Overview
This European Studies (French Pathway) BA will teach you about the history and politics of Europe and give you the French language skills to truly understand this topic. You’ll get to study in France for a year and graduate as a French speaker with a detailed knowledge of European Studies.
Key benefits
- Become a French speaker, even if you’ve never studied it before, with the ab-initio pathway.
- Shape your syllabus from a range of interdisciplinary optional modules covering politics, government and national identity.
- Spend a year studying in French at one of the campuses of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po).
- Learn from a research-active, multi-national team of academics.
- Enjoy extracurricular activities such as guest lectures or the activities organised by the student-led European and International Studies King's Association (EISKA).
- Benefit from the department’s range of contacts with cultural institutes, libraries, international firms and government agencies.
- Develop analytical and presentational skills valued by employers, opening up career opportunities in politics, diplomacy, administration, business and journalism.
As someone who lived and studied in France for high school, one of the reasons I applied for this course was the opportunity for a year abroad at Science Po Paris. I’ve met students from Asia, Africa, America, and the rest of Europe during my seminars and lectures which has greatly expanded my mind.
Course essentials
You’ll begin your first year of this European Studies (French Pathway) BA by learning about the making of modern Europe, before studying an introduction to modern French history. You will also pick up your French studies with core modules that are tailored to your language ability – and if you’ve never studied French before, you can catch up with the ab-initio pathway.
The third year of your European Studies degree will see you spend a year at one of the campuses of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in France. You’ll get to fully immerse yourself in student life, as you’ll be taught and assessed in French.
When you return to King’s for your final year, you’ll have only one more language module to complete before finishing your studies by focusing on your optional modules.
Throughout your European Studies (French Pathway) BA, you can build your own curriculum by choosing from a long list of interdisciplinary modules. You’ll get to study a range of topics, from history, politics and economics to linguistics or culture, and more. For example, you could study International Economics one year, then The French Novel after 1700 or Resisting Racial Capitalism the next, followed by Recent French Thought or Murder Mysteries in French Literature.
There are also a number of extracurricular opportunities to enhance your European Studies (French Pathway) BA studies, in the form of guest lectures, student societies, and more.
Special features
Study abroad
Key Information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-Levels:
ABB
Duration:
Four years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026
Application deadline:
14 September 2025
Administrative bodies
Regulating body
Base campuses
Strand Campus
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