You will gain knowledge and understanding of current research in theoretical linguistics and are prepared for independent research. You focus on the core areas of linguistics: phonetics/phonology, syntax, and semantics/pragmatics alongside a range of optional modules suited to their personal interests. On completion of the course, you will be able to formulate appropriate research questions, find and evaluate relevant literature, develop and test new hypotheses, and produce cogent, structured and professionally presented reports.
The course is particularly suitable for students whose undergraduate degree included a minority of linguistic course-units, who have studied linguistics of a more traditional type elsewhere, or who have encountered linguistics only indirectly (through studying, e.g., psychology, philosophy, English language, or foreign language teaching). The course is also suitable for good graduates who have an interest in linguistics but have little or no prior experience with formal linguistics study.
Students with an extensive background in theoretical linguistics (e.g., those who completed a full undergraduate degree in pure Linguistics) might be better suited in our phonology or syntax specialisation MA in Linguistics courses or our MPhil in Linguistics course .
MA Linguistics students graduate with the necessary skills to carry out research in linguistics. Graduates who achieve good results are well placed to go on to a research degree in linguistics at top universities, often with a view to pursuing an academic career.
It additionally provides transferable skills that prepare students for a wide range of careers within and outside of academia, including analytical thinking, problem solving, project management, and writing and oral presentation skills. These skills open up opportunities in many different sectors, including language teaching, translating and interpreting, speech, technology, marketing, communication, journalism, management, and law.
Many linguistics graduates from UCL carry on studying linguistics at MPhil/PhD level with a view to pursuing an academic career. Our students have a good success rate at acquiring places to study for a PhD in Linguistics at top courses around the world. Other students have gone on to teach languages, especially English as a first or foreign language, or have embarked on a range of other careers in industry, including law, media, technology, speech and language therapy, and marketing. Seventy-nine per cent of graduates were in work or further study within 15 months of completing their studies (HESA Graduate Outcomes Surveys 2018—2024).
| QS 综合 | 院校 | 学制 | 学费 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 第 11 位 | 香港大学The University of Hong Kong | 1年 | 281300港币/年 |
| 第 12 位 | 南洋理工大学Nanyang Technological University | 1年 | 43622新币/年 |
| 第 18 位 | 香港中文大学The Chinese University of Hong Kong | 1年 | 219780港币/年 |
| 第 32 位 | 多伦多大学University of Toronto | 3 个学期（全日制），注册序列 FWS | - |
| 第 40 位 | 曼彻斯特大学The University of Manchester | 1年 | 31400英镑/年 |
| 第 45 位 | 不列颠哥伦比亚大学University of British Columbia | 平均 2 年（最短 2 / 最长 5） | 10,081.65 加元（国际生首年学费；本国生 5,738.52） |
| 第 72 位 | 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校The University of Texas at Austin | 2年 | 43,996美元 |
| 第 77 位 | 利兹大学University of Leeds | 1年 | 28800英镑/年 |