Modern Languages with Digital Communications BA (Hons)
Course Overview - Modern Languages with Digital Communications BA (Hons)
Become a multilingual storyteller and craft digital content that connects communities worldwide.
Combine your love for language-learning with a skillset in storytelling and content strategy. Youll harness multiple languages, digital tools, and technologies to create inclusive content that reaches across borders.
How do the languages and translations we use change the meaning of media? Youll study games, film, journalism, social media, advertising and visual culture to uncover their hidden meanings and cultural impacts.
• Experience a new approach to l...
Become a multilingual storyteller and craft digital content that connects communities worldwide.<br/><br/>Combine your love for language-learning with a skillset in storytelling and content strategy. Youll harness multiple languages, digital tools, and technologies to create inclusive content that reaches across borders.<br/><br/>How do the languages and translations we use change the meaning of media? Youll study games, film, journalism, social media, advertising and visual culture to uncover their hidden meanings and cultural impacts.<br/><br/><br/>• Experience a new approach to language learning with our CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) teaching method - study topics of cultural significance in your chosen languages, designed and delivered by expert researchers. <br/><br/><br/><br/>• Enjoy focused academic contact – We pride ourselves on our small groups, allowing individual attention and active language learning through engagement with cultural material.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Cultural venues at your fingertips - Birmingham is home to a diverse range of arts, media, a cultural venues on-campus and in the city. Discover our on campus gallery, museums, and music spaces, or head to the city for festivals and events. <br/><br/><br/><br/>• Join our language and culture-based societies to further enhance your skills and contribute to the student-led Linguist Magazine. <br/><br/><br/><br/>• Study a range of exciting modules including Languages, Media and Digital Cultures, Multilingual Storytelling and Content Creation, and Language, Digital Communication and Cultural Industries.<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Top 10 for Iberian languages in the UK Complete University Guide 2026</strong><br/><strong>Top 10 for German and Italian in the UK Complete University Guide 2026</strong><br/><strong>Top 20 for French in the UK Complete University Guide 2026</strong><br/><br/><strong>Real-life experience on our year abroad</strong><br/>One of the most exciting elements of any degree in Modern Languages is the opportunity to spend your third year abroad, perfecting your language skills, developing a thorough appreciation of another culture and acquiring all manner of transferable skills.<br/><br/>We’ll help you organise your time away, and you’ll be supported throughout by your Year Abroad Coordinator, as well as our academic and wellbeing teams. This means you can relax and embrace hands-on opportunities working, studying or visiting in your chosen countries!
Course Information
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
28/09/2026
Campus
Main Site
Application Details
14 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
R9P3
Institution Code
B32
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
Not Accepted
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
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6,5,5 in Higher Level subjects. You also require a Higher Level or equivalent in each modern language that you plan to study at Advanced level. If you do not have the relevant language at Higher Level, please feel free to contact us to discuss your options.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DDM
BTEC Extended Diploma: DDM, plus a B at A-level in the required subject/s mentioned above. BTEC Diploma: DD, plus a B at A-level in the required subject/s mentioned above. BTEC Subsidiary Diploma: D, plus AB at A-level, including the required subject/s mentioned above.
A level
A,B,B
A level grade B is required each modern language that you plan to study at Advanced level. If you do not have the relevant language A Level, please feel free to contact us to discuss your options.
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)
Accepted in place of a non-required A level with the equivalent grade.
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Fees and funding
| Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £9,790 | 2026/27 | Year 1 |






































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