The School of Modern Languages and Cultures is one of the UKs leading centres for research and teaching in languages and cultures. We offer a wide variety of
taught MA programmes and research supervision for MA by Research and PhD programmes. Key themes include European literatures and cultures from the medieval
age to the 21st century; the Arab world; contemporary China, Japan and the cultures of South East
Asia; gender; the media, especially film; translation and interpreting;
language branding, demography, immigration and race; postcolonialism;
diasporic cultures; linguistics and language computing.
Why study with us?
We offer you the opportunity to study in a stimulating environment which brings together the experience and insights of 200 postgraduate students from across the world. Our facilities are state-of-the-art and our unique personal tutoring system gives all students the individual support of an academic advisor from the start of their programme at Leeds.
Want to find out more?
Use the links on the left of this page to find out more about postgraduate study in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures: for example, you will find a complete list of taught MA programmes on offer. Alternatively, use the links below to navigate to more subject and programme-specific information:
Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies |
East Asian Studies |
French |
German |
Italian |
Linguistics and Phonetics |
Professional Language and Intercultural Studies |
Russian and Slavonic Studies |
Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies |
Translation Studies |
World Cinemas