Language Combinations

Please see below for the accepted language pathway combinations on all BA Modern Languages programmes from 2027:

For the accepted language pathways, A and B indicate entry level – A: Post A-Level or equivalent, B: Beginners.

Chosen language combinations 

Programme Code 

Accepted language pathways 

BA Modern Languages (Arabic and Chinese) 

BA-ML/AR&CH 

Only B pathway available for both languages. 

BA Modern Languages (Arabic and French) 

BA-ML/AR&FR 

French A only 

BA Modern Languages (Arabic and German) 

BA-ML/AR&GR 

German A only 

BA Modern Languages (Arabic and Japanese) 

BA-ML/AR&JP 

Only B pathway available for both languages. 

BA Modern Languages (Arabic and Portuguese)

BA-ML/AR&PO

Portuguese A only

BA Modern Languages (Arabic and Russian)

BA-ML/AR&RU

Only B pathway available for both languages. 

BA Modern Languages (Arabic and Spanish) 

BA-ML/AR&SP 

Spanish A only 

BA Modern Languages (Chinese and French) 

BA-ML/CH&FR 

French A only 

BA Modern Languages (Chinese and German) 

BA-ML/CH&GR 

German A only 

BA Modern Languages (Chinese and Japanese) 

BA-ML/CH&JP 

Only B pathway available for both languages. 

BA Modern Languages (Chinese and Portuguese) 

BA-ML/CH&P 

Portuguese A only 

 

BA Modern Languages (Chinese and Russian) 

BA-ML/CH&RU 

Only B pathway available for both languages. 

BA Modern Languages (Chinese and Spanish) 

BA-ML/CH&SP 

Spanish A only 

BA Modern Languages (Chinese and Thai) 

BA-ML/CH&TH 

Only B pathway available for both languages. 

BA Modern Languages (French and German) 

BA-ML/FR&GR 

A and B pathways available for both languages but cannot do two Beginners pathways 

BA Modern Languages (French and Italian) 

BA-ML/FR&IT 

A and B pathways available for both languages but cannot do two Beginners pathways 

BA Modern Languages (French and Japanese) 

BA-ML/FR&JP 

French A only 

BA Modern Languages (French and Portuguese) 

BA-ML/FR&PO 

A and B pathways available for both languages but cannot do two Beginners pathways 

BA Modern Languages (French and Russian) 

BA-ML/FR&RU 

French A only 

BA Modern Languages (French and Spanish) 

BA-ML/FR&SP 

A and B pathways available for both languages but cannot do two Beginners pathways 

BA Modern Languages (German and Italian) 

BA-ML/GR&IT 

A and B pathways available for both languages but cannot do two Beginners pathways 

BA Modern Languages (German and Japanese) 

BA-ML/GR&JP 

German A only 

BA Modern Languages (German and Portuguese) 

BA-ML/GR&PO 

A and B pathways available for both languages but cannot do two Beginners pathways 

BA Modern Languages (German and Russian) 

BA-ML/GR&RU 

German A only 

BA Modern Languages (German and Spanish) 

BA-ML/GR&SP 

A and B pathways available for both languages but cannot do two Beginners pathways 

BA Modern Languages (Italian and Japanese) 

 BA-ML/IT&JP 

Italian A only 

BA Modern Languages (Italian and Portuguese) 

 BA-ML/IT&PO 

A and B pathways available for both languages but cannot do two Beginners pathways 

BA Modern Languages (Italian and Russian) 

 BA-ML/IT&RU 

Italian A only 

BA Modern Languages (Italian and Spanish) 

BA-ML/IT&SP 

A and B pathways available for both languages but cannot do two Beginners pathways 

BA Modern Languages (Japanese and Spanish) 

BA-ML/JP&SP 

Spanish A only 

BA Modern Languages 

(Japanese and Russian) 

BA-ML/JP&RU 

Only B pathway available for both languages. 

BA Modern Languages (Russian and Spanish) 

BA-ML/RU&SP 

Spanish A only 

BA Modern Languages (Portuguese and Russian) 

 BA-ML/PO&RU 

Portuguese A only 

If you apply for any of our BA Modern Languages programmes, you’ll need to tell us your language combination in the ‘Further Details’ section of your UCAS application. 

The list shown above represents the language combinations currently available and may change from time to time.  

Please get in touch with our Admissions Team if you have any query about language combinations for BA Modern Languages.