UndergraduateBachelor of Arts (with Honours)UCAS: Q300

English

Name: English
Price: 9535 GBP
Availability: InStock

Royal Holloway, University of London

Egham, England

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3 yearsDuration

£26,800Per Year (Intl)

£28,000Avg. Graduate Salary

90%Satisfaction

Course Overview

Offered by Royal Holloway, University of London, the BA (Hons) English provides a comprehensive undergraduate education in languages and area studies. Based in Egham, England, this programme combines theoretical knowledge with practical application, with a 3-year full-time structure. BA English allows you to choose from a diverse and extensive range of modules, covering works across time, cultures, genres and geographies. Offering more than 40 modules from across a thousand years of English, American and global literature, English at Royal Holloway is a particularly wide-ranging subject which allows you to develop your passions, debate cutting-edge ideas, and to pursue, if you wish, your own creative writing. The flexibility of this course encourages discovery: from the Knights of the Round Table to contemporary literature on global questions like migration or the envir... International tuition fees are £26,800 per year, home/UK fees are £9,535 per year, and a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 is required for admission. Graduates from this programme benefit from strong career prospects, with 90% student satisfaction rating, a median graduate salary of £24,500 within three years, and a 90% continuation rate.

What You'll Learn

English Literature: Medieval to Early Modern

Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama

Nineteenth-Century British Literature

American Literature and Culture

Critical Theory and Literary Analysis

Modernism and Contemporary Literature

Creative Writing and Literary Practice

Global Voices: Postcolonial and World Literature

UCAS Code:Q300

Academic Year:2026-27 entry

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Entry Requirements

📋 Academic Entry Requirements

A-Level

ABB - BBB

Where an applicant is taking the EPQ alongside A-levels, the EPQ will be taken into consideration and result in lower A-level grades being required. Socio-economic factors which may have impacted an applicant’s education will be taken into consideration and alternative offers may be made to these applicants. Required: A-Level grade B in an Essay based subject.

International Baccalaureate

32 points

6,5,5, at Higher level OR 32 points overall, including Higher Level Essay-based

🗣️ English Language Requirements

Test	Overall	L	R	W	S
IELTS Academic	6.5	5.5	5.5	7	5.5
PTE Academic	61	—	—	—	—

L = Listening, R = Reading, W = Writing, S = Speaking

Tuition Fees & Funding

International Student Fee

£26,800

per year

Total Course Cost (3 years)£80,400

Home Student Fee

£9,535

regulated fee

Scholarships available for eligible students

Fees shown are for current entry. Fees may increase annually in line with inflation.

📊 OFFICIAL UK DATA

Graduate Outcomes

Based on official HESA Graduate Outcomes survey data

💰 Graduate Salaries — Royal Holloway, University of London

Time After Graduation	Lower Quartile Salary	Median Salary	Upper Quartile Salary
15 months	£25,000	£28,000	£30,000
3 years	£20,000	£24,500	£29,000
5 years	£24,000	£30,500	£37,000

UK subject average: £25,000 — sector benchmark across all UK universities

Graduate Salary vs UK Subject Average

This course

UK average

Salary 3 years after graduation▼ Close to UK average salary

This course

£24,500

UK average

£25,000

Salary 5 years after graduation▲ 22% above UK average salary

This course

£30,500

UK average

£25,000

Salary trend: ↑ up £6,000 from year 3 to year 5

Official Data

Salary figures are sourced from Discover Uni graduate outcomes data for this subject area at this provider (subject area: CAH19-01). These represent typical earnings and may not reflect this specific course. For official data, visit Discover Uni at Discover Uni.

💼 Employment Breakdown

60%Working

5%Studying

15%Work & Study

20%Seeking Work

65%Professional Jobs

Official Data

Graduate employment outcomes are sourced directly from Discover Uni for this specific course and provider. For full details, visit Discover Uni at Discover Uni.

Student Satisfaction

Course-level data

National Student Survey (NSS) results — undergraduate final-year students only

87%

Overall

Teaching on my course

90%

Learning opportunities

88%

Assessment and feedback

81%

Academic support

87%

Organisation and management

95%

Learning resources

87%

Student voice

80%

Continuation rate% students continuing to year 2

90%

National Student Survey via Discover Uni.

Official Data

Source: This specific course at this provider

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