Overview

Highlights

Our academics in this subject area at Birkbeck, University of London bring together research and teaching in French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish, making them an outstanding multidisciplinary team.
Once equipped with the tools for carrying out research, you pursue your particular research interests, supported by regular meetings with your supervisor and attendance at PhD seminars.
As a research student, you will be given help to establish contacts in France with institutions such as the Institut Mémoires de l'Édition Contemporaine in Paris, as well as with individual scholars.

Programme Structure

We are able to provide supervision in most aspects of French language, literature and culture, including:

the Renaissance
classicism
the Enlightenment
literature from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century
travel literature
the fantastic
literature and the visual arts
literary criticism
gender studies
history of French thought
contemporary literature
French linguistics
bilingualism
French cinema
colonial and contemporary French history

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months
Part-time
- 84 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-01-13 00:00:00

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Starting 2025-09-30 00:00:00

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Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

94

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

French studies View 16 other PhDs in French studies in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

94

Student insurance

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Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

Entry requirements:

A good honours degree in French or equivalent.
Specific indication of research interests or outline of proposed research prior to interview.

Tuition Fee

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International

14885 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 14885 GBP per year during 48 months.
National

4786 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4786 GBP per year during 48 months.

Living costs for London

1137 - 2157 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.