Overview

Through the Translation Studies course from the University of Birmingham you'll get to build your networks from day one. We have strong links with industry and organise talks from professionals, as well as advertising mentoring and internship opportunities.

You can also take a Professional Development module where you'll develop the skills you need to excel as a professional translator.

We can accommodate a range of language pairings.

These are:

English to Mandarin but not Mandarin to English (if you'd like to translate in both directions, you can do this on our MA Translation Studies Distance Learning)
French to English and English to French
Italian to English and English to Italian
Russian to English and English to Russian
Spanish to English and English to Spanish
Portuguese to English and English to Portuguese
German to English and English to German
English to Greek and Greek to English
English to Catalan and Catalan to English
Arabic to English and English to Arabic

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Theoretical and Analytical Skills

Translating for Business

Translation Technology

Specialised Translation

Project Management

Multimodal Translation

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-03 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-28 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

67

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

67

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

2:1 Honours Degree in Modern Languages

The language you intend to translate into needs to be your mother tongue language or a language you use regularly.
If you want to translate into a language that you use regularly, but isn't your mother tongue, you may need to provide evidence of your language proficiency.
The university typically expects you have an Honours degree level at a 2:1 in the language(s) you intend to translate from. If you don't hold a degree in your ‘second’ language, you may need to provide other evidence of proficiency. This needs to be equivalent to a minimum of level C1 on the Common European Framework for Languages.
If you don't hold a languages or humanities-related Honours degree, you may need to provide evidence of relevant work experience.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

27090 GBP / year

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Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

11250 GBP / year

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Additional Details

UK: £5,625 part-time

Living costs

Birmingham

United Kingdom

765 - 1134 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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