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    Birkbeck, University of London

    English and Language (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese) with Foundation Year

    BA (Hons), 3 study options

    Typical offer rate

    75–85%

    high entry

    Grad employment

    75%

    15 months after

    In professional roles

    60%

    Median grad salary

    £30,000

    15 months after

    Birkbeck's English and language with foundation year adds an opening year before the BA, developing the academic and language skills needed to proceed to the full degree. The foundation year carries the preparation, and the degree after it is the standard English and language programme. Offers go to most who meet the grades.

    How hard is it to get in?

    The typical applicant to English and Language (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese) with Foundation Year at Birkbeck, University of London has a 75–85% chance of an offer, high by UK standards. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.

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    Entry requirements

    • UCAS tariff: 48–48 points

    About Birkbeck, University of London

    Birkbeck has taught in the evening since the nineteenth century, founded for working Londoners, and most of its degrees can still be taken part-time around a job.

    Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Birkbeck, University of London · English and Language (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese) with Foundation Year

    Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.