BA English
About this course
BA (Hons) in English, covering literature from medieval to contemporary periods. Core topics include research methods, critical and analytical thinking, and design and creative practice. A placement year in the creative industries is available as a four-year option. In their final year, students complete an independent 9,500-word dissertation on a topic of their choice.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 95%: 63 offers from 66 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 19 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 99%
- Learning opportunities: 87%
- Assessment and feedback: 86%
- Academic support: 94%
- Organisation and management: 80%
- Learning resources: 84%
- Student voice: 83%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 70%
- Left higher education: 20%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 9 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 15%
- Teaching Professionals: 15%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 70 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 3%
- North West: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 11%
- London: 72%
- South East: 9%
- South West: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 85%
- Other HE qualification: 10%
- No formal qualifications: 10%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Bronze overall, Bronze for student experience, Bronze for student outcomes.
Modules
- The Reader’s Toolkit
- The Writer's Toolkit
- Literature and History
- Writing and Difference
- Literary London
- World Literature
- Creative Journaling
- Professional Life
- Placements in the Creative Industries
- The Novel: The Nineteenth Century
- Literary Movements: Modernism
- Literature and Revolution: Romanticism
- Texts and Afterlives: Shakespeare
- Contemporary Fiction: Britain and Ireland
- Postcolonial Writing
- Genre Fiction
- English Special Project
- Author Study: Chaucer to Shakespeare
- Creative Careers
- Literature and Identity
- Literature, Culture, Society: The Victorians
- Special Topic: Violence
- Post-War and Late Twentieth-Century Literature 1945 - 2001
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English at Brunel University of London earn?
The median salary is £24,500 after 3 years, £30,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,000 and £36,000. The £30,000 median after five years is £1,000 more than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA English at Brunel University of London do next?
95% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English at Brunel University of London?
99% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English at Brunel University of London?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 100 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA English at Brunel University of London?
95% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 63 offers from 66 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA English at Brunel University of London include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English at Brunel University of London?
70% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.