Overview

The English-Chinese Interpreting with Translation programme from University of Birmingham is ideal if you’re looking to begin or develop your career as a professional interpreter. You'll be ready for industry with opportunities throughout the course to put your learning into practice. Develop your technical skills across different forms of interpretation.

Career opportunities

By studying a postgraduate degree in Modern Languages at Birmingham, you’ll develop transferable skills suited to a range of career paths. These skills include the ability to work well with others, strong language and communication skills, plus an awareness of different cultures.

The Modern Languages postgraduate students have gone on to work in careers such as 'Translator', 'Project Manager' and 'Chief of Staff' in organisations such as BBC News, Unilever and World Food Programme.

The University has commissioned Cturtle as the data partner for tracking the alumni destinations. The data above is a subset from 43,666 alumni who completed their course up to 31 July 2024.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Advanced Consecutive Interpreting

Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

Contemporary Theories of Translation

Translating for Business (Chinese)

English-Chinese Liaison Interpreting

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-03 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-28 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

95

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PTE Academic

76

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IELTS

7

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Translation & Interpreting Asian studies British Studies View 66 other Masters in Asian studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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95

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76

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7

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Other requirements

General requirements

To gain a place at Birmingham you will need to meet the general entry requirements, as well as those specific to your course. Your application will be reviewed by the course’s Admissions Tutor, who will decide whether your application should receive an offer.

You’ll need to have native-speaker proficiency in Mandarin Chinese. You’ll usually need to hold a languages or humanities-related degree at 2:1 or above.
If you are an international student, you will need to demonstrate you have a suitable level of English proficiency, usually through the form of an IELTS or equivalent qualification.

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Tuition Fees

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27090 GBP / year

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11250 GBP / year

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Free

Living costs

Birmingham

United Kingdom

765 - 1134 GBP / month

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Funding

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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