Linguistics and Japanese Studies BA

Develop your linguistic skills, applying your knowledge of how languages work, how they are stored in speakers' minds, and how we make use of them - providing you with the critical foundations to explore Japanese language, culture and politics. Study on one of the UK’s longest running Japanese studies programmes, with over 60 years of experience creating leaders within the field. Our award-winning teaching staff will give you the insights, language skills and disciplinary knowledge to critically appreciate Japanese society, history, politics and culture. As well as studying the phonetic scripts (Kana), picking up the 2000 Sino-Japanese characters (Kanji), you’ll spend a year studying at a Japanese university.