Oxford Brookes University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
Course summary
Our joint honours course allows you to pursue your own areas of interest within English Literature and Philosophy whilst also providing you with a solid foundation in the discipline and a range of personal and professional skills which will serve as a springboard for your future career development. The programme is carefully designed to enable you to gradually develop your knowledge and skills and to become autonomous, effective and independent learners. English Literature offers you the opportunity to study British and world literatures through a model of progressive specialisation that teaches advanced literary critical skills in the context of periodised, thematised, formal and theoretical modules. In Philosophy, our modules explore how the work of historical philosophers impacts upon debates that are central to contemporary philosophy. We are Top 10 in the UK: English Literature and Philosophy is ranked 9th in the Guardian Philosophy subject league ranking 2025.
Modules
In Year 1 modules include Culture, Criticism and Literature, World Literature, Critical Theory, Shakespeare, Introduction to Philosophy, Academic Literacy: Philosophy, Introduction to Ethics, and Theory of Knowledge. In Year 2 modules include American Literature and Culture, The Literature of Space, The Novel and Modernity, Culture, Crime and Transgression, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, and Foundations of German Idealism. Final-year specialist optional modules offer intensive, small-group teaching. In addition, you will choose either the Contemporary Literature (Synoptic) module or the Dissertation Module, working one-to-one with a specialist lecturer. In Philosophy, module titles include Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Education, Freedom, Justice and Politics, Continental Philosophy of Religion, Wittgenstein's Later Philosophy, Culture, Gender and Sexuality, and Vice and Virtue.
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
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Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
International applicants
At Oxford Brookes we are delighted to welcome international students from across the world. We have information on how to apply to Oxford Brookes as an international applicant on our website. Please copy and paste this link into your browser https://www.brookes.ac.uk/Study/International-students/Applying-to-arriving/How-to-apply.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 104 points
English language requirements
IELTS 6.5 overall. Reading 6.0. Writing 6.0. Listening 5.5. Speaking 5.5. Further information on our English language requirements can be found on our website.
English language requirement
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| International | £15950* | Year 1 |
*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Please note tuition fees for Home students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by government. Tuition fees for International students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students. Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum permitted level.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP