Course highlights At Birmingham, translation studies sits in the Department of Modern Languages - a world top 100 Modern Languages department (QS World University Rankings 2025). Our staff are active members of the European Society for Translation Studies and the International Association of Translation and Interpreting. You'll be supervised by leading academics in the field, and our broad research interests mean we can support a variety of translation areas. Access translation software, including translation memory tools, corpus and text analysis tools and post-editing tools, plus SDL Studio Freelance licences. Get ready for your future career - develop key transferable skills including communication, collating information and independently managing your time. Conduct your PhD research from anywhere in the world through our online distance learning option.