Degree benefits

• Studying English at UCL provides you with an inspired setting: central London has long been the centre of British literary life and you will be surrounded by world-class libraries.
• UCL was at the forefront of the establishment of English literature as a university subject and the department is regularly ranked first in the country (for example in the Guardian University Guide)
• The English Department has a strong tradition of links with the literary world. Practising writers are invited to give readings and there is a writer-in-residence programme.
• In addition to core courses on Shakespeare and Chaucer the undergraduate syllabus offers a wide range of optional courses in many historical periods.

Careers

• Good graduates in English are articulate, can write clearly, undertake research and can present evidence for and against a case, all of which will make you highly employable.
• Traditional career paths include publishing, journalism and teaching, but English graduates are also sought by the civil service, local government, finance, business, the media and film. Some of the destinations in recent years have included Deloitte, Waterstones, Oxford University Press, the BBC, Granada TV, Sotheby's and Reuters in New York.
• Graduates have gone on to Master's or doctoral degrees and to teacher training and law courses.