- Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Bellaterra Campus
- Duration: 4 courses - 240 credits
- Places: 30
- Admission mark: 5,000
- Price per credit: 17.69 euros
- Language: English (45%), Catalan (45%) and Spanish (5%).
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- Learning mode: Classroom-based learning
Graduates in English and Catalan Studies will be capable of combining expert knowledge in both Catalan and English, today's de facto international language. This facilitates entering the workforce in any profession related to languages and multilingualism in any country of the European Union, such as the teaching of English and/or Catalan and cultural mediation, as well as in highly qualified business, tourist and other cultural professions, etc.
This degree offers students the possibility to enrol in a specialisation in Linguistics, Comparative Literature or a third language (German, Italian, Galician or Basque).
The degree is programmed by the Departments of English and German and of Catalan, making it an ideal setting for the organisation of this type of interdisciplinary studies.
Career options
- Teaching and the production of didactic materials in both public and private institutions.- Translation and interpreting; multilingual institutional communication in companies, publishing houses, libraries and language departments.
- Language technology applications.
- Tourism, public relations and international relations.
- Cultural counselling and management of documentation tasks for publishers, in collaboration with journals and cultural supplements, the coordination and planning of cultural activities for companies, foundations and public institutions.
- Academic research.
Once you have completed your studies, you will have solid training in the Catalan and English languages, literatures and cultures. The degree thus will provide students with expert knowledge in Catalan and in today's most important international language, which will facilitate entering the labour market in any of the sectors related to language or multilingualism in any of the European Union member state, such as language, cultural mediation or management, etc.
Testimonials
Mobility programmes
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona participates in many mobility and exchange programmes around the world (http://www.uab.cat/web/mobility-international-exchange-1345680336097.html), especially with Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Mobility programmes allow the UAB community to experience different realities and enable foreign students to complete their education at UAB.
Map of UAB exchange programmes.
Do you want to be an exchange student? Check the Circuit for outgoing students.
Are you interested in studying at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities? Check the Procedure for incoming students
Mobility programmes allow the UAB community to experience different realities and enable foreign students to complete their education at UAB.
Map of UAB exchange programmes.
Do you want to be an exchange student? Check the Circuit for outgoing students.
Are you interested in studying at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities? Check the Procedure for incoming students
Professional training
"Off-campus Traineeship" is an elective subject offered to students in their fourth year. Students have the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge acquired during their studies, in a professional work context that implies the use of advanced level English.
Coordinator: Sebastià Giralt Soler
Off-campus Traineeship is offered in two different ways:
· Practical work with a collaborating institution: 125h
· Final written report: 7.5h
· Regular tutorials with the coordinator: 10h.
· Training for workplace insertion: 7.5h
For more details, consult the Teaching Guide for Off-campus Traineeship.
Coordinator: Sebastià Giralt Soler
Off-campus Traineeship is offered in two different ways:
- As a work experience with a collaborating institution off campus. The internship is formalized through a specific agreement signed by the student, the collaborating institution and the UAB, which defines the conditions and gives details of the student's work plan.
- As a work / academic experience offered within the Department of English and German Studies (for example, helping in a recognised research project of the UAB, etc.). Internships are formalized through a specific agreement between the student, the department, and the UAB, which defines the conditions and gives details of the student's work plan.
· Practical work with a collaborating institution: 125h
· Final written report: 7.5h
· Regular tutorials with the coordinator: 10h.
· Training for workplace insertion: 7.5h
For more details, consult the Teaching Guide for Off-campus Traineeship.