
MA in English-Chinese Interpreting with Translation
Birmingham, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
29 Aug 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 1,304 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for UK students | 12 May 2025 for international students
** per module: £1,260 (July 2025 | £1,304 (October 2025)
Introduction
Our MA in English-Chinese Interpreting with Translation is ideal if you’re looking to begin or develop your career as a professional interpreter. You'll be ready for industry with opportunities throughout the course to put your learning into practice. Develop your technical skills across different forms of interpretation.
At Birmingham, you'll develop your knowledge and practical skills from day one.
You'll get lots of in-class practice in our Interpreting Suite using professional Televic technology used by international organisations. Learn simultaneous and consecutive interpreting, with opportunities to learn community interpreting too.
Our modules will prepare you for interpreting in a range of real world scenarios, including business, legal, medical and other settings. What's more, you'll complete an extended project where you can focus on your chosen topic(s) in depth.
- We’re a member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI), the Association of Programmes in Translation and Interpreting Studies, UK and Ireland, and the Association of Translation Companies.
- Learn from specialists in both Chinese-English and English-Chinese interpreting and translation, allowing you to practice working in both directions.
- Access translation software, including translation memory tools, corpus and text analysis tools and post-editing tools, plus SDL Studio Freelance licences.
Career Opportunities
By studying a postgraduate degree in Modern Languages at Birmingham, you’ll develop transferable skills suited to a range of career paths. These skills include the ability to work well with others, strong language and communication skills, plus an awareness of different cultures.
Our Modern Languages graduates enter many roles, including:
- Translation project manager
- Translator
- Secondary school teacher
- Copywriter
Employers our Modern Languages graduates have worked for include:
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Morningside Translations
- Secondary schools
Careers Network
Get ready for tomorrow, with advice, guidance and opportunities at every step of your studies. From developing new skills to preparing for a PhD, our Careers Network can help you gain an advantage in the job market or advance in your field.
Whatever you plan to do after your degree, the Careers Network offers a range of events and support services including networking opportunities, career coaching, one-to-one guidance, careers fairs and links with leading graduate recruiters. We also offer subject-specific careers consultants and a dedicated careers website for international students.
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Curriculum
Please visit the course webpage below for up-to-date information on modules.
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125th Anniversary Scholarships for International Students
We have a proud heritage of removing barriers to education. In 2025, we celebrate our 125th anniversary as a University. To mark this milestone, we’re offering £4,000 scholarships to students from a select number of countries and £5,000 scholarships to students joining us from India.
Scholarships for international students
At Birmingham, we believe in removing all barriers to education, so all of our talented students can achieve their full potential. As an international student you can take advantage of our wide range of University run scholarships as well as the many scholarships and bursaries from external funding organizations.
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Program delivery
Teaching takes place over eight weeks in the autumn term and eight weeks in the spring term, through weekly seminars. Term dates can be found on our website.
You will take two core modules in both the autumn and spring terms
- Autumn term: Introduction to Consecutive Interpreting; Translating for Business
- Spring term: Advanced Consecutive Interpreting; Introduction to Simultaneous Interpreting
You will also take one optional module during the autumn term and one optional module during the spring term.
Each module typically represents a total of 200 hours of study time, including preparatory reading, homework, and assignment preparation.
During the summer term, you will be working on your extended research project, and you will be assigned an appropriate supervisor according to your chosen topic.