Lancaster University
English Literature (Placement Year)
BA (Hons), 4 years
Typical offer rate
92–100%
high entry
Grad employment
80%
15 months after
In professional roles
65%
Median grad salary
£26,000
15 months after
Lancaster University's English Literature (Placement Year) is a BA that runs over four years with a year in the workplace; the placement is what the extra year adds. The academic core covers literary texts from the medieval to the contemporary, and the placement allows students to apply their analytical and communicative skills in a professional context in publishing, the media or the creative industries. Most applicants who meet the grades receive an offer.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to English Literature (Placement Year) at Lancaster University has a 92–100% 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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Estimate my chancesAbout Lancaster University
Lancaster is a collegiate campus university in the north-west, consistently placed near the top of the national league tables, with students organised into colleges in the Oxbridge manner.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Lancaster University · English Literature (Placement 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.