Portuguese/Film and Television Studies

Portuguese and film and television studies is a combination that gives you access to one of the world's most widely spoken languages and its remarkable cinematic and cultural traditions alongside the analytical tools of screen studies. Portuguese is the language of Brazil and Portugal, the fifth most widely spoken language in the world, the vehicle of a literary tradition that stretches from the medieval lyrics of the Iberian peninsula to the contemporary fiction of authors like Jose Saramago and Paulo Coelho, and an increasingly important language for international business, particularly in the context of Brazil's role in the global economy. Film and television studies provides the theoretical and historical framework for understanding moving image culture as art, industry, and social practice.

At Glasgow, whose film and television studies lecturers are leading researchers in the field, this five-year full-time programme gives you genuine expertise in both disciplines. You will engage with national and international film and television cultures, theory, history, and cultural policy, with contributions from practitioners enriching the academic curriculum. Your Portuguese studies develop linguistic competence and cultural understanding through literature, film, history, and contemporary society, progressing in parallel with your screen studies.

The programme includes a sandwich year with work placement opportunities, and a year abroad that will likely include a period in a Portuguese-speaking country, giving you immersive language experience. The typical entry tariff of 200 points reflects Glasgow's academic expectations.

Graduates go on to careers in film and television production, broadcasting, criticism, journalism, arts administration, education, translation, and roles in organisations with commercial or cultural interests in the Portuguese-speaking world. The combination of screen literacy and Portuguese-language proficiency is valued in film distribution, international co-production, and cultural diplomacy. Many graduates also continue to postgraduate study in film studies, Portuguese, or Lusophone and Brazilian studies.