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The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures offers research strengths and opportunities for PhD supervision across all periods of French and Francophone literature and visual culture, French thought and modern French history and politics. Current postgraduate research students are working on topics across the whole range of French studies, and many of our recent PhD graduates have gone on successfully to academic posts or postdoctoral fellowships.
The Department has a vibrant and energetic research culture, in which postgraduate research students are fully involved. In the recent Research Excellence Framework assessment of our research (REF 2021) our research environment was rated 100% ‘world-leading’ (4*), and research impact was rated 87.5% ‘world leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’ (3*).
Current number of academic staff (French studies): 11 permanent (all research active).
Current number of students: 11.
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Current research projects
UK Tuition Fees 2024/25
Full time tuition fees: £6,168 per year
Part time tuition fees: £3,084 per year
International Tuition Fees 2024/25
Full time tuition fees: £24,786 per year
Part time tuition fees: £12,393 per year
UK Tuition Fees 2025/26
Full time tuition fees: £6,600 per year
Part time tuition fees: £3,300 per year
International Tuition Fees 2025/26
Full time tuition fees: £27,100 per year
Part time tuition fees: £13,550 per year
These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.
Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties.
As a postgraduate research student in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures you will join a vibrant research culture. You will work closely with your designated primary supervisor, seeing them regularly, and benefit from feedback from other staff members including your secondary supervisor. You are strongly encouraged to attend research seminars and research-related events in the department and beyond. There are multiple opportunities to gain experience in the presentation and dissemination of your research and to exchange ideas with fellow students and members of staff.
In the area of French studies we are nationally and internationally reputed for the breadth and reach of our research and this informs an energetic postgraduate research student culture, with students pursuing projects in areas including French and francophone literature across all periods, film, politics, visual culture and critical theory. Much of this work is interdisciplinary, and it reflects the diversity of the department’s researchers and lecturers across the whole range of French studies.
We offer a dedicated study space for our postgraduate research students in the Virginia Woolf building, part of the campus centred on the Strand. You will benefit from funds to subsidise student attendance at conferences, and to contribute towards research costs. In the area of French studies we have exchanges at graduate level with the Université de Paris Nanterre and the Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon.
Postgraduate training
Training for postgraduate research students is offered at various levels throughout PhD registration, including, at King’s, the courses and sessions offered by the Department, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the Centre for Doctoral Studies and the King’s Language Centre. You also benefit from training is offered by the London Arts and Humanities Partnership and the Institute of Modern Languages Research of the University of London. Research training will include a range of different kinds, including research ethics and integrity, bibliographic and referencing skills, the opportunity to learn or improve language skills, career support, job applications, networking, working with community partners, and much more.
UK Tuition Fees 2024/25
Full time tuition fees: £6,168 per year
Part time tuition fees: £3,084 per year
International Tuition Fees 2024/25
Full time tuition fees: £24,786 per year
Part time tuition fees: £12,393 per year
UK Tuition Fees 2025/26
Full time tuition fees: £6,600 per year
Part time tuition fees: £3,300 per year
International Tuition Fees 2025/26
Full time tuition fees: £27,100 per year
Part time tuition fees: £13,550 per year
These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.
Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties.
As a postgraduate research student in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures you will join a vibrant research culture. You will work closely with your designated primary supervisor, seeing them regularly, and benefit from feedback from other staff members including your secondary supervisor. You are strongly encouraged to attend research seminars and research-related events in the department and beyond. There are multiple opportunities to gain experience in the presentation and dissemination of your research and to exchange ideas with fellow students and members of staff.
In the area of French studies we are nationally and internationally reputed for the breadth and reach of our research and this informs an energetic postgraduate research student culture, with students pursuing projects in areas including French and francophone literature across all periods, film, politics, visual culture and critical theory. Much of this work is interdisciplinary, and it reflects the diversity of the department’s researchers and lecturers across the whole range of French studies.
We offer a dedicated study space for our postgraduate research students in the Virginia Woolf building, part of the campus centred on the Strand. You will benefit from funds to subsidise student attendance at conferences, and to contribute towards research costs. In the area of French studies we have exchanges at graduate level with the Université de Paris Nanterre and the Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon.
Postgraduate training
Training for postgraduate research students is offered at various levels throughout PhD registration, including, at King’s, the courses and sessions offered by the Department, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the Centre for Doctoral Studies and the King’s Language Centre. You also benefit from training is offered by the London Arts and Humanities Partnership and the Institute of Modern Languages Research of the University of London. Research training will include a range of different kinds, including research ethics and integrity, bibliographic and referencing skills, the opportunity to learn or improve language skills, career support, job applications, networking, working with community partners, and much more.
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