48 monthsProgramme duration
20,080 GBPTuition Fee/year
3Scholarships
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
MA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
The MA (Hons) Modern Languages (Interpreting and Translating) prepares you for careers that require professional language, communication and intercultural skills.
You’ll develop proficiency in French and Spanish alongside specialist training in interpreting and translation, with a strong focus on real‑world application. You’ll explore how interpreting approaches vary across professional contexts, including healthcare, business, legal settings and conferences.
Intensive language support is available in year one where needed, helping ensure you can progress confidently in French and Spanish to your second year. In later years, you’ll progress to simultaneous interpreting and advanced translation practice and develop a dissertation project on a topic related to languages, interpreting and translation, allowing you to gain expertise in an area of your interest.
Your third year is spent studying abroad, deepening your linguistic and cultural understanding and with the opportunity to choose from institutions with strong interpreting and translation programmes. By the end of the programme, you’ll graduate with proficiency in French and Spanish, a strong understanding of the global cultural contexts in which they are used, and professional skills in interpreting and translation, alongside transferable skills in advanced digital literacy, communication and research.
All of this means that as a graduate you will be highly sought-after for language-based careers and roles within international environments.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
MA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
The MA (Hons) Modern Languages (Interpreting and Translating) prepares you for careers that require professional language, communication and intercultural skills.
You’ll develop proficiency in French and Spanish alongside specialist training in interpreting and translation, with a strong focus on real‑world application. You’ll explore how interpreting approaches vary across professional contexts, including healthcare, business, legal settings and conferences.
Intensive language support is available in year one where needed, helping ensure you can progress confidently in French and Spanish to your second year. In later years, you’ll progress to simultaneous interpreting and advanced translation practice and develop a dissertation project on a topic related to languages, interpreting and translation, allowing you to gain expertise in an area of your interest.
Your third year is spent studying abroad, deepening your linguistic and cultural understanding and with the opportunity to choose from institutions with strong interpreting and translation programmes. By the end of the programme, you’ll graduate with proficiency in French and Spanish, a strong understanding of the global cultural contexts in which they are used, and professional skills in interpreting and translation, alongside transferable skills in advanced digital literacy, communication and research.
All of this means that as a graduate you will be highly sought-after for language-based careers and roles within international environments.
Admission Requirements
- Highers BBBB
- A-Levels BBC (B in main language)
- Int. Baccalaureate 30 points (HL 5 in main language)
- BTEC DDM
- HNC B in graded unit
- HND BB
Minimum entry requirements*
- Highers BBBC (B required for at least one language to be studied)
- A-Levels BCC (B in main Language)
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IMechE Scholarships (for Mechanical Engineers)
Value
$21800
Deadline
31 Aug 2026
Application requirements
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Entry requirements
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Heriot-Watt University Expenses Bursary
Value
$525
Deadline
31 Aug 2026
Application requirements
QS Event Attendance is NOT required
Entry requirements
You must be admitted to this school to be awarded
IMechE Scholarships (for Mechanical Engineers)
Value
$218000
Deadline
31 Aug 2026
Application requirements
QS Event Attendance is NOT required
Entry requirements
You must be admitted to this school to be awarded
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