Spanish/Theatre Studies

Spanish is one of the world's most widely spoken languages, the native tongue of hundreds of millions of people across Europe, Latin America and beyond, and studying it opens access to an extraordinarily rich literary and cultural tradition stretching from the Golden Age to the contemporary novel. Combining it with theatre studies brings together two disciplines that share a deep interest in performance, voice, embodied communication and the ways meaning is made and unmade between writer, performer and audience. At the University of Glasgow, where staff cover topics drawn from different parts of the Spanish-speaking world and you will have the opportunity to work with native speakers from a range of backgrounds, this combination has particular depth.

This five-year full-time programme integrates language learning at an advanced level with the study of Hispanic literature, culture and history, alongside theatre theory, practice, history and criticism. You will develop genuine fluency and accuracy in Spanish while also building the analytical and performance skills central to theatre studies. A sandwich year in industry gives you the opportunity to apply your expertise in a professional context, whether in performance, education, cultural organisations, or an international work setting, and the programme also includes work placement opportunities to strengthen your professional profile.

The skills developed across this combination are notably broad. You will be a confident linguist, a careful reader of texts and performances, and a practitioner who understands how communication works in embodied and cultural terms. These capabilities transfer well across a wide range of careers.

Graduates typically move into careers in education, theatre and the performing arts, translation and interpreting, international business, journalism, broadcasting, cultural diplomacy, arts management and community arts work. Many also pursue postgraduate study in Hispanic studies, theatre studies, translation, cultural studies or education, with some going on to research or professional performance careers.