The Major of English Language and Literature was established within the Department of Western Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University (ZBEÜ), by the decision of the Higher Education Institution Executive Board on March 3, 1997. In 2022, the department became part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. The department, which currently continues its activities with 4 faculty members, started to admit students to the daytime program in the 2011-2012 academic year and evening program in the 2017-2018 academic year. Since its establishment, the medium of the department, which offers a preparatory class, is English. The Department of English Language and Literature provides in-person education only.

Career opportunities of the graduates of English Language and Literature departments range from academic careers at universities, and teaching English at public and private schools, to civil service, personnel management, advertising, public relations, tourism, journalism, media, banking, editing and publishing, insurance, marketing, international companies and institutions.