Chinese and Russian Studies MA

As a world-leading festival and capital city, Edinburgh is a fantastic place to study global languages in their cultural context. Both single and joint honours undergraduate programmes in Chinese are offered, marking the only institution in Scotland to provide these options. Within the UK, this is also the only university to offer three different language entry levels to Chinese degree programmes: ab initio for complete beginners, upper beginner, and intermediate. Two entry levels are also offered for Russian, including ab initio. The programme is designed for non-native speakers, though heritage language learners are welcome. Immersive study abroad is built into the programme in Year 3, which is spent in either mainland China or Taiwan and in a country where Russian is spoken.