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French: A year abroad

You will have the opportunity to study or work in a French speaking country during your year abroad (usually in your third year)

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French is estimated as having up to 100 million native speakers as well as around 190 million second language speakers and is the second-most studied foreign language in the world. This course equips you with the linguistic skills to travel and work among French-speaking people, and also to explore their history and culture. 

You can join the course as a complete beginner, with A-level French, or as a near-native speaker. Modules emphasise the vocational opportunities afforded by the study of a foreign language and from the second year on are mostly taught in French. The third year is normally spent studying or working in a French-speaking country.

Course overview


Full programme details

Type

Undergraduate
BA/BSc
Combined Honours

Duration

Full-time: 4 years; Part-time: by arrangement

Department

Media, Culture and Language

Tuition fees

£8,500 (2013; UK/EU)

Cash scholarships and bursaries available

Entry tariff

300 points

Single or Combined

Combined honours

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Facilities

The University of Roehampton has exceptional facilities including an extensive Library and Learning Services, and state-of-the-art teaching spaces in modern buildings.

University Library Extensive University Library
The Languages Centre The Languages Centre
Languages for All Languages for All
On campus

The University Library has excellent resources for the study of French. You will also have access to the Languages Centre, which is well equipped with video-viewing facilities, satellite TV and multimedia CALL packages.

Off campus

Roehampton is close to the many world-class facilities in London. The French Cultural Institute is a key collaborator with the Cine Lumiere, screening the very best of French cinema, a variety of talks and book launches, and the multimedia library holding the largest of collection of French Language materials in the UK. Many other cultural offices at embassies of French-speaking countries also offer varied programmes of activities of interest to anybody studying a French degree.

Career opportunities

The University of Roehampton has an enviable record in graduate employment. Employers want a complete package of qualification, experience and life skills, so we provide all sorts of career-boosting opportunities, such as internships, work or volunteer placements, networking events, and semesters at universities abroad.

When you study French at Roehampton you have the opportunity to experience a work placement at different stages of your degree. You may choose to work for a company or NGO in a French speaking country during your Year Abroad (normally in your third year), but you may also register for the Work-based Language Placement module in the final year, in which you earn your credits by volunteering in a French-speaking organisation or as a language assistant in a local school.

Our graduates are well placed to find employment both in the UK and throughout the world. Recent French graduates have found positions related to their language skills in:

  • governmental agencies 
  • advertising 
  • publishing 
  • export companies 
  • teaching 
  • the civil service.
Find out what else you can do with a French degree
 

Combinations

CourseUCAS code CourseUCAS code
Business ManagementNR29 FilmPR39
English LiteratureQR3X JournalismRP95
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Key Information Set (KIS)

Department of Media, Culture and Language

Roehampton has one of the most diverse student bodies of any university in the UK, and we develop the skills they need to succeed in an increasingly competitive and global marketplace. Languages underpin this international exchange and the department is proud to incorporate within it the Centre for Language Studies.

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