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MSc - Master of Science
King's Campus
Full Time
SEP
1 Year
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MSc - Master of Science
King's Campus
Full Time
SEP
1 Year
MSc - Master of Science
King's Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
MSc - Master of Science
King's Campus
Part Time
SEP
2 Years
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If you have a flair and ear for languages, you may want to study and put your skills to good use in new situations and settings. With demand growing for qualified graduates, a Translation Studies MSc can open doors to a range of exciting international and national careers as well as self-employment options globally.Demand for professional translation and interpreting skills is at an all-time high. Equip yourself with the expert practical knowledge and advanced linguistic and cross-cultural communication skills to enter professional life as a translator or an interpreter and benefit from a rewarding and varied career choice.We offer a broad programme that gives greater flexibility and greater choice to tailor things around your own individual linguistic skills and, just as importantly, around your career aspirations too.Languages on offer include Arabic, French, Gaelic, German, Irish, Mandarin, Spanish and Welsh. Other languages may be offered based on demand. One of the distinguishing features is that you will have the opportunity to specialise in more than one language pairing, should you want to. This is something that could make you a more attractive candidate to a wider range of future employers. In honing your language knowledge, you will enhance your analytical skills which underpin all language work.
The degree is designed for students from a range of undergraduate degree backgrounds, including; language, linguistics, communication, business studies, law or legal studies. Students can take this programme as a diploma, a stand-alone one-year or two-year part-time Masters degree, or as a first step towards a MPhil or PhD (subject to admission to a further degree programme either at Aberdeen or elsewhere). Students are required to have a good 2.1 degree in one or more of the languages offered in Aberdeens Translation. Qualifications for entry: A degree at 2.1 or above, or equivalent, in an appropriate discipline.
Students living in
Domestic
£11,100 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£23,000 per year
Students from EU
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£23,000 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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