MA French and Business
About this course
MA (Hons) in French and Business, a business and management and french and francophone studies degree centred on language acquisition and commercial principles. Core topics include Entrepreneurship. The course includes a compulsory third year spent studying or working abroad in one or two destinations. The first year covers the foundations through strategy, finance, marketing and people management. The second year builds on this with innovation and entrepreneurship, organisation studies, international business and human resource management alongside cultural options. The third year involves spending a full academic year abroad through study, work or volunteering placements. The fourth year includes advanced study in French language alongside honours-level business options.
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Entry requirements
A level: from AAA to AAB (required: a language other than English at B) IB: from 36 points with 665 at HL to 34 points with 655 at HL
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 33%: 14 offers from 43 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
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 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 100%
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%
Accreditation & quality ratings
- Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Modules
- resistance and collaboration
- the Fifth Republic
- colonisation and decolonisation
- May 1968
- feminism
- strategy
- finance
- marketing
- people management
- linguistics and language sciences
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- philosophy, divinity and law
- finance
- marketing
- innovation and entrepreneurship
- organisation studies
- international business
- business analytics
- understanding and delivering public services
- human resource management
- business economics
- business simulation
- 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
- study in one or two destinations
- work in one or two destinations
- study in one destination and work in another
- two semesters at a single institution
- one semester at two different institutions (in different destinations)
- arrange to work or volunteer with a private company or charity
- apply to an established placement scheme, such as the British Council’s English Language Assistants programme
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of MA French and Business 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 £6,000 more than the UK median for Business studies.
Are students happy with the teaching on MA French and Business 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 French and Business at University of Edinburgh?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 36 points in the IB. The average entrant had 176 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for MA French and Business at University of Edinburgh?
33% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 14 offers from 43 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Is MA French and Business at University of Edinburgh accredited?
Yes. Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Does MA French and Business at University of Edinburgh include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory year abroad.
How many students continue on MA French and Business at University of Edinburgh?
100% of students continued into their second year, and 0% left higher education.