offers.

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  • Study abroad

    Find out more about how and where to study abroad as part of our undergraduate programmes.

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Courses

Find out more about the courses the School of Modern Languages and Cultures offers.

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Study abroad

Find out more about how and where to study abroad as part of our undergraduate programmes.

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  • Employability

    Find out more about job prospects and careers with a degree from MLaC.

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  • Scholarships

    Find out more about the financial support that is available for eligible undergraduate students.

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Employability

Find out more about job prospects and careers with a degree from MLaC.

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Scholarships

Find out more about the financial support that is available for eligible undergraduate students.

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Student life

All the language departments in the School have their own student societies, which arrange excursions, invite speakers, produce plays, show films, hold parties, and run other social events.

There are also many College and University clubs and societies catering for all kinds of interests. Durham itself is a small cathedral city, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne with the shopping centres, cinemas, theatres, discos and other facilities of a large urban centre is less than twenty minutes away by train.
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Durham Tours

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