French Studies and Linguistics

This four-year combined degree is provided by our department of languages and cultures and the highly-ranked department of linguistics and english language. it includes an international placement in year 3.a year abroad gives you the unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the language and culture. you don’t need to have studied french before as we offer an intensive course for beginners.

As well as language and subject-related skills, a degree in languages gives you the opportunity to develop rich interpersonal, intercultural, cognitive and transferable skills. these can be utilised across a variety of careers such as accountancy, it, business development, civil service, events management, finance, journalism, publishing, research and sales, as well as teaching and translating both in the uk and abroad. many graduates continue their studies at lancaster, making the most of our excellent postgraduate research facilities. we offer masters degrees in translation, languages and cultures, applied linguistics, and discourse studies amongst others. lancaster university is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, you also graduate with the relevant life and work based skills. we are unique in that every student is eligible to participate in the lancaster award which offers you the opportunity to complete key activities such as work experience, employability/career development, campus community and social development

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Lancaster University has partnerships with the following companies: