36 monthsProgramme duration
29,800 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
UCL has a renowned tradition in both teaching and research in French dating back to its foundation in 1826 and continuing to the present day. UCL was the first university in the country to create a chair of French and this was one of the first chairs of any modern language to be established. Students with a doctorate from us share in this reputation for high-quality scholarship and research.
Research areas:
- Literary and cultural analysis from the Middle Ages to the present day
- Literary theory – psychoanalysis, deconstruction, postcolonialism
- Film
- Relations between literature and its others (for example, the image; philosophy; medicine)
- Gender
- Theory and practice of translation
- Modern French history
- Contemporary French politics
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
UCL has a renowned tradition in both teaching and research in French dating back to its foundation in 1826 and continuing to the present day. UCL was the first university in the country to create a chair of French and this was one of the first chairs of any modern language to be established. Students with a doctorate from us share in this reputation for high-quality scholarship and research.
Research areas:
- Literary and cultural analysis from the Middle Ages to the present day
- Literary theory – psychoanalysis, deconstruction, postcolonialism
- Film
- Relations between literature and its others (for example, the image; philosophy; medicine)
- Gender
- Theory and practice of translation
- Modern French history
- Contemporary French politics
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