Polish (język polski) is a West Slavonic language based on the Latin alphabet. It is used throughout Poland (about 40 million users) as well as by Polish minorities and Polish migrants all over the world. Data from the 2011 census reveals that over half a million people in England and Wales speak Polish. This makes Polish England’s second language! Poland is famous for the composer Fryderyk Chopin; cinema directors - Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Kieślowski and Roman Polański; scientists - Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik), Maria Skłodowska-Curie (better known as Marie Curie), the only woman who got two Nobel Prizes in Science; and of course many others.
Undergraduate Degrees with Polish
Polish can be studied as a single Honours degree, or in combination with another language.
Modern Languages Degrees with Polish
This degree combines two modern languages, which can be taken from SSEES and/or SELCS (School of European Languages, Culture and Society)
- Polish (+ another language)
View all Modern Language combinations with Polish:
| Languages | UCAS Code | Entry Requirement (A level) |
|---|---|---|
| Polish and Yiddish BA | R6PY | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Hebrew and Polish BA | Q4RP | ABB including one of the named languages |
| French and Polish BA | R1RP | AAB (A in French) |
| Polish and Spanish BA | R6PO | AAB (A in Spanish) |
| Czech and Polish BA | R7CP | ABB |
| Finnish and Polish BA | R6FP | ABB |
| Danish and Polish BA | R6DP | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Dutch and Polish BA | R9DP | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Hungarian and Polish BA | R7HP | ABB |
| Polish and Romanian BA | R7PN | ABB |
| Polish and Russian BA | R7PR | ABB |
| Polish and Serbian/Croatian BA | R7SP | ABB |
| Polish and Ukrainian BA | R7PU | ABB |
| German and Polish BA | R2RP | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Italian and Polish BA | R3RP | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Norwegian and Polish BA | R6NP | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Polish and Portuguese BA | R7PH | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Polish and Swedish BA | R7PW | ABB including one of the named languages |
UCL students on the following degrees also have the option to take Polish as a chosen language:
- Comparative Literature BA
- Comparative Literature with a Year Abroad BA
- Language and Culture BA
- European Social and Political Studies BA
View all SSEES Undergraduate Modules
Taking Polish as an Elective Module (Undergraduate and Postgraduate)
Both undergraduate and postgraduate students on other degree programmes at UCL can take a Polish language module as an elective (programme diet permitting).
Undergraduate
All SSEES social science undergraduate degrees offer the opportunity take Polish language as an elective module. Students in other UCL departments may also select Polish as an elective (programme diet permitting):
UCL students on the following degrees also have the option to take Polish as a chosen language:
- Comparative Literature BA
- Comparative Literature with a Year Abroad BA
- Language and Culture BA
- European Social and Political Studies BA
Postgraduate
Polish can be taken as an elective module for all SSEES MA programmes, as well as for a number of other Postgraduate Taught degrees in other UCL departments.
Modules covering Polish language include: