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The School of European Culture and Languages (SECL) is one of the largest academic schools at the University of Kent and offers an extensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in all aspects of European cultural life, within our nine departments: Classics & Archaeology, Comparative Literature, English Language & Linguistics, French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, Philosophy and Religious Studies.

SECL has long-standing links and exchanges with some of Europe’s most prestigious institutions, is the founder of the University of Kent at Paris, successfully runs an MA in Heritage Management in Athens and will be launching MAs in Ancient History and Roman History & Archaeology with terms in Rome in 2013 (subject to approval). We also benefit from a Faculty exchange with universities in Hong Kong and China.

We scored 90% overall for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2012 and ranked in the top 10 in the UK for a number of subject areas, including: 1st for Hispanic Studies, 2nd for Comparative Literature, 6th for English Language and Linguistics, 5th for Archaeology and 4th for Classics.

SECL offers top quality teaching by enthusiastic, inspirational and passionate staff whose research is internationally recognised. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise of 2008, Kent was ranked 7th for research quality in French.