Our dynamic English BA degree offers you the chance to study in the heart of London and engage with its literary history. You'll be able to select from a wide array of exciting areas of study – with world-class lecturers working on everything from contemporary poetry to medieval performance, from South Asian fiction to creative writing. During the degree, you will discover a range of theoretical and historical approaches to literary study and develop essential skills in critical thinking, expression and research.
**Key benefits**
- One of the oldest English departments in the country, with an international reputation for the quality of its teaching and research.
- Central London location offers opportunities to work with Shakespeare's Globe as well as an exciting range of other sites and archives.
- Ours is a department committed to teaching English literatures of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries written in America, Anglophone Africa, Australia, Ireland and South Asia as well as within the UK.
- Personal attention is given to each student, creating a vibrant intellectual atmosphere and a network of support.
- Graduates develop transferable analytical and communications skills making them highly desirable to employers across a range of sectors.
- With several research centres at King's, including the Centre for Modern Literature and Culture, Queer @ King's and the London Shakespeare Centre, you will be working alongside cutting-edge research across a range of fields.
Please see our online prospectus for further details on this programme: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/english-ba
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How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
Q300
Institution code:
K60
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels. Must include English Literature, or combined English Language and Literature.
Must be combined with two Scottish Advanced Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject.
Access to English Literature/Arts/Humanities (or similar subject). Must include at least 15 Level 3 credits in English Literature or English Language and Literature awarded Distinction.
Must be combined with three Scottish Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject. Must include grade A in Advanced Higher English.
including 6,6,6 at Higher Level with HL6 in either English Literature or Combined English Language & Literature. Note the total point score of 35 includes TOK/EE.
Please see our online prospectus for further details on our BTEC entry requirements.
Must include English Literature or combine English Language and Literature.
Please note that Global Perspectives is not accepted by King’s as one of your Pre-U Principal subjects. Combinations of Pre-U principal subjects and other qualifications (such as A-levels) will be considered. Must include Literature in English.
Required subjects: English Literature, or combined English Language and Literature
Preferred subjects: English Literature and another arts subject.
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
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English language requirements
Test
Grade
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IELTS (Academic)
7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each skill
PTE Academic
69 overall with a minimum of 62 in each skill
TOEFL (iBT)
100 overall with a minimum of 25 in writing and 23 in each of the other skills
Cambridge English Advanced
185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each skill
Cambridge English Proficiency
185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each skill
Trinity ISE
Level III (ISEIII) with merit in each skill
Institution's Own Test
Pass the King's Pre-Sessional English Language Programme with Band 7
We also accept a number of English language tests taken as part of school-level qualifications. For more details, please see our website. Please note that the course requirements are under Band B.
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
70%
Go onto work and study:
80%
Fees and funding
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
For International fees and information, please see the course details on our online prospectus: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/index
The fees stated are for entry in the forthcoming September. If you are applying for deferred entry, to commence the following September, fees may be subject to change.
All International applicants to Undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of £2,000 against their first year’s tuition fee. This deposit is payable when you firmly accept an unconditional offer to study with us, and will be offset against your tuition fees when you join King’s.
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Westminster
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