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European Studies (German pathway) with a year abroad BA
UCAS code: RR82
Key information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAB
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Four years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2025
Application deadline:
31 January 2025
This European Studies (German Pathway) BA will teach you all about the history and politics of Europe and equip you with the language skills to truly understand the German perspective. You’ll spend a year studying in German at a Berlin university and graduate as both a German speaker and an expert in European Studies.
Key benefits
- Become a German 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 Germany at the Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin.
- Learn from a research-active, multi-national team of academics
- Enjoy extracurricular activities such as guest lectures or activities organised by the student-led European and International Studies King's Association (EISKA).
- Benefit from the department’s unrivalled 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.
“I particularly liked being surrounded by students and lecturers from all around Europe. I also really enjoyed the relatively small number of students in lectures and seminars, and the fact that everyone knew each other.”
Employability
As a European Studies (German Pathway) BA graduate, you’ll possess a level of language skills and an understanding of culture that is sufficient for a German-speaking role. In fact, some graduates have completed placements in media companies within Europe.
You’ll also develop analytical and presentational skills that employers value, and can be applied to a number of roles.
Previous European Studies BA graduates have worked with the Foreign Office, with lobbying firms at the European Commission, in public and private agencies and think tanks, and with leading financial institutions. Many students have also undertaken work placements in the media, working for the French Newspaper Liberation, the Franco-German TV station Arte and Radio-France International. Some have worked as far afield as Bosnia and Japan.
Recent European Studies (German Pathway) BA graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:
- Trade Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development
- Communications Consultant, Kreab Gavin Anderson
- UK Civil Service (Fast track)
- Compliance Analyst, Lawson Conner
- Regulatory Affairs Manager, Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB)
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Employability
As a European Studies (German Pathway) BA graduate, you’ll possess a level of language skills and an understanding of culture that is sufficient for a German-speaking role. In fact, some graduates have completed placements in media companies within Europe.
You’ll also develop analytical and presentational skills that employers value, and can be applied to a number of roles.
Previous European Studies BA graduates have worked with the Foreign Office, with lobbying firms at the European Commission, in public and private agencies and think tanks, and with leading financial institutions. Many students have also undertaken work placements in the media, working for the French Newspaper Liberation, the Franco-German TV station Arte and Radio-France International. Some have worked as far afield as Bosnia and Japan.
Recent European Studies (German Pathway) BA graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:
- Trade Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development
- Communications Consultant, Kreab Gavin Anderson
- UK Civil Service (Fast track)
- Compliance Analyst, Lawson Conner
- Regulatory Affairs Manager, Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB)
Curious to find out more? Access on-demand content including taster lectures and talks, and meet our current staff and students on our subject hub page.
Key information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAB
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Four years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2025
Application deadline:
31 January 2025
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