German and Chinese [IPML]

Unique

• The only Integrated Masters in modern languages in the UK
• A distinctive combination of academic and professional training

AttractiveThe IPML enhances the student's employability through:

• work experience: at least one period of residence abroad must be spent in a professional environment
•  a dedicated course in research training and professional development
• compulsory study of the theory and practice of translation at Masters level
• the opportunity to learn a third language
• the opportunity to take up career management options

Challenging

• An elite programme (entry requirement: AAA including A-levels in both languages to be studied; progression in the first two years subject to the attainment of a minimum average of 55%)

Flexible

• 4 years of study at Manchester
• Possibility of completing the degree in 4, 5 or 6 years, with a range of residence abroad options

Bespoke

Students can tailor their final year according to their needs by:

• making it more academic or more professional
• focusing on Language 1, Language 2 or a mixture of both

STUDY PERIOD 1

• Study both languages equally of focus more on one language
• Compulsory core language component
• An array of modular options will be available covering a broad range of areas such as cinema, politics, linguistics, literature and history
• Opportunity to take up a third language

STUDY PERIOD 2

• Study both languages equally of focus more on one language
• Compulsory core language component
• An array of modular options will be available covering a broad range of areas such as cinema, politics, linguistics, literature and history
• Opportunity to take up or continue a third language
• Opportunity to take up a career management option
• Please see Study Details for residence abroad options

STUDY PERIOD 3

• Study both languages equally of focus more on one language
• Compulsory core language component
• An array of modular options will be available covering a broad range of areas such as cinema, politics, linguistics, literature and history
• Opportunity to take up a career management option (if not taken in year 2)
• Please see Study Details for residence abroad options

STUDY PERIOD 4

• All courses taught and assessed at Masters level
• Dissertation can focus on either language or be a comparative study and be geared towards academia or the professional world
• Research training and professional development unit (in either language)
• Translation and Interpreting unit (in either language)
• Any M-level course unit taught in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (excluding translation and interpreting)

Languages qualify you for a wide range of employment.  Your high-level language skills will open up numerous paths with an international dimension (e.g. business, industry and finance).  You will also have excellent all-round communication skills making you a strong contender for openings in the media, PR and similar areas.

In our experience, many graduates go straight into business services, marketing, advertising, management, banking or communications.  Others opt for postgraduate study or further vocational training to become accountants, lawyers, teachers (in England or abroad) or enter the Civil Service. 

Did you know?

• MI5 actively recruit graduates with language skills
• Past students have gone into areas as diverse as Radio Reporting, Advertising, Accountancy, Events Management, Commercial Management and International Sales.
• Graduates from The University of Manchester are amongst the highest paid in the country
• More employers recruit at The University of Manchester than at any other UK university
• The University of Manchester's Careers Service is consistently voted the best in the country by both students and employers
• The School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures is one of the largest and most diverse in the UK and has received the prestigious European Award for Languages from CiLT, the National Centre for Languages.

• The University hold open days twice a year (usually June and October) where you have the opportunity to tour the campus and find out more about the facilities and courses we offer.

• If your application is successful you will be invited to a visit day specifically for your area of study.  On this day you will find out more about the School and its resources, meet members of staff and current students and discuss study aims and qualifications with admissions staff.

• We do not normally interview applicants.  We make offers after carefully considering your UCAS application.

A level: AAA including both languages to be studied

Unit grade information: The University of Manchester welcomes the provision of unit grade information which, like all other available information, will inform the consideration of applications.  Unit grades will not normally form part of offer conditions, except for Mathematics programmes.

Key Skills qualification: The University warmly welcomes applications from students studying the Key Skills qualification. However, as the opportunities to take these modules are not open to all applicants, currently this is not an essential requirement of the University.

International Baccalaureate:

37 points overall

Higher Level requirements - 6,6,6 including both languages to be studied

Alternative entry requirements

English language:

Candidates must be proficient in the English language, which is the language of instruction and examination at the university.

Decisions are made on the basis of the application as a whole with a particular focus on educational acheivement and predicted grades.

The conditions of offers will be determined by an applicants predicted grades.

RESIDENCE ABROAD OPTIONS

Residence abroad options vary according to the total duration of your degree programme (you choose your pathway in Year 1):

• IPML4: if the programme is to be completed in 4 years, you spend the second semester of year 2 at one of our partner institution in the country of your first language of study, followed by one summer vacation (before year 3) in the country of your second language of study and one summer vacation (before year 4) in the country of your first or second language of study.

For a list of our partner institutions, see http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/residence-abroad/options/

• IPML5: if the programme is to be completed in 5 years, you spend year 3 divided between countries where both languages are spoken, followed by one summer vacation (before year 5) in the country of your first or second language of study. Alternatively, you can opt for the residence abroad options of the 4-year programme and add a year abroad in year 4 (in which case, the year can be spent in the country of either of your languages of study or split between your two languages of study).
• IPML6: if the programme is to be completed in 6 years, you spend year 3 divided between countries where both languages are spoken; year 5 can be spent in the country of either of your languages of study or split between your two languages of study.

For all of these options, at least one period of residence abroad (preferably the longest) must be spent in a professional environment.

Restrictions (IPML4)

• Students of Chinese/Japanese/Russian and a European language (e.g. Chinese and Spanish): the IPML4 pathway is only available provided Chinese/Japanese/Russian is your first language of study.
• Students on a combination of Chinese/Japanese/Russian (e.g. IPML Russian and Japanese):

in principle, the IPML4 pathway is not available to these students.

School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures

See:  About Us

There are a number of related courses in the following subject areas:

• Modern Languages and Cultures

• Modern Languages and Cultures

Contact name: School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures

Telephone: 0161 275 3211

Facsimile: 0161 275 3031

Email: ug.languages@manchester.ac.uk

Website: www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/