The list below provides links to the main short courses, undergraduate and taught postgraduate degree programmes offered at UK universities that include significant Chinese-language content. It is not an exhaustive list: Chinese language courses may also be available as part of joint or other degree programmes, and other Chinese-related courses may also be offered in other humanities departments at the same institutions.
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Bangor University
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University of Bath
MA in Interpreting & Translating
University of Birmingham
BSc in International Business with Language
BA in Modern Languages with Business Management
University of Bristol
MA in Chinese-English Translation
University of Cambridge
Cardiff University
BA in Modern Languages & Translation
University of Central Lancashire
BA in Business Management & Chinese
MA in Interpreting & Translation
Durham University
University of Edinburgh
MA (Hons) in Chinese (undergraduate)
MSc in Chinese Society & Culture
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow
Heriot-Watt University
MSc in Chinese – English Interpreting and Translating
MSc in Chinese – English Translating
MSc in Interpreting (Chinese pathway)
MSc in Translating (Chinese pathway)
MSc in Interpreting and Translating (Chinese pathway)
University of Kent
BA (Hons) in Asian Studies with Other Subjects
World Language Modules (Mandarin)
King’s College London
Lancaster University
BA in Other Subjects with Chinese
University of Leeds
Search the Course Finder with the keyword ‘Chinese’ for information on Single and Joint Honours, Masters, and postgraduate programmes in Chinese.
University of Leicester
BA in Translation & Interpreting
University of Liverpool
London School of Economics
BSc in International Relations and Chinese
BSc in Language, Culture and Society (Mandarin)
Modern Foreign Language Degree Courses (Mandarin)
Modern Foreign Language Certificate Courses (Mandarin)
University of Manchester
MA in Translation & Interpreting
Middlesex University
BA in International Tourism Management (Mandarin)
BA in Business Management (Mandarin)
Newcastle University
MA in Translating & Interpreting
University of Nottingham
BA in a European Language & Contemporary Chinese Studies
MA in Chinese/English Translation & Interpreting
Nottingham Trent University
BA in Mandarin Chinese & Global Studies
BA in International Relations & Mandarin Chinese
The Open University
Beginners’ Chinese (distance)
University of Oxford
MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies
University of Portsmouth
BA in Languages, Communication & Culture
Queen’s University Belfast
BSc in International Business with Mandarin
Regent’s University London
BA in International Business (Mandarin Chinese)
School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London
BA in Chinese (Modern & Classical)
Certificates, Diplomas & Short Courses in Mandarin or Cantonese
University of Sheffield
University of Surrey
MA in Interpreting (Chinese Pathway)
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
MA in Confucian Classical Studies
MA in Chinese Buddhist Textual Studies
MA in Chinese Daoist Textual Studies
University of Warwick
BA in a Modern European Language with Chinese
University of Westminster