BA English and Communication Studies

Communications and the media play an increasingly central role in modern society, economics and politics, making English, the global communications language, more important than ever before.

As a student of the BA English and Communication Studies programme, you will have access to modules offered in the Department of Applied Linguistics, Literature, Translation and Interpreting, as well as Department of Media and Communication and School of Film and TV Arts.

The unique level of choice and flexibility available in this programme makes it ideal for both international and domestic students. The programme offers three pathways focusing on language, which are linguistics, literature, and translation and interpreting, and another three pathways on communication studies, which are journalism and public relations, digital media, and film studies. The students can choose one from each three pathways to build their unique learning profile, giving them exceptional advantages for future postgraduate studies or professional development.

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU, referred to as "XJTLU") is a new type of international university with independent legal personality and distinctive characteristics, approved by the Ministry of Education of China and jointly established by Xi'an Jiaotong University and the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. She is currently the largest Sino-foreign cooperative university in China. It started with science and engineering management and has strong cooperation. It has a bachelor's degree in the People's Republic of China and the right to grant a degree from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom.

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University is located in Suzhou, China, a thousand-year-old city known as "paradise on earth". Today’s Suzhou not only retains the ancient city style of parallel water and land and the cultural tradition of advocating culture and education, but also a city that keeps pace with the times. A modern city open to the world. In recent years, its gross national economic output value has grown rapidly at an annual growth rate of nearly 15%, and its GDP has long been among the top five cities in mainland China, especially its internationally renowned China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park has gathered a large number of Fortune 500 companies. With international cooperative enterprises and R&D institutions, XJTLU provides an unparalleled economic and social ecology and a vast development hinterland for the sustainable development of Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University located in it.