English and Film Studies BA

University of Leeds · honours · 3 years · optional year abroad · UCAS 1949, 8599, 2340course page ↗

AAB at A level, including A in English (Language, Literature or Language and Literature); graduates earn a median £24,500 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAB

including A in English (Language, Literature or Language and Literature) · 100% of entrants came with A levels · 90% stay on after year 1 · Leeds course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

AABtypical A level offer

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.

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

  1. 1including A in English (Language, Literature or Language and Literature)
Who actually got in: 100% with A levels. Based on 20 entrants.
Other qualifications3
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
AccessDistinctionPass diploma with 60 credits overall, including at least 45 credits at level 3, of which 30 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher—
IB35 pointsincluding 16 at Higher Level with 6 in English at Higher Level
Advanced HighersABin Advanced Highers including A in English and AABBB in Highers, or A in English in Advanced Highers and AABBB in Highers
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£24,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£21k
Median£25k
Upper quarter£30k

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 195 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 23, 14

Half of graduates earned between £21,000 and £29,500. Five years on, the median is £32,000. 86% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 58% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 15% left90%30
In work or study, 15 months on11% studying86%115
Professional or managerial job58%75
Pay 15 months on, median£26,50045
Pay 3 years on, median£24,500195
Pay 5 years on, median£32,000200
Money

What does it cost?

£10,050a year for UK students, 2027/28 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.

Leeds fees page · source

About £30,150 in fees over 3 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £27,300 a year (2027/28).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

85%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 50% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 15 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 15; lowest: 54% on question 13.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
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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 Leeds’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 Leeds is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.