Key features

• Spend three years in Paris

Take your university experience to the next level with a campus overlooking the Eiffel Tower and Les Invalides. Benefit from all the cultural offerings and green spaces of a top student destination (eighth in QS Best Student Cities 2023) and gain a competitive edge with employers with your intercultural skills.

• Boost your CV with language skills

If you're planning to embark on a career in international business, proficiency in French will stand you in good stead in the workplace as demand for expertise in modern languages grows. Become a near-native in a language spoken by 220 million people worldwide with a degree mainly taught in French.

• Extensive resources

Enrich your learning with intensive small-group teaching and a welcoming tightknit interdisciplinary environment. Access wide-ranging resources at the University of London Institute in Paris Library, the many public and institutional libraries in Paris or visit Senate House Library and Queen Mary libraries when in London.

• Specialise in business

With graduates in diverse careers from law to the humanities, the BA French Studies can be tailored to your career goals. Gain transferrable skills and explore theories and issues affecting business, management, finance and human resources, to boost your prospects and prepare for an international career in business.

• Join our global alumni community

Follow in the footsteps of a distinguished list of University of London alumni from Nobel prize-winners to leaders in law, finance, humanities and other fields. Enjoy three years of free careers advice offered through Queen Mary’s Careers and Enterprise, alumni membership of Senate House Library, and invitations to global events.

• Your gateway to continental Europe

It works closely with the British Council and the British Embassy, and collaborates with a range of French higher education institutions. Its graduation ceremony traditionally takes place each year at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Paris. It is also a corporate member of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry.