MA French and History of Art
About this course
MA (Hons) in French and History of Art, a French and Francophone Studies and History of Art degree focusing on cultural, linguistic and visual analysis. The four-year programme includes a full academic year abroad, which students spend studying, working or volunteering. The first year covers resistance and collaboration, the Fifth Republic, colonisation and decolonisation, and art and architectural history. Year 2 introduces Cultural Responses to War, Migration, Exile, Diaspora, Crime and Detection in Literature, and Gender and Culture. Year 3 involves study in one or two destinations, work in one or two destinations, study in one destination and work in another, spending two semesters at a single institution, or spending one semester at two different institutions in different destinations.
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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 21%: 5 offers from 24 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 51 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 77%
- Assessment and feedback: 71%
- Academic support: 87%
- Organisation and management: 65%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 72%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 95 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 94%
- Left higher education: 4%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 2%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 80 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 4%
- North West: 3%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 3%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 56%
- South East: 9%
- South West: 3%
- Wales: 1%
- Scotland: 16%
Who gets in
Based on about 100 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 86%
- Baccalaureate: 3%
- Access course: 1%
- Other HE qualification: 3%
- No formal qualifications: 8%
Modules
- resistance and collaboration
- the Fifth Republic
- colonisation and decolonisation
- May 1968
- feminism
- 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
- 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 History of Art at University of Edinburgh earn?
The median salary is £27,500 after 3 years, £37,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £28,500 and £49,500. The £37,500 median after five years is £3,500 more than the UK median for French studies.
Are students happy with the teaching on MA French and History of Art at University of Edinburgh?
92% 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 History of Art at University of Edinburgh?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 36 points in the IB. The average entrant had 162 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for MA French and History of Art at University of Edinburgh?
21% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 5 offers from 24 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does MA French and History of Art 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 History of Art at University of Edinburgh?
94% of students continued into their second year, and 4% left higher education.