Serbian/Croatian language can be studied at both undergraduate and postgraduate level at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES). We also run online evening courses in Serbian/Croatian.
About the Serbian/Croatian language
The Serbian/Croatian language is spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia, where it has several political names: Bosnian, Bosniak, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian. It belongs to the group of South Slavonic languages, together with Bulgarian, Macedonian and Slovene.
Serbian/Croatian is written in two alphabets: Latin and Cyrillic. Both alphabets have 30 letters, each corresponding to a particular sound, which makes reading and writing Serbian/Croatian very easy. Learning Serbian/Croatian will enable you to communicate with people from across the region in their own language.
Undergraduate degrees
You could study Serbian/Croatian and East European Studies, or Serbian/Croatian and another modern language.
Learn more about the Serbian/Croatian and East European Studies BA.
Studying Serbian/Croatian and another modern language
These degrees combine Serbian/Croatian with another modern language from SSEES or the UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS).
Discover the combinations of degrees in Serbian/Croatian and another language.
View all modern language combinations with Serbian/Croatian in the following table:
| Languages | UCAS Code | Entry Requirement (A level) |
|---|---|---|
| Polish and Serbian/Croatian BA | R7RY | ABB |
| Romanian and Serbian/Croatian BA | R7SR | ABB |
| Hebrew and Serbian/Croatian BA | Q4R7 | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Serbian/Croatian and Yiddish BA | R6SY | ABB including one of the named languages |
| French and Serbian/Croatian BA | R1R7 | AAB (A in French) |
| Serbian/Croatian and Spanish BA | R7R4 | AAB (A in Spanish) |
| Czech and Serbian/Croatian BA | R7CC | ABB |
| Finnish and Serbian/Croatian BA | R6CF | ABB |
| Danish and Serbian/Croatian BA | R6R7 | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Dutch and Serbian/Croatian BA | R9R7 | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Hungarian and Serbian/Croatian BA | R7SH | ABB |
| Russian and Serbian/Croatian BA | R7SR | ABB |
| Serbian/Croatian and Ukrainian BA | R7SU | ABB |
| German and Serbian/Croatian BA | R2R7 | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Italian and Serbian/Croatian BA | R3R7 | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Norwegian and Serbian/Croatian BA | R6SN | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Serbian/Croatian and Portuguese BA | R7R5 | ABB including one of the named languages |
| Serbian/Croatian and Swedish BA | R7R6 | ABB including one of the named languages |
Other options to study Serbian/Croatian
The following degrees include the option of studying Serbian/Croatian:
- Comparative Literature BA
- Comparative Literature with Study Abroad BA
- Language and Culture BA
- European Social and Political Studies BA (details for 2026 entry - details for 2027 entry coming soon)
Modules
View all SSEES Undergraduate modules
Taking Serbian/Croatian as an elective module
Both undergraduate and postgraduate students on other degree programmes at UCL can take a Serbian/Croatian language module as an elective (programme diet permitting).
Undergraduate
All SSEES social science undergraduate degrees offer the opportunity take Serbian/Croatian language as an elective module.
Students in other UCL departments may also select Serbian/Croatian as an elective (programme diet permitting):
Postgraduate
Serbian/Croatian 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 Serbian/Croatian language include: