Study Conference Interpreting MA at London Metropolitan University in the UK, Guildhall School of Business and Law

About this course

About this course
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- Department
Study options
Entry requirements
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What will I learn?

The Conference Interpreting MA prepares you for work as a professional conference interpreter for international organisations and the private market. Languages offered include Mandarin, French, English, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Spanish. You'll benefit from work placements, site visits and dummy booth practice at the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union and United Nations (Geneva and Vienna). Our state-of-the-art interpreting suite is equipped with digital facilities for interpreting practice, virtual classes and web streaming. This course offers a distance learning option for full time (one year) and part time (two years) students. Students from both courses are taught together in a synchronous hybrid mode as one community of learners. The course offers a wide range of language combinations paired with English: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Further language combinations with English, such as Arabic, may also be available, subject to demand, staff expertise and availability of learning resources.

Which department am I in?

Guildhall School of Business and Law

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees

£20,500.00 (US$ 26,474) per year

May vary annually and there may be additional fees.

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Holloway Campus

166-220 Holloway Road,

Tower Building,

London,

Greater London,

N7 8DB, Southern England, United Kingdom

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees

£20,500.00 (US$ 26,474) per year

May vary annually and there may be additional fees.

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Online

166-220 Holloway Rd,

Tower Building,

London,

Greater London,

N7 8DB, Southern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

You will be required to have: a first degree with a 2.1 (or a 2.2 with professional experience in interpreting) (applications from candidates with substantial experience as a professional interpreter but no degree will be considered), Certificate and Diploma level English and one other language / MA level English and one or two other languages, near-native proficiency in your first foreign language (language B) and/or a good command of their second foreign language (language C).

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.