Modern Languages with Business Management BA

University of Birmingham · honours · 4 years · year abroad · UCAS 1100course page ↗

AAB at A level, post-GCSE; graduates earn a median £35,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAB

post-GCSE · 95% of entrants came with A levels · 85% stay on after year 1 · Birmingham course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

AABtypical A level offer; aab a level grade b is required for the advanced language you wish to study. it is also possible to study two beginner (including post-gcse) languages without taking an advanced language.; contextual

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. A contextual offer can be lower for applicants from under-represented backgrounds; none is published for this course.

Birmingham course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

  1. 1post-GCSE
Who actually got in: 95% with A levels. Based on 20 entrants.
Other qualifications2
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB32 points6,6,5 32 points overall.—
BTECDDMBTEC Extended Diploma: DDM, plus B at A level in the required subject/s mentioned below. BTEC Diploma: DD, plus B at A level in the required subject/s mentioned below. BTEC Subsidiary Diploma: D, plus—
Years 1–4

What do you study?

14compulsory modules in year 1, 6 optional

Module — one course unit, usually a term or a year long; “core” means everyone takes it. One UK credit is about ten hours of study; a full year is 120 credits.

Birmingham course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 1 · 14 core, 6 optional · 240 credits ≈ 2,400 hours
6 optional modules
Year 2 · 9 core, 8 optional · 160 credits ≈ 1,600 hours
8 optional modules
Year 4 · 15 core · 300 credits ≈ 3,000 hours
Placement or year abroad · 6 core · 480 credits ≈ 4,800 hours
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£35,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£27k
Median£35k
Upper quarter£43k

Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 490 graduates.

Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 24, 14, 12, 22

Half of graduates earned between £26,500 and £43,000. Five years on, the median is £48,500. 90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 55% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 115% left85%15
In work or study, 15 months on10% studying90%15
Professional or managerial job55%10
Pay 15 months on, median£30,000110
Pay 3 years on, median£35,000490
Pay 5 years on, median£48,500495
Money

What does it cost?

£9,790a year for UK students, 2026/27 entry

Tuition fee loan — paid straight to the university; repayments start the April after you leave, at 9% of income above the threshold. UK fees are capped by government and rise with inflation; placement and study-abroad years are usually charged at a lower rate.

Birmingham fees page · source

About £39,160 in fees over 4 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £24,480 a year (2026/27).

National Student Survey 2024-26

What do students say?

70%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 69% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 10 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 1; lowest: 36% on question 24.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 1100%
Question 291%
Question 3100%
Question 4100%
Question 573%
Question 691%
Question 773%
Question 891%
Question 973%
Question 1091%
Question 1191%
Question 1291%
Question 1391%
Question 1473%
Question 1582%
Question 1691%
Question 1773%
Question 1873%
Question 1991%
Question 20100%
Question 21100%
Question 2282%
Question 2355%
Question 2436%
Question 2578%
Question 2670%

Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from University of Birmingham’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. University of Birmingham is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.