12 or 24 months full time
Fees per academic year 2012-13
UK and EU: full time £5,155 (stage 1) £5,585 (stage 2)
International: full time £11,060 (stage 1) £12,165 (stage 2)
More information is available about tuition fees and discounts.
This programme enables you to acquire high-quality interpreting skills so you may enter the interpreting profession, especially in marketable fields such as technology, commerce, international relations and journalism.
Find out more detailed information about the programme modules
For Stage 1 entry you need a BA degree with a minimum average of 75 per cent (or GPA 2.75) on your transcript or an upper-second-class Honours degree or higher.
If you are not a native English speaker please enclose a recent IELTS certificate (no more than two years old) with your application. We normally consider only IELTS scores. To be considered, you need to have IELTS 7.0 overall with 6.5 or above on speaking and writing subskills.
If you are a native English speaker, we require good degree-level knowledge of Chinese. When applying, please enclose any evidence you may have to support your second language proficiency qualification.
For Stage 2 entry (ie advanced entry) you should have a good first degree (for example an upper-second-class Honours degree or an equivalent GPA). You must also have expert second-language knowledge. For non-native speakers of English, we require a minimum of IELTS 7.5 with no less than 7.0 in all sub-skills. We normally consider only IELTS scores. Native speakers of English should contact the School of Modern Languages for requirements of their second language proficiency.
All applicants (Stage 1 and Stage 2) will be interviewed and must pass this element of the selection process.
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has rules for international students regarding minimum English language requirements.
International Students, consult your own government for funding. The University offers International Scholarships, and there are funding opportunities by external organisations available.
More information on scholarships, studentships, bursaries and other funding is available from our database.Visit our postgraduate application site.
Interviews are compulsory to all applicants and will be held during spring 2012. The application deadline is 15 February 2012 in order to be in time for an interview. Due to enthusiastic and strong subscriptions to this programme, applications may be closed earlier than 15 February 2012 if places are filled up.
To allow time for processing your application, you could consider to apply initially with as many available supporting documents as possible if you have not yet obtained an adequete IELTS certificicate which may follow later.
Please note that all applicants should enter "MA in Translation and Interpreting" in their applications. For those who aim for the other specialized pathways, such as MA in Interpreting, the decision will be made after you have met all the entry requirements.
You will be required to pay a deposit of £1500 in order to secure your place after you have taken the interview, within 10 days after you are informed of having passed it. This will be offset against the tuition fees at registration. Applications submitted after the end of February will be subject to availability of places.
For further information please contact:
Lucy Brickwood
School of Modern Languages
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5867
E-mail: modlang.pgadmin@ncl.ac.uk
This programme is within the subject area of Translating and Interpreting.