Study a modern language, and apply key economic analysis skills to international issues, with our BA Modern Languages and Economics degree.

This highly flexible degree enables you to study a modern language – choosing from our core languages of French, German, Italian and Spanish – alongside your studies in economics.

Taught by experts from the Department of Languages and Cultures and the Department of Economics, you’ll acquire transferable skills with an international focus.

Throughout, you’ll be encouraged to follow your interests as they develop and tailor your learning to your career goals.

Learn a language

At the University of Reading, you’ll join a lively, multilingual community and study alongside students from all over the world.

Learn from internationally recognised researchers whose wide-ranging expertise includes migration, literature, history, cinema, linguistics, publishing, and translation. 98% of our research overall is classed as world leading (Research Excellence Framework 2014 - Modern Languages and Linguistics).

Recent modern languages graduates have found careers in translation, teaching, business and finance, the arts, and marketing. Recent employers include:

• Sony Europe
• the Civil Service
• Oxford University Press
• BNP Paribas
• Dow Jones
• Vodafone
• PwC.

Our economics graduates enter fields such as finance, business, marketing, publishing, PR and media. Their destinations have included:

• the Civil Service Fast Stream
• Office for National Statistics
• Goldman Sachs
• Bank of Ireland
• Ministry of Defence
• PwC
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Deloitte.