Which university did J.K. Rowling attend to study French and Classics?

J.K. Rowling attended the University of Exeter to study French and Classics.

She entered Exeter in 1983 and completed her degree in 1987. Her course included French, and her study of classical languages and literature later became relevant to her writing through names, myths, and Latin-derived spells.

Rowling spent part of her degree in Paris as an assistant teacher, a required element of the French course. After university, she worked in several jobs, including research and bilingual secretarial work.

The University of Exeter is sometimes confused with the University of Edinburgh, where Rowling later lived and wrote significant portions of the Harry Potter series. Edinburgh was important to her writing career, but it was not her undergraduate university.