SOAS University of London
At a glance
Source: Discover Uni, median across coursesStudent satisfaction76%National Student Survey
In work or study80%15 months after graduating
Entrants’ UCAS points80–176+Middle entrant, by course
Continuation85%Students continuing into year 2
SOAS University of London offers 232 undergraduate courses listed in the Discover Uni dataset, based in London. Across its courses, the median student satisfaction score is 76%. A median of 80% of graduates were in work or further study 15 months after finishing. Students typically arrived with between 80 and 176+ UCAS tariff points, depending on the course. 8 courses offer a placement year and 75 offer a year abroad.
Courses at SOAS University of London
Filter these coursesAfrican and modern Middle Eastern studies24 courses
- BA (Hons) Arabic4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Arabic and History of Art4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Arabic and World Philosophies4 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and Africa and Black Diaspora (including Year Abroad)4 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and Arabic4 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Africa and Black Diaspora (including Year Abroad)4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Arabic4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Africa & Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Africa and Black Diaspora (including Year Abroad)4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Arabic4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History and Africa and Black Diaspora including year abroad4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History and Arabic4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History of Art and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History of Art and Africa and Black Diaspora including year abroad4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Africa and Black Diaspora including Year Abroad4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Arabic4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Music and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Music and Africa and Black Diaspora including year abroad4 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Music and Arabic4 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) World Philosophies and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) World Philosophies and Africa and Black Diaspora including year abroad4 years · Full-time76% satisfied
Anthropology22 courses
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and Social Anthropology3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Social Anthropology3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BA (Hons) East Asian Studies and Social Anthropology3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Social Anthropology3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History of Art and Social Anthropology3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Social Anthropology3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Social Anthropology3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Linguistics and Social Anthropology3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and Africa and Black Diaspora including a year abroad4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and Arabic4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and Chinese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and Economics3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and Global Development3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and History3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and Japanese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and Korean4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and Law3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and Music3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and Politics3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and World Philosophies3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
Asian studies33 courses
- BA (Hons) Chinese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Chinese and History of Art4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Chinese and World Philosophies4 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and Chinese4 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and East Asian Studies3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and Japanese4 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and Korean4 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Chinese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and East Asian Studies3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Japanese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Korean4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) East Asian Studies3 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BA (Hons) East Asian Studies and History3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) East Asian Studies and History of Art3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) East Asian Studies and Music3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) East Asian Studies and World Philosophies3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Chinese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and East Asian Studies3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Japanese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Korean4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History and Chinese4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History of Art and Japanese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History of Art and Korean4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Japanese4 years · Full-time67% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Japanese and History4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Japanese and World Philosophies4 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Korean4 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Korean and History4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Korean and World Philosophies4 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Music and Chinese4 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Music and Japanese4 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Music and Korean4 years · Full-time69% satisfied
Business and management7 courses
- BA (Hons) Management and Arabic4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Management and Chinese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Management and Creative Arts3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Management and Film Studies3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Management and Japanese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Management and Korean4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Management and Music3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
Creative arts and design1 course
Development studies19 courses
- BA (Hons) East Asian Studies and Global Development3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Economics and Global Development3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Global Development3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Global Development and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Global Development and Africa and Black Diaspora including year abroad4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Global Development and Arabic4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Global Development and Chinese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Global Development and Linguistics3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Global Development and World Philosophies3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History and Global Development3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History of Art and Global Development3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Global Development3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Japanese and Global Development4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Korean and Global Development4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Global Development3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Global Development including year abroad4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Law and Global Development3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Music and Global Development3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Global Development3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
Economics19 courses
- BSc (Hons) Business, Management, Economics & Law with Foundation Year5 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Development Economics3 years · Full-time74% satisfied
- BA (Hons) East Asian Studies and Economics3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Economics3 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics3 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Economics (BA) with Year in Industry4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics (BSc) with Year in Industry4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Economics and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Economics and Africa and Black Diaspora including a year abroad4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Economics and Arabic4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Economics and Chinese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Economics and Law3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History and Economics3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Economics3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Japanese and Economics4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Korean and Economics4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Economics3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Economics3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Politics, Philosophy and Economics3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
Finance2 courses
History7 courses
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and History3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and History3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and History3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History and History of Art3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History and World Philosophies3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Music and History3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
History of art, architecture and design5 courses
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and History of Art3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and History of Art3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and History of Art3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History of Art and Music3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History of Art and World Philosophies3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
Law13 courses
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and Law3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Law3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) East Asian Studies and Law3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Law3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Law3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Law including year abroad4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- LLB (Hons) Law3 years · Full-time73% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Law and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Law and Africa and Black Diaspora including year abroad4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Law and Arabic4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Law and Chinese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Law and History3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Law and Korean4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
Liberal arts1 course
Linguistics10 courses
- BA (Hons) Arabic and Linguistics4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Chinese and Linguistics4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and Linguistics3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Linguistics3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) East Asian Studies and Linguistics3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Linguistics3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Japanese and Linguistics4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Korean and Linguistics4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Linguistics3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Linguistics including year abroad4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
Management studies2 courses
Media studies7 courses
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Creative Arts3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Creative Arts with Year in Industry4 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Film Studies3 years · Full-time
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Film Studies with Year in Industry4 years · Full-time
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Music3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Creative Arts3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Music3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
Others in language and area studies16 courses
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia)3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) (including year abroad)4 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia)3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) (including year abroad)4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia)3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) including year abroad4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia)3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and History including Year Abroad4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and History of Art3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and History of Art including year abroad4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Music3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Music including year abroad4 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and World Philosophies3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and World Philosophies including year abroad4 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) including year abroad4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures and History3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
Philosophy5 courses
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and World Philosophies3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and World Philosophies3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and World Philosophies3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Music and World Philosophies3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) World Philosophies3 years · Full-time71% satisfied
Politics38 courses
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and International Relations3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Creative Arts and Politics3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and International Relations3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Politics3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) East Asian Studies and International Relations3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) East Asian Studies and Politics3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and International Relations3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Film Studies and Politics3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History of Art and International Relations3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History of Art and Politics3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Africa and Black Diaspora including Year Abroad4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Arabic4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Chinese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and History3 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Japanese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Korean4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Law3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Music3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and World Philosophies3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and International Relations3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and International Relations including year abroad4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Politics3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Languages and Cultures (Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia) and Politics including year abroad4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Linguistics and Politics3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics3 years · Full-time74% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Africa and Black Diaspora3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Africa and Black Diaspora including Year Abroad4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Arabic4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Chinese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and History3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Japanese4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Korean4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Law3 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Music3 years · Full-time69% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and World Philosophies3 years · Full-time76% satisfied
Living and studying here
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Students’ unionClubs, societies and support
Open daysBook a visit on the official website
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Frequently asked questions
What UCAS points do you need for SOAS University of London?
It depends on the course. Based on the most recent entrants, the middle student arrived with between 80 and 176+ points across SOAS University of London’s courses. Check each course page for its figure, and the university’s own website for its current offer.
Are students at SOAS University of London satisfied with their course?
The median National Student Survey positivity score across SOAS University of London’s courses is 76%. Scores vary a lot by course, so compare the individual courses you are interested in.
Do SOAS University of London graduates get jobs?
A median of 80% of graduates were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, with a median salary of £30,000. Figures come from the Graduate Outcomes survey.
How many courses does SOAS University of London offer?
We list 232 undergraduate courses at SOAS University of London, across 19 subjects.