Spanish

Spanish is one of the world's great languages, spoken as a first language by more than 480 million people across Spain, Latin America, and growing communities in the United States and beyond. Studying it at Oxford means engaging seriously with the language as a system, developing the analytical understanding of how it is structured and has evolved, alongside practical command of its contemporary spoken and written forms. It also means encountering the extraordinarily rich literary and cultural traditions of the Spanish-speaking world, from medieval Iberian texts through the great writers of the Golden Age to the modernist experimentation of twentieth-century Latin America and the contemporary novel.

At Oxford, this four-year, full-time degree provides both practical training in written and spoken language and extensive engagement with the literature and thought of the Spanish-speaking world. You can study a broad sweep of literature across different periods, or focus your studies on particular eras from the medieval to the present day. A wide range of other options allows you to explore linguistics, philology, film, or gender studies, enabling you to tailor the degree to your particular intellectual interests.

The Oxford tutorial system means your learning is uniquely intensive and personalised. The four-year structure allows for the breadth and depth that serious language study demands. The typical entry tariff is 152 UCAS points.

Graduates with Spanish from Oxford are highly sought across a wide range of careers. The foreign office, diplomatic service, international organisations, journalism, publishing, broadcasting, law, financial services, international business, education, and academic research are all natural destinations. The depth of critical and analytical training the degree provides, combined with genuine linguistic competence, makes these graduates distinctive.

Many continue to postgraduate study in Hispanic studies, Latin American studies, comparative literature, linguistics, or translation, and some pursue doctoral research and academic careers.