School of European Culture and Languages

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Kent among top 100 'new breed of global universities'

The University of Kent has been ranked 80th in the Times Higher Education league table of the world's best young universities.
Outstanding results in the latest league table

SECL subjects performed exceptionally well in the survey.

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.

Science-fiction journal lands in SECL

Our congratulations to Dr Paul March-Russell, Honorary Lecturer in Comparative Literature, who has been appointed editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, the second oldest academic journal devoted to science fiction. Launched in the UK in 1972, it remains the leading UK title dedicated to the genre. 'I am honoured and privileged to become the new editor of Foundation,' said Dr March-Russell. 'It is a journal with a rich tradition n...

17th May 2013

New cartoon from Classics & Archaeology

16th May 2013

Weimar and the European Union

15th May 2013

Congratulations to our Summer School Scholarships winners

10th May 2013

Centre for Language and Linguistic Studies Guest Lecture

10th May 2013