Teaching English as a Foreign Language Degree Courses in the UK - Bachelors & Masters

Program University Student satis­faction Unem­ployed Drop­out Tuition (UK) Tuition (Inter­national) UCAS Tariff City
English Studies and TESOL BA (Hons) Aberystwyth University 97% 5% 3% £9000 £14300 119 Aberystwyth On campus Full-time
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Including Placement Year) BA (Hons) University of Essex 84% 4% 4% £9250 £16850 116 Colchester On campus Full-time
Korean, TESOL and Linguistics BA (Hons) York St John University 43% 0% 15% £9250 £12750 130 York On campus Full-time
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Including Year Abroad) BA (Hons) University of Essex 84% 4% 4% £9250 £16850 116 Colchester On campus Full-time
English Language, Linguistics and TESOL BA (Hons) York St John University 79% 0% 10% £9250 £12750 113 York On campus Full-time
English Studies and TESOL (with integrated year studying abroad) BA (Hons) Aberystwyth University 97% 5% 3% £9000 £14300 119 Aberystwyth On campus Full-time
Japanese, TESOL and Linguistics BA (Hons) York St John University 73% 0% 5% £9250 £12750 125 York On campus Full-time
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Including Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University of Essex 84% 4% 4% £9250 £16850 116 Colchester On campus Full-time
Modern Languages and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Including Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University of Essex 82% 0% 10% £9250 £16850 126 Colchester On campus Full-time
English Language with TESOL BA (Hons) De Montfort University 63% 5% 10% £9250 £14250 91 Leicester On campus Full-time
Teaching English as a Foreign Language BA (Hons) University of Essex 84% 4% 4% £9250 £16850 116 Colchester On campus Full-time
English Studies and TESOL (with integrated foundation year) BA (Hons) Aberystwyth University 97% 5% 3% £9000 £14300 119 Aberystwyth On campus Full-time
English Studies and TESOL (with integrated year in industry) BA (Hons) Aberystwyth University 97% 5% 3% £9000 £14300 119 Aberystwyth On campus Full-time
TESOL and German BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 83% 5% 10% £9250 - 112 Preston On campus Full-time
TESOL and French BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 83% 5% 10% £9250 - 112 Preston On campus Full-time
Linguistics and TESOL with Foundation Year BA (Hons) University of Wolverhampton 91% 0% 0% £9250 - 113 Wolverhampton On campus Full-time
TESOL and Modern Languages (Foundation Entry) BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 88% 10% 5% £6000 - 104 Preston On campus Full-time
TESOL and Korean BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 87% 5% 10% £9250 - 114 Preston On campus Full-time
TESOL and Russian BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 83% 5% 10% £9250 - 112 Preston On campus Full-time
TESOL and English Language BA (Hons) Swansea University 81% 2% 10% - - 126 Swansea On campus Full-time
English Language and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) BA (Hons) Coventry University 82% 10% 0% - - 107 Coventry On campus Full-time
Languages with TESOL (Spanish) BA (Hons) Sheffield Hallam University 54% 5% 0% - - 129 Sheffield On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Linguistics BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University 87% 0% 15% - - 110 Manchester On campus Full-time
Education (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - TESOL) MEd MEd University of Dundee 72% 5% 2% - - 181 Dundee On campus Full-time
Languages with TESOL (German) BA (Hons) Sheffield Hallam University 54% 5% 0% - - 125 Sheffield On campus Full-time
TESOL and English Language with a Year Abroad BA (Hons) Swansea University 79% 2% 10% - - 126 Swansea On campus Full-time
Languages with TESOL (French) BA (Hons) Sheffield Hallam University 54% 5% 0% - - 125 Sheffield On campus Full-time
TESOL and English Literature with a Year Abroad BA (Hons) Swansea University 87% 0% 9% - - 119 Swansea On campus Full-time
TESOL and English Literature BA (Hons) Swansea University 79% - 10% - - 131 Swansea On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA University of Leicester 79% - 10% £9500 £19000 131 Leicester On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (TESOL) MA Aston University 79% - 10% £11500 £21250 131 Birmingham On campus Part-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with Technology for Teaching MSc University of St Andrews 79% - 10% £9900 £20370 131 St Andrews online Part-time
International Education (TESOL) MA The University of Manchester 79% - 10% £10500 £25000 131 Manchester On campus Full-time
TESOL and Education BA (Hons) University of Huddersfield - - - £9250 £15000 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
ELT/TESOL Studies MA University of Southampton - - - £9250 £21000 - Southampton On campus Full-time
TESOL and Younger Learners (Top-up) BA (Hons) University of Huddersfield - - - £9250 £15000 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) PgCert University of St Andrews - - - £3000 £6160 - St Andrews online Part-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with English for Academic Purposes MSc University of St Andrews - - - £9900 £20370 - St Andrews online Part-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA University of Essex - - - £8760 £18800 - Colchester On campus Part-time
TESOL & Linguistics (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Bishop Grosseteste University - - - £6935 £9150 - Lincoln On campus Full-time
Language Teaching/TESOL PgDip Birkbeck, University of London - - - £3010 £5460 - London On campus Part-time
TESOL (Top-Up) BA (Hons) University of Huddersfield - - - £9250 £15000 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
History and TESOL BA (Hons) Aberystwyth University - - - £9000 £14300 - Aberystwyth On campus Full-time
English Language Teaching/TESOL MA University of Southampton - - - £9250 £21000 - Southampton On campus Full-time
TESOL & Linguistics BA (Hons) Bishop Grosseteste University - - - £9250 £12200 - Lincoln On campus Full-time
Applied Linguistics (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) MA University of Bedfordshire - - - £8250 £13275 - Luton On campus Full-time
Language Teaching/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA Birkbeck, University of London - - - £4515 £8190 - London On campus Part-time
TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) MA (PG) Edge Hill University - - - £7000 £13500 - Ormskirk On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA University of Huddersfield - - - £6900 £16000 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA Teesside University - - - £5900 £13000 - Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
TESOL MA The University of Manchester - - - £10500 £25000 - Manchester On campus Full-time
Education with TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) MA Bishop Grosseteste University - - - £7650 £14280 - Lincoln On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (with Placement) MA University of Huddersfield - - - £6900 £16000 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with Assessment and Evaluation MSc University of St Andrews - - - £9900 £20370 - St Andrews On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with Teaching Young Learners MSc University of St Andrews - - - £9900 £20370 - St Andrews On campus Full-time
Linguistics and TESOL MSc Ulster University - - - - £14060 - Coleraine On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with English Medium Instruction MSc University of St Andrews - - - £9900 £20370 - St Andrews On campus Full-time
History and TESOL (with integrated year studying abroad) BA (Hons) Aberystwyth University - - - £9000 £14300 - Aberystwyth On campus Full-time
TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) MA Nottingham Trent University - - - £7500 £14500 - Nottingham On campus Full-time
MA in TESOL and Translation Studies MA Aston University - - - £11500 £21250 - Birmingham On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (Top-up) BA (Hons) Teesside University - - - £9250 £14000 - Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA University of East Anglia - - - £7850 £16400 - Norwich On campus Full-time
Education and TESOL BA (Hons) University of Strathclyde - - - - £16400 - Glasgow On campus Full-time
Language Studies and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Including Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University of Essex - - - £9250 - - Colchester On campus Full-time
TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) MA Cardiff Metropolitan University - - - £1200 - - Cardiff On campus Part-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with Applied Linguistics MA University of Central Lancashire - - - £785 - - Preston online Part-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MSc University of Bristol - - - £5100 - - Bristol On campus Part-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA Canterbury Christ Church University - - - - - - Canterbury On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) PgCert The University of Edinburgh - - - - - - Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with Mandarin Chinese (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Applied Linguistics with TESOL MA University of Birmingham - - - - - - Birmingham On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) PgDip University of Exeter - - - - - - Exeter On campus Full-time
MA TESOL with Korean MA York St John University - - - - - - York On campus Full-time
TESOL and French BA (Hons) Swansea University - - - - - - Swansea On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with Modern Standard Arabic BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA University of Westminster - - - - - - London On campus Part-time
MA TESOL with Japanese MA York St John University - - - - - - York On campus Full-time
Applied Linguistics and TESOL MA University of Portsmouth - - - - - - Portsmouth On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Linguistics (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)/French BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Language Studies and Teaching English as a Foreign Language BA (Hons) University of Essex - - - - - - Colchester On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA The University of Warwick - - - - - - Coventry On campus Part-time
TESOL with ICT MA University of Brighton - - - - - - Brighton On campus Part-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)/Spanish (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
TESOL Diploma PgDip University of Brighton - - - - - - Brighton On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)/Spanish BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA Sheffield Hallam University - - - - - - Sheffield On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with Japanese (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
TESOL and Spanish BA (Hons) Swansea University - - - - - - Swansea On campus Full-time
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MEd (PG) University of the West of Scotland - - - - - - Paisley On campus Full-time
Applied Linguistics for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA Northumbria University - - - - - - Newcastle On campus Full-time
MA TESOL with Thai MA York St John University - - - - - - York On campus Full-time
Applied Linguistics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA Anglia Ruskin University - - - - - - Cambridge On campus Part-time
English/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
English/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (Foundation) BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Applied Linguistics for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA University of Kent - - - - - - Canterbury On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with Modern Standard Arabic (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with French BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA University of Birmingham - - - - - - Birmingham On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with Spanish BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Applied Linguistics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA Newcastle University - - - - - - Newcastle On campus Part-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)/French (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MSc University of Bath - - - - - - Bath On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MSc Queen's University of Belfast - - - - - - Belfast On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Studies MA University of Leeds - - - - - - Leeds On campus Full-time
Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA Ulster University - - - - - - Coleraine On campus Part-time
TESOL - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages MSc University of Aberdeen - - - - - - Aberdeen On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA MA The University of Nottingham - - - - - - Nottingham On campus Part-time
TESOL MA University of Brighton - - - - - - Brighton On campus Part-time
TESOL Education MSc University of Birmingham - - - - - - Birmingham On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA The University of Northampton - - - - - - Northampton On campus Full-time
MA TESOL MA York St John University - - - - - - York On campus Part-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with Mandarin Chinese BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Applied Linguistics with TESOL MA The University of Sheffield - - - - - - Sheffield On campus Full-time
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with Japanese BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Related subjects - UK degree programs:
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  • Classroom Management for Teaching English as a Foreign Language - Grouping Students
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Student Reviews

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Source: National Student Survey NSS 2022
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Primarily based on salary data of undergraduate students

Salary of all UK Graduates of Teaching English as a Foreign Language

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £25479 £24514 £28116
25-75 percentile range £23782 - £28383 £18792 - £27897 £20130 - £32846
Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
All Teaching English as a Foreign Language courses in the UK

Salary of all UK Graduates of all subjects

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £26569 £24798 £29283
25-75 percentile range £23909 - £27907 £21215 - £26355 £22979 - £32512
Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Dec 20, 2022

Jobs & Career Perspectives

Career perspectives for Teaching English as a Foreign Language

15 months after graduation, graduates of this subject were asked about their current circumstances of employment, what they do, and whether their activities and perspectives are directly related to their studies.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Dec 20, 2022

Current jobs

Among graduates of Teaching English as a Foreign Language who indicated that they are working, the percentage below represents the number who “agree” or “strongly agree” with the statements about their job.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Dec 20, 2022

Typical employers for graduates of Teaching English as a Foreign Language

  • British Council
  • Commercial Language Schools
  • Education and Development Organisations
  • Government Departments
  • Multinational Companies
  • Volunteer Organisations

Specialisations within Teaching English as a Foreign Language

  • Adult Education
  • Applied Linguistics
  • Bilingual Education
  • Computer- Assisted Language Learning
  • Elementary Education

Jobs of graduates of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Teaching English as a Foreign Language at Barnsley College

40% Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation
15% Caring personal services
10% Teaching Professionals
10% Other Educational Professionals
10% Administrative occupations
10% Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals
Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Dec 20, 2022

Grading & Study Time

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Grading Distribution

Students of Teaching English as a Foreign Language in the UK received the following grades.

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) 2016

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Dec 20, 2022

Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Teaching English as a Foreign Language, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

FAQ

Teaching English as a Foreign Language is the training of others to teach English to people whose first language is not English.

The median salary of graduates of Teaching English as a Foreign Language was £25479 15 months after graduation, £24514 3 years after graduation and £28116 5 years after graduation.

  • The following degrees are offered for Teaching English as a Foreign Language studies:
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA (Hons)
  • Master of Education - MEd
  • Master of Arts - MA
  • Master of Science - MSc
  • Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert
  • Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
  • Master of Arts (Postgraduate) - MA (PG)
  • Master of Education (Postgraduate) - MEd (PG)

English Studies and TESOL - BA (Hons) at Aberystwyth University received the highest rating among all graduates in the National Student Survey 2022 with a rating of 97 out of 100 among 60 respondents.