University of Birmingham
English Literature
BA (Hons), 3 years
Typical offer rate
93–100%
high entry
Grad employment
87%
15 months after
In professional roles
61%
Median grad salary
£26,000
15 months after
The University of Birmingham's English Literature degree is a BA covering poetry, fiction and drama from Old English to the present, with strong provision in modern and contemporary writing. Students develop close reading, critical argument and research skills in a department with longstanding strengths in literary studies. Offers go to most who meet the grades.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to English Literature at University of Birmingham has a 93–100% 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 University of Birmingham
Birmingham is a Russell Group university on a large parkland campus in Edgbaston, the original 'redbrick' civic university, its Old Joe clock tower a city landmark.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: University of Birmingham · English Literature
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.