History and French BA (Hons)
University of Liverpool
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Start date

SEP-25

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Duration

4 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Start date

SEP-25

Duration

4 Years

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Combined DegreesMost Combined Degrees allow you to adapt the weighting of each by 25% after the first year, helping you to keep your options open. Please note, however, students studying either a Business or Economics pathway in combination with another subject cannot increase from 25% to 50% or from 50% to 75% and it is not possible to transfer from a 50% to 75% Law. To find out more about your programme choice, please go first to our Combined Degrees webpages: ...Read more

Combined DegreesMost Combined Degrees allow you to adapt the weighting of each by 25% after the first year, helping you to keep your options open. Please note, however, students studying either a Business or Economics pathway in combination with another subject cannot increase from 25% to 50% or from 50% to 75% and it is not possible to transfer from a 50% to 75% Law. To find out more about your programme choice, please go first to our Combined Degrees webpages: liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/combined-degrees.

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WUSCA ranking:
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11/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
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21st
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
19th
What students say
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Sam
28 Feb 24

Location is great, friendly and..Read more

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Christian
27 Feb 24

Would be great if they reopened the cellar, the SU night club...Read more

Entry requirements

Exam type

A level

A level:

ABB Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

AABBB Grades / Points required

Scottish Advanced Higher:

ABB Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:30,M:15 Grades / Points required

Extended Project:

B Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

33 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

H1,H2,H2,H2,H3,H3 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DDD Grades / Points required

T Level:

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):

A Grades / Points required

A level in the relevant language at grade B for entry to advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to beginners' language).

Advanced Higher in the relevant language at grade B for entry to advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to beginners' language).

Advanced Higher in the relevant language at grade B for entry to advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to beginners' language).

45 Level 3 credits in graded units in a relevant Diploma, including 30 at Distinction and a further 15 with at least Merit and A level in the relevant language at grade B for entry to advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to beginners' language).

Applicants who offer the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and meet our offer criteria will be made the standard offer, plus an alternative offer. This will be at one A Level grade lower plus a grade B in the EPQ, for example the offer would be BBB or BBC plus B in the EPQ. Please note that Humanities and Social Sciences Honours Select programmes which have a Management, Law or Sociology component will not accept the EPQ.

33 including no score less than 4. 6 at Higher Level in the relevant language for entry to advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to beginners' language).

including H2 in the relevant language for entry to advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to beginners' language).

BTEC applications are encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits and may make offers at DDM and A level in the relevant language at grade B for entry to advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to beginners' language).

T levels considered in a relevant subject.

Accepted including two A levels at BB and including the relevant language for entry to advanced language; (no subject requirement for entry to beginners' language).

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University of Liverpool
The Foundation Building Brownlow Hill Liverpool L69 7ZX United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Liverpool Lime Street  0.2 miles away
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