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For centuries, German-speaking cultures have had a profound international influence. Over one-third of Europeans speak German as their first language, and the language ranks in the world's top 20. It is particularly important within business and politics.

Across all four years of our wide-ranging programme, including a year abroad, your studies will give you the chance to gain professional skills in all aspects of German, including: reading and listening; writing and translating; and speaking and presenting.

As well as language learning, you will also explore German-language literature, film and theatre. You will study these in the context of historical and political developments, from the eighteenth century to contemporary times.

By your final year, you will have developed the linguistic, critical and analytical skills to the standard of completing a dissertation in German.

English Literature

At Edinburgh, you will study in the oldest department of English Literature in the UK, one of the longest-established in the world.

You will gain the essential skills needed for the critical close reading of poetry, drama and prose and explore the cultural contexts of writing in English from the late Middle Ages to the present.

At honours level, you will select courses on the basis of your own interests in specific topics, periods or literary genres.

Entry Requirements

2026 entry requirements

Standard entry:
4 Highers at ABBB (first sitting) or 4 Highers at AABB/ABBBB (two sittings) including English plus a language other than English at National 5 at B.

Widening access entry:
4 Highers at ABBB (by end of S6) including English plus a language other than English at National 5 at B. Highers at BBB must be achieved in one sitting.