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Linguistics and Philosophy BA (Hons)
- Level(s) of Study: Undergraduate
- UCAS Code(s): VQ51
- Start Date(s): September 2023
- Duration: Three years full-time, four – seven years part-time
- Study Mode(s): Full-time / Part-time / Sandwich
- Campus: Clifton Campus
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Entry Requirements:
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Introduction:
Language is the element within which we live and move. To understand language is to understand what it means to be human and to empower ourselves as human beings.
In the 21st century, as professional work becomes ever more specialised and shaped by the demands of the digital world, there will be a corresponding need for the next generation of graduates to become highly skilled communicators with a capacity to speak and write effectively, eloquently and with cultural sensitivity and technological sophistication – across a range of different media.
The Linguistics and Philosophy degree will address these issues explicitly by developing your knowledge and understanding of linguistic and other meaning-making practices in their most fundamental forms. You will study the nature of language, the relationship between language, thought and meaning, understand the relationship between communication, dialogue, and self-knowledge across of range of global philosophical perspectives, as well as develop an understanding of the psychological, medical, social, and cultural dimensions of contemporary communications processes and practices.
With these to the fore, the course will offer a fully interdisciplinary approach to the study of Linguistics and Philosophy and explain the complex interrelations that exist between the logical, psychological ethical, social, political, and digital dimensions of language in its multivariate forms. Specific emphasis will be placed upon the way that a deeper understanding of contemporary communication is key to unlocking the employability potential of undergraduates in the Humanities for future, high skilled, professional roles.
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You will get the best preparation for your future career through work-like experiences that are embedded throughout the length of the course. -
The course is fully interdisciplinary – both subjects work together to produce a unified course giving you a coherent student experience. Interdisciplinary options are available in both the second and the final year. -
You will have the opportunity to create your own pathway through the course, with a study abroad and extended placement modules available in the second year. -
The course will allow you to develop the knowledge and critical skills that are valued by employers and are required to become an expert practitioner across a range of future professions.
What you’ll study
Each year you’ll study a number of core modules from the lists below and you’ll have the opportunity to select from a range of optional modules to give yourself a more specialised pathway, depending on your interests.
In the second half of Year Two you can take your learning into your own hands and choose an extended work placement, learn at one of our many partner institutions worldwide, or continue to study here with a wide range of interesting optional modules to choose from.
Work-like experience
Work-like experience is embedded throughout your degree, ensuring that you are given multiple opportunities across three years to develop your career goals and build the skills and experience needed to achieve them. These embedded work-like experience opportunities are much more than a placement, and ensure that you develop the skills and competencies that employers demand. You will take part in a minimum of 240 hours of work-like experience during your course, with the option to take an extended 10-week work placement in your second year.
What does work-like experience mean?
Work-like experience defines a wide range of activities which will build your skills and hone your confidence to prepare you for a professional career after graduation. You will be given opportunities to engage in client-led projects, volunteering, consultancy, professional development, vocational training, project management and team work. You will expand and enhance your creative and communications skills through practical projects, producing podcasts and videos, organising campaigns, curating social media content and visual media. This rich and diverse experience will ensure that you graduate with the skills and confidence to thrive in your own career path.
Interdisciplinary modules
Our students are curious, creative and forward-thinking, so in your second and third years of study you can join your colleagues from across Humanities to take a module which is not traditionally associated with your subject, but is related to some of the big issues in the world today. For instance, interdisciplinary humanities modules on sustainability or artificial intelligence take your subject knowledge in surprising and innovative directions. See below for the current list of these modules.
Transformation modules
Each year you will take a core collaborative module. These modules are linked and will build on each other to ease you into University life, support you with mentoring and personal tutoring, begin your professional development, and expand your horizons with collaborative projects and assessments both within your subjects and wider afield. They include work-like experiences, and will build towards a Developing with NTU employability award.
Core modules
Morphology and Syntax
With language, we are able to express almost anything we want, and a large part of this is because languages have a grammar. In this module, you will learn the fundamentals of how to analyse the word and sentence structure of languages. You will start each topic by looking at English, and then begin to explore how languages from around the world differ from and are similar to each other. Also, you will look at the applications of grammatical analysis, including in the study of child language and computational linguistics.
Semantics and Pragmatics
In this module, you will explore meanings in language and communication. Building on first semester modules, you will examine literal and implied meanings in the relationship between what is said and what is meant. You will answer questions such as what meaning is as it relates to words and sentences, and how meaning works in context. You will also explore essential notions of semantics and pragmatics, such as deixis, politeness, and speech acts. Broadly, the first half of the module will consider semantics and then move to pragmatics in the second half.
Ethics in the 21st Century
Examine the major approaches to moral theory. Learn about utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, and virtue ethics in order to examine the central problems of 21st Century applied ethics. These will include problems in environmental ethics and sustainability, business ethics, and the ethics of inclusion and diversity. Write a report on one of the major ethical issues of today, proposing a solution.
Knowing the Self: From Wonder to Wisdom
Explore the idea of the self and its virtues in ancient Greek and Roman thought. Study the ideas of Plato, Aristotle, and the philosophers of Hellenistic Schools. Learn how ancient philosophy can be viewed as a means of knowing and perfecting the self that allows individuals to see themselves as belonging to something more fundamental and significant.
Transformation: Agency and Self
In this module you will build the foundations for a successful University life through developing understanding and knowledge of your sustainable self. Exploring mental health (in)justice through academic research and project work, this module will demonstrate that knowledge of self, leads to a greater sense of community, key to overall wellbeing and academic success.
The main assessment will be the pitch of an initiative/resource/activity that will encourage and sustain wellbeing across the Joint Honours cohort to internal clients, NTSU, NTU Sport, or the Arts and Humanities Wellbeing team and a professional development reflection. The assessment is a personal reflection alongside the completion of the Developing with NTU award.
Optional modules typically include - choose one
Language, Society and Culture
Examine language beyond the level of the sentence, including both spoken and written discourse. You will learn how to analyse language, engaging with both the producers and users of texts. You will learn the basis of discourse analysis and explore why texts are structured and created to achieve different purposes in society.
Ways of Knowing: Virtues and Vices
Assess the nature, scope, and limits of knowledge from a range of philosophical perspectives. Learn about ‘the problem of the sceptic’ and ‘the denier’ in both philosophical and scientific contexts and ways in which the sceptic might be answered. Address questions about the role of information, method, knowledge and testimony in in relation to contemporary research, personal life, and future professional roles.
Core modules
Problems of Language
Adopt the role of a consultant operating in areas such as market research, activism or language learning to respond to client briefs themed around prominent social issues such as equality, diversity & inclusion and sustainability. In doing so you will learn about the various methods of data collection in applied linguistics, such as recording and transcribing conversational data, designing questionnaires, carrying out interviews and conducting online data collection. You will also explore ways of analysing such data so that you can include proposals for analysing data in the pitch to your designated client.
World Philosophy
Explore philosophical themes and perspectives from around the world. Develop an appreciation of the global reach and significance of philosophical perspectives and modes of inquiry - focusing on the universalism/relativism debate, the nature of the relationship between western philosophy at its non-western ‘others’, as well as philosophical themes in Judaism, Islam, Chinese Philosophy, Buddhism and Japanese Philosophy.
Transformation: Agency and World
What purpose do the humanities serve in today's society? How can the humanities help in the process of "healing and securing our planet" and "freeing the human race from poverty" as stated in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations?
This module focuses on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and encourages you to develop your awareness of how your own field of study as well as cross- and inter-disciplinary actions can result in real, quantifiable change. Alongside a personal reflective portfolio, you will share your knowledge and understanding developed through the module to produce a news reel of how a contemporary sustainability goal relates to your discipline.
In this module you will either undertake an 80 hour placement, supported by the Arts and Humanities employability team, or will engage in an 80 hour project, responding to a supplied employer brief and producing a solution to the brief given.
Optional pathways
Pathway 1: Extended work-like experience
Get the experience you need for after you graduate, and really understand how the things you study translate into the world of work with a work placement. Your highly experienced Employability Team will help you find a placement to suit your career goals from our huge network of companies, charities, institutions, and beyond.
Pathway 2: An international exchange
Travel the world, meet new friends, and have experiences you will remember for the rest of your life.
Our flexible curriculum has been designed to allow some amazing opportunities for you. Your second year of study is divided into two semesters, giving you the opportunity to take part in an international exchange. You could study with one of international exchange partners in Australia, Europe, USA, Canada, Thailand and many, many more.
Our dedicated team will support you in finding and arranging a suitable exchange. And don't worry about the cost, they will help you apply for any grants or loans you may need, as no one should miss out on the chance to broaden their horizons.
Pathway 3: Taught modules
Interdisciplinary optional modules typically include:
Intercultural Communication at Work
Gain the knowledge, skills and strategies to build your intercultural communication competence. Analyse and reflect on the impact of culture(s) on your values, assumptions, perceptions, expectations, and behaviours. Build successful verbal and non-verbal communication strategies in different intercultural settings.
People and Planet: pasts, presents, and futures
In this module you will develop an understanding of the human impact on the environment from the 15th Century to the present as a form of slow but sustained violence enacted against the planet. It will also explore how such long-term change can interact with social justice in the present day.
Language, Inequality and Social Justice
Whether it’s racial abuse on social media, prejudice against regional accents in schools, or sexist advertising campaigns, discrimination is a social issue that affects us all in one way or another. This module examines how language can be used to both promote social justice and tackle prejudice and discrimination in a range of institutional and everyday contexts. This module will be particularly useful if you are looking to pursue a career in advocacy, human resources or journalism.
Linguistics optional modules typically include:
Communications Disorders
For many of us, understanding and producing language is something that happens easily. But for millions of people in the UK and around the world with a speech and language disorder, language is understood, produced, and learned differently. In this module, you will gain an understanding of a variety of medical conditions, including aphasia, dementia, cleft palate, schizophrenia, and learning impairments, and discover how their language differs from other people. You will not only consider the difficulties such people can face, but also what studying such people can tell us about all of our minds, brains, and bodies. You will also get an overview of how speech and language therapists aim to help people who have communicative difficulties.
Language and Local Community
Examine the ways in which language can vary in communities, considering issues such as accent, dialect and identity. You will develop a critical and informed stance about contemporary language-related issues in sociolinguistics including issues such as gender, sexuality, ethnicity and age to understand how language is used by speakers to create their own identities.
Philosophy optional modules typically include:
How to Win Every Argument
Develop the key critical thinking skills needed to assess reasons, solve problems, and construct compelling arguments, with a focus on how to apply these skills in everyday life and in a professional setting. Learn the skills of persuasive speaking and understand how to detect logical fallacies and critically assess some of our most deeply held beliefs about ourselves and the world.
Ethics, Equality and Human Rights
Examine the philosophical underpinnings of human rights and human equality, considering the development of these concepts in the work of Hobbes, Kant, and Rousseau. Address the distinctive and complex problems and issues that rights discourse gives rise to today, regarding its application in law, in employment settings, in war, to non-human animals, and its relation to the notion of moral status.
Happiness and Mental Health: Philosophy, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Examine the roots of the current mental health crisis and how key philosophical techniques, both ancient and modern, can be deployed in order to alleviate mental health symptoms. Explore philosophical roots of psychotherapeutic treatments and interventions and learn of how ancient Greek philosophy provide the basis for happier and more fulfilled lives.
Core module
Major project
You have the choice of writing a Critical Dissertation, a Practical Dissertation, or Staff-Student Research Project Pathway:
The Dissertation
The Critical Dissertation represents a unique opportunity in your degree to explore a subject over a sustained period of time and in depth. You will be able to choose a topic in which you have a special interest, whether or not it is covered by other modules on offer, to get to grips with it, to read around it and to produce an argument of your own. You will also have the chance to discuss your ideas with your dissertation supervisor, perhaps in a more systematic and specialised way than in the seminar and tutorial discussions you have already experienced.
The Practical Dissertation
As an alternative to the critical dissertation, you may wish to do a creative project supported by a extensive essay. .For example you may produce a specialist podcast or blog series, host a showcase or networking event, write a screen play, or produce a series of video essays.
Staff-Student Research Project Pathway
Staff-Student Research Project Pathway: this alternative major project assigns the student to a member of staff's research project, providing them with research aims and questions. The student works with the staff member to produce original research on the topic, culminating in a written project detailing findings and analysis.
Transformation: Agency and Social Change
In this module, you will engage in a 'live partnership' with a cultural festival that is designed to deliver social change through the Arts and Humanities: the Counterpoints-run initiative, Refugee Week. Over the course of the module, you will gain insight into the sociocultural challenges faced by refugees in the C21st, and will explore the work of Counterpoints Arts as an organisation that seeks to address those challenges via cultural activity. Drawing on these insights, you will work in interdisciplinary teams in order to create a Refugee Week campaign that champions positive social change in attitudes or behaviours towards refugees. Ultimately, the module invites you to consider how your disciplinary knowledge of the Humanities enables you to become a responsible global citizen, and to assume responsibility for championing positive social change, whatever your chosen career. The main assessment for this module is the creation of a ‘campaign tool’ (blogpost, podcast, social media post series, educational pack or other, that will be presented as part of a team ‘campaign’ at the end-of-module ‘festival’. You will also complete the Developing with NTU Award.
Interdisciplinary optional modules typically include:
Artificial Intelligence: Human Factors
This module will introduce you to problems and issues associated with technological change, automation and digitization, with a specific emphasis on the likely future impact of artificial intelligence on the wider human dimension, both individual and collective. Providing you with expertise required to become managers and policy-makers in the AI future, the module will take an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the insights of philosophers, literary theorists and practitioners, historians, and social theorists.
Humanities in Action
What is the value of 'Humanities'? Answer this question from multiple perspectives - knowledge and intellectual value, economic value, humanities and "hard" and "soft" skills, social value, the value to the individual - and find it's place in society.
Linguistics optional modules typically include:
Language and Health
We all aim to live a healthy life, and this module will explore the role that language plays in health-care settings, the communication of health topics, and our understanding of what “being healthy” means. You will explore questions such as: how do doctors and healthcare workers communicate effectively to patients? How does the media and other forms of texts influence our ideas of what is healthy? How do governments advise and encourage populations to live a healthier life? In doing so, you will learn practical tools to analyse language and images while also designing a health communication tool based upon academic research.
Ecolinguistics
There is no greater challenge facing the world than the state of the environment. And like most areas of life, our interactions with the environment are influenced by the ways we talk about these issues. In this module, you will learn about how societies, both home and abroad, talk about ecological topics and how the metaphors we use can have beneficial and negative consequences for how people view and engage with the environment. You will also look at how climate science, a complicated topic, is framed by various people for their own agendas and aims, examining the topic of science communication. Through engaging in tutor-guided research topics, you will examine the representation of the environment with how things “really” are, and how to communicate these topics to a general audience.
Language and Heritage
This module will allow you to increase your knowledge about the ways language forms a crucial part of people’s identity, heritage, and culture. The UK currently does not recognise or safeguard linguistic heritage. You will examine sociolinguistic issues around the role of language in communities, including language usage in multilingual societies and language policy.
Forensic Linguistics
Examine language and the law, crime, and justice. You will review language in the criminal justice system, including the linguistic disadvantages that witnesses, victims, and suspects face in legal contexts. You will also look at the role of the forensic as expert witness and the different ways in which language analysts can provide investigative assistance to the police and reliable evidence to the courts.
Language, Gender, and Sexuality
Language forms a central part in how gendered meanings are made, and this module will encourage you to think about, and challenge, how gender and sexuality-based stereotypes are formed and circulate in and through language. You will explore contemporary debates, such as whether language is inherently sexist, and how increased awareness of gender diversity impacts on how people use language and are referred to by others. You will also examine how expectations of gendered behaviour can infiltrate our daily lives, such as the gendering of children’s toys, fat-shaming female celebrities in the news, and toxic masculinity in the ‘manosphere’.
Philosophy optional modules typically include:
Philosophy, Film and Media
Examine the specificity of film and media and their relationship with philosophy by exploring the power of mediating processes and their role as a transmitter of philosophical material. Consider the status of the media artefact and its capacity to shape and inform contemporary identities and experiences. You will also have the opportunity to study philosophical films. Understand the way in which philosophical discourses are able to shape, inform and critique contemporary media practices, experiences and cultures.
Being Good: The Foundations of Morality
Why be morally good? This question has been at the centre of philosophical debate for over two thousand years and has received a host of radically different and distinctive answers from thinkers across space and time. This module will examine and critically assess a key selection of these different views, and then consider their applications to contemporary ethical paradigms regarding moral status and equality.
Language, Communication and Power
What is the nature of linguistic meaning? How does language encode thought? How is language used as a tool for getting things done? Each of these questions have received considerable attention from philosophers, and this module will cover some of the main themes. You will address key issues in semantics and pragmatics, and study philosophical work in this area, including that of Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Grice, and Foucault.
Further information on what you'll study
Professor Natalie Braber, Professor in Linguistics gives us an insight into her subject, research and what makes Linguistics at NTU so special
"There’s a question that’s been doing the rounds recently: ‘what are arts and humanities degrees good for?’ Well, try living in a world that doesn’t have them; a world that doesn’t have people asking the kinds of questions we ask. Try and do anything without language, whether you’re listening, speaking, engaging or convincing. It’s almost impossible — and that’s why linguistics matters so much." Read more...
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How you’re taught
How will I learn?
Teaching takes a variety of forms and during your degree you will experience many different types of learning activities. Some of our modules are delivered entirely online, allowing you the flexibility to study at a time that is convenient to you. Other modules use interactive lectures and workshops that are supplemented by smaller group sessions, including:
- seminars
- tutorials
- problem-solving workshops
- training workshops
- hands-on practice
- group projects and presentations
- guest speakers
- field work
You will also be able to take part in lots of extra-curricular activities outside your course, including debating, research seminars, student challenges, Sustainability and careers training, sports, student societies and much, much more.
Contact hours
- Year 1 lectures/seminars/workshops (24%), work-like experience (7%(), independent study (69%)*
- Year 2 lectures/seminars/workshops (24%), work-like experience (7%(), independent study (69%)*
- Year 3 lectures/seminars/workshops (20%), work-like experience (7%(), independent study (73%)*
* Based on a taught module pathway. Statistics will vary depending on optional modules, work experience, and pathways chosen.
All Arts and Humanities students will complete a minimum of 240 hours of work like experience over the three years of the course.
How you’re assessed
Assessments take place within each module and the type of assessment will be related to what the module covers, and what you are learning in it.
Our approach to assessments is very diverse and although you will still produce written assignments like reports and essays many of our modules ask you to produce a creative element. These include blogs or social media campaigns, exhibitions, posters and other visual assessments, podcasts and videos. These are designed to ensure that you are building a portfolio of evidence and creative and communications skills to give you a head start in finding your perfect job after graduation.
Whatever the type of assessment, we will ensure that it will develop your skills, confidence and CV to fulfil both your academic and longer term potential.
- Year 1 coursework (92%), written (8%)
- Year 2 coursework (93%), oral assessment (7%)
- Year 3 coursework (90%), oral assessment (10%)
* Based on a taught module pathway. Statistics will vary depending on optional modules, work experience, and pathways chosen.
Careers and employability
Your career development
This is a major part of the curriculum, recognising the importance of University study as a route into graduate level careers. We don’t expect you to have a target career from the outset, but we will support you to develop your career aspirations, and provide multiple opportunities for you to work towards this, during your degree.
The structure of your degree, the assessments that you will undertake, and the opportunities we provide are designed to help you develop key transferable skills and competencies demanded by employers. We work very closely with a range of employers, and many employers helped shape our degrees. Our courses provide lots of opportunities for you to develop your own links with organisations and potential employers.
Joint honours humanities students develop a wide range of complementary skills. These include key skills of communication, project management, analysis, creativity, digital skills, collaboration and leadership, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and inclusivity. Through this course you’ll become more confident and self-motivated, be able to work independently and in teams, and develop excellent time management skills.
Possible graduate destinations include education, language teaching, communications roles in management, public relations and marketing, big data, AI, third sector management and other non-government organisation roles.
Many graduates also choose to undertake further study on one of our masters-level courses or MPhil and PhD research degrees.
Campus and facilities
Here are some of the free services, student discount and benefits you'll get studying at NTU
We've carefully considered what benefits and services you need for your studies, so when you join NTU you'll get free printing and materials credits, access to our free WiFi, a copy of Microsoft Office, and even borrow a laptop if yours is out of commission.
For life outside your lectures, you'll enjoy access to over 60 sports clubs and 130 student societies, discounted travel and bike hire, free language learning, award-winning student support and an entertainment programme which is second to none.
See all the benefits and free services you will enjoy as an NTU student.
Books and library resources
In our library you’ll have access to an extensive and diverse range of books including those on your reading list.
The library's online resources and NTU Online Workspace (NOW) also provides digital access to the core resources for your modules and a wide range of specialist collections, texts, and databases
Nottingham Trent University has its own Blackwell’s Bookshop which stocks relevant academic texts plus a wide range of bestselling novels.
IT Resources
Our IT resource rooms and PC clusters are distributed across the campus, with PCs providing access to: Microsoft Office, email, web browsing, networked file storage and high-speed online printing services (with a free printing allowance for each student). Resource rooms are available 24 hours a day.
Societies
Current students run societies in a range of Humanities and Arts subjects including History, Medieval, Film, Filmmaking, Philosophy, Politics and International Relations, and the Book society.
There are also a number of media channels which our students get involved in such as the NTU radio station FlyLive, our student magazine Platform, and TV station TrentTV.
Find out more about student societies at the Student Union website.
Entry requirements
Looking for a place in Clearing? We are accepting applications and would love to hear from you.
To discuss our entry requirements and see what we can offer you, call us now on +44 (0)115 848 6000 or apply online.
- We accept UCAS Tariff points from up to four A-levels or equivalent qualifications.
- GCSE English and Maths grade C / 4.
Other qualifications and experience
We may also consider credits achieved at other universities and your work/life experience through an assessment of prior learning. This may be for year one entry, or beyond the beginning of a course where applicable, for example, into year 2. Our Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer Policy outlines the process and options available for this route.
Getting in touch
If you need more help or information, get in touch through our enquiry form
Looking for a place in Clearing? We are accepting applications and would love to hear from you.
To discuss our entry requirements and see what we can offer you, call us now on +44 (0)115 848 6000 or apply online.
You will need the equivalent to:
- We accept UCAS Tariff points from up to four A-levels or equivalent qualifications.
- GCSE English and Maths grade C / 4.
International qualifications
We accept qualifications from all over the world – check yours here:
Undergraduate preparation courses (Foundation)
If you don’t yet meet our entry requirements, we offer Foundation courses through our partner Nottingham Trent International College (NTIC), based on our City Campus:
English language entry requirements
You can meet our language requirements by successfully completing our pre-sessional English course for an agreed length of time, or by submitting the required grade in one of our accepted English language tests, such as IELTS:
Advanced standing (starting your undergraduate degree in year 2 or 3)
You may be able to start your undergraduate course in year 2 or 3 based on what you have studied before. This decision would be made in accordance with our Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer Policy.
Would you like some advice on your study plans?
Our international teams are highly experienced in answering queries from students all over the world. We also have members of staff based in Vietnam, China, India and Nigeria and work with a worldwide network of education counsellors.
- Complete this simple form to keep in touch with the International Office.
Fees and funding
Preparing for the financial side of student life is important, but there’s no need to feel anxious and confused about it. We hope that our fees and funding pages will answer all your questions.
Getting in touch
For more advice and guidance, you can contact our Student Financial Support Service on +44 (0)115 848 2494.
Additional Costs
Your course fees cover the cost of studies, and include loads of great benefits, such as the use of our library, support from our expert Employability team, and free use of the IT equipment across our campuses.
Library books
Most study modules will recommend one or more core text books, which most students choose to purchase. Book costs vary and further information is available in the University’s bookshop. Our libraries provide a good supply of essential text books, journals and materials (many of which you can access online) – meaning you may not need to purchase as many books as you might think! There may also be a supply of second-hand books available for purchase from previous year students.
Field trips
All essential field trip costs will be included in your course fees. There may be the opportunity to take part in optional field trips, which do incur additional costs.
Placements
If you're undertaking a placement year, you'll need to budget for accommodation and any travel costs you may incur whilst on placement. Many of our placement students do earn a salary whilst on placement which can help to cover these living costs.
Print and copy costs
The University allocates an annual printing and copying allowance of £20 depending on the course you are studying. For more details about costs for additional print and copying required over and above the annual allowance please see the Printing, photocopying and scanning information on the Library website.
Please see our fees page for more information.
Tuition fees are payable for each year that you are at the University. The level of tuition fees for the second and subsequent years of your undergraduate course may increase in line with inflation and as specified by the UK government.
Scholarships
We offer scholarships of up to 50% of your tuition fee. You can apply for your scholarship when you have an offer to study at NTU.
Living costs
Get advice on the cost of living as an international student in Nottingham and how to budget:
Paying fees
Find out about advanced payments, instalment plan options and how to make payments securely to the University:
Would you like some advice on your study plans?
Our international teams are highly experienced in answering queries from students all over the world. We also have members of staff based in Vietnam, China, India and Nigeria and work with a worldwide network of education counsellors.
- Complete this simple form to keep in touch with the International Office.
How to apply
Ready to join us? Then apply as soon as you can.
Full-time courses
For the full-time route just click the Apply button at the top of the page and follow our step-by-step guide.
UCAS CODE: VQ51
NTU Code: N91
Part-time courses
If you're applying for the part-time route please apply online using the NTU Applicant Portal.
Make sure you check the entry requirements above carefully before you do.
Writing your application and personal statement
Be honest, thorough and persuasive in your application. Remember, we can only make a decision based on what you tell us. So include all of your qualifications and grades, including resits or predicted grades.
Your personal statement is a really important part of your application. It’s your chance to convince us why we should offer you a place! You've got 4,000 characters to impress us. Make sure you use them to show how your skills and qualities are relevant to the course(s) you’re applying for. For more hints and tips, take a look at our page on how to write a good personal statement.
Keeping up-to-date
After you've applied, we’ll be sending you important emails throughout the application process so check your emails regularly, including your junk mail folder.
You can get more information and advice about applying to NTU on our Your Application page. Good luck with your application!
Need help with your application?
For admissions related enquiries please contact us:
Tel: +44 (0)115 848 4200
You can apply for this course through UCAS. If you are not applying to any other UK universities, you can apply directly to us on our NTU applicant portal.
Application advice
Apply early so that you have enough time to prepare – processing times for Student visas can vary, for example. After you've applied, we'll be sending you important emails throughout the application process – so check your emails regularly, including your junk mail folder.
Writing your personal statement
Be honest, thorough, and persuasive – we can only make a decision about your application based on what you tell us:
Would you like some advice on your study plans?
Our international teams are highly experienced in answering queries from students all over the world. We also have members of staff based in Vietnam, China, India and Nigeria and work with a worldwide network of education counsellors.
- Complete this simple form to keep in touch with the International Office.