MA Celtic and French
About this course
MA (Hons) in Celtic and French, a joint honours degree within the Celtic and French and Francophone Studies subject area. This four-year programme includes an academic year spent abroad at one or two partner institutions. The first year covers introductory options such as Celtic Civilisation 1A: Barbarians, Saints and Scholars and Celtic Civilisation 1B: Domination, Dislocation and Defiance. The second year expands upon this with courses including Heroes, Wonders, Saints and Sagas - covers medieval Welsh and Irish material and Songs, Swords, Rebels and Revivals - looks at texts from Gaelic Scotland and Early Modern and Modern Ireland. The third year is spent abroad studying or working. The final year offers advanced study through options such as The French New Wave, The Modern City: Paris, and Women Writers in Early Modern France.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: a language other than English at B) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
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What students say
Based on about 53 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 87%
- Learning opportunities: 72%
- Assessment and feedback: 72%
- Academic support: 94%
- Organisation and management: 73%
- Learning resources: 90%
- Student voice: 75%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 65 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 96%
- Left higher education: 4%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 1%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 75 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 4%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 10%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 5%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 44%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 3%
- Scotland: 20%
Who gets in
Based on about 60 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 90%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 2%
- No formal qualifications: 2%
Modules
- Scottish Gaelic language pathway
- Celtic civilisation pathway
- Celtic Civilisation 1A: Barbarians, Saints and Scholars
- Celtic Civilisation 1B: Domination, Dislocation and Defiance
- resistance and collaboration
- the Fifth Republic
- colonisation and decolonisation
- May 1968
- feminism
- Scottish ethnology
- linguistics and English language
- European languages and cultures
- Asian studies
- Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- philosophy, divinity and law
- Heroes, Wonders, Saints and Sagas - covers medieval Welsh and Irish material
- Songs, Swords, Rebels and Revivals - looks at texts from Gaelic Scotland and Early Modern and Modern Ireland
- Cultural Responses to War
- Migration, Exile, Diaspora
- Crime and Detection in Literature
- Gender and Culture
- The Coming-of-Age Narrative
- Introduction to European Cinema
- Dynamics of Language and Power
- Languages Beyond University
- two semesters at a single institution or
- one semester at each of two different institutions (in different destinations)
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)
- Documentary Forms in French and Francophone Culture
- Exploring Belgian Identities through Literature and Film
- Film at the Margins: The Cinema of Agnès Varda
- The French New Wave
- French Theatre and the Making of Revolutions: Politics, Love and Fantasy
- Images of Japan in French and Francophone culture from the 19th to the 21st Century
- Intimate Exposures: Fifty Years of French First-Person Cinema
- Intimacy, Power, Identity: The Films of Claire Denis
- Literature and Film: The Challenge of Adaptation
- Medieval Bodies: Integrity, Rupture and Metamorphosis
- Recognition Struggles in Contemporary France
- The Francophone Black Radical Tradition
- The Modern City: Paris
- Twentieth-Century French Political Thought
- Women Writers in Early Modern France
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of MA Celtic and French at University of Edinburgh earn?
The median salary is £28,000 after 3 years, £38,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £29,000 and £49,500. The £38,000 median after five years is £10,000 more than the UK median for Celtic studies.
Are students happy with the teaching on MA Celtic and French at University of Edinburgh?
87% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for MA Celtic and French at University of Edinburgh?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 34 points in the IB. The average entrant had 176 UCAS points.
Does MA Celtic and French at University of Edinburgh include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory year abroad.
How many students continue on MA Celtic and French at University of Edinburgh?
96% of students continued into their second year, and 4% left higher education.