University-Wide Language Programme
The University-Wide Language Programme (UWLP) offers all current undergraduate students the opportunity to learn a modern language as part of their course.
The units allow you to start at the right level for you - from beginners to advanced.
UWLP courses are available to any current undergraduate student who has "open units", or the specified option to take UWLP units, as part of their degree.
Some courses are tailored to the needs of students intending to study abroad as a compulsory part of their degree programme (for example, "Study in Continental Europe").
Register for open units
Returning students in 2021/22 must contact their Home School in the first instance.
Registration for new students in 2021/22 will be made available during Welcome Week.
Student Handbook
UWLP Student Handbook 2021-2022 V2 (PDF, 449kB)
Timetables for UWLP units for 2021/22
- Arabic (PDF, 28kB)
- French (PDF, 67kB)
- German (PDF, 57kB)
- Italian (PDF, 31kB)
- Japanese (PDF, 33kB)
- Korean (PDF, 28kB)
- Mandarin Chinese (PDF, 31kB)
- Portuguese (PDF, 29kB)
- Russian (PDF, 28kB)
- Spanish (PDF, 162kB)
CEFR
See how the levels on offer are linked to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR (PDF, 72kB)
Programmes
The School of Modern Languages provides tailor-made UWLP units for the following programmes:
Open unit catalogue 2020/21
An optional range of language units for beginners, post-beginners, intermediate and advanced learners. All units are fully accredited and worth 20 credit points and are taught over the 23-week period from October to May.
All units are registered in the Open Units Catalogue.
For: Undergraduate students from all faculties and Postgraduate students whose courses include a language option.
Languages available: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Modern Standard Arabic, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
If you are a native speaker of any of the languages on offer you are not permitted to study that language.
Study in Continental Europe
A range of language units for beginners, post-beginners, intermediate and advanced learners. All units are fully accredited and worth 20 credit points and are taught over a 23-week period from October to May.
For: Students from Engineering, Science, and Social Science and Law Faculties who are spending the third year of an undergraduate degree in Europe.
Languages available: French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
If you are a native speaker of any of the languages on offer you are not permitted to study that language.
Our blended approach
In the wake of COVID-19, UWLP courses will be online only in autumn 2020 – providing both live contact with tutors in small groups and rich and stimulating study materials.
Student resources
Computers and learning materials such as foreign magazines are available to UWLP students in the School Common Room, 17 Woodland Road. Two further computer rooms (G95 and G89, 19 Woodland Road) are also accessible to all UWLP students.