Course Overview

PGDE Modern Languages at Strathclyde is highly esteemed by students, tutors and placement schools. You'll benefit from an interactive practical-based learning experience and exchanging wide-ranging ideas within the multi-lingual group. Please note that Italian is only available in combination with another language.

General Eligibility

Degree requirements

An ordinary degree or international equivalent.

Degree must include:

• 80 SCQF credits in the language you wish to teach (if you want to teach your native language, see the 'Native Speakers' section below)

Modern language residency

The General Teaching Council for Scotland has confirmed that the residency period for session 2023/24 has reverted to that given in the Memorandum on Entry Requirements, i.e., six months for the first language and three months for the second. Applicants require the language and cultural elements of immersion in the relevant country to help them share their love of languages.

The applicant’s academic study must include an element that will allow them to contribute to the broader aspects of programmes of study in schools, such as literature, cultural studies, area studies or languages in work.

While living abroad, the applicant must have fully taken part in the language and culture of the relevant country. Applicants must generally live in the appropriate region for at least three months.

First language:

• 80 credits in the first language

• Six months' residency before the course starts.

• Evidence of residency must be provided.

Second language:

• 80 credits in the second language

• Three months' residency before the course starts.

• Evidence of residency must be provided.

Residency can be evidenced by the following:

• transcript from a year abroad

• a statement from a university authority

• British Council

• Course organiser

• Employer

• Senior family member with whom they have lived, confirming dates of residency. The statement should generally be in the past tense specifying the dates completed.

Native speakers:

• a degree in own language

• Native speakers of a modern language who have finished a degree in their language, which meets the requirements for the first language offered outlined above, may train to teach their native language. For example, a Chinese student with a degree in Chinese can prepare to teach Mandarin in Scotland.

• Students who are native speakers of a modern foreign language and have a degree in a language other than their native tongue may train to teach that language plus their native tongue. For example, a French student with a degree in Spanish can prepare to teach French and Spanish in Scotland, presuming that the candidate meets the residency requirements for both languages.

Maths & English

• Higher (SCQF Level 6) English Grade C or above.

• National 5 (SCQF Level 5) Mathematics Grade C or above.

Maths and English qualifications can be in progress at the time of application.

Acceptable alternative Maths and English qualifications are listed on our PGDE FAQs page.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

•  IELTS 6.5 (no individual test score below 5.5)