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Liberal Arts

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Your path, your passions

Design your own unique degree with subjects ranging from film to politics. Learn a new language, dive into history, theatre, geography and more. With flexible options like a year abroad or in industry, you'll develop critical thinking, creativity, global awareness and the confidence to follow your own path.

Top 100 in the World for Modern Languages

(QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026)

Top 100in the world for Arts and Humanities

(QS World Rankings by Subject 2026)

92%of Queen Mary research rated world-leading or internationally excellent

(Research Excellence Framework 2021)

Top reasons to study Liberal Arts at Queen Mary

  1. You will benefit from engaging with a range of subjects from different disciplinary perspectives, including the study of a foreign language during your first year (whether as a beginner or building on existing competence).
  2. Flexibility of the programme means students can choose to stop or continue a language after the first year and include a year abroad or year in industry.
  3. Students will have the chance to study subjects from School of the Arts such as Comparative Literature, English, Film, Linguistics, Modern Languages and Cultures, and Theatre and Performance. And also across the Faculty which include History, Geography, and Politics and International Relations.

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