Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Welsh for First and Second Language Students

A three year honours degree in Welsh language and literature, structured for both first and second language speakers, covering literary tradition, language history and a dissertation.

Unusually, this degree is designed for second language learners as well as native speakers, which makes Welsh accessible rather than closed.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Welsh for First and Second Language Students is taught at Bangor University, a public university in Wales with full degree awarding powers. Because the Welsh degree is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after you finish. No job offer or sponsor is needed for the Welsh degree, but you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. Your student visa covers the length of the Welsh degree plus a short period afterwards. UK rules from January 2024 bar a dependant partner or child on taught courses, so the Welsh degree does not support a family move.

Admission to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Welsh for First and Second Language Students requires Class 12 or equivalent at 70 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the Welsh degree is recorded at GBP 17,000. Bangor charges no application fee, and no scholarship is recorded against the Welsh degree. The Welsh degree lists only two entry windows a cycle. Apply Study Visa manages your the Welsh degree application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.