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28 Master's degrees in Linguistics in Netherlands

Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies
The Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies programme at Utrecht University focuses on interdisciplinary study of the material, social, and intellectual developments in Europe (including the Mediterranean region) from Antiquity through the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

Linguistics
The Linguistics programme at Utrecht University offers mandatory courses covering advanced theoretical linguistics (socio-phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, discourse), psycholinguistics (acquisition, processing) and research practice (including computational and experimental methodology).

Educational Sciences - Learning in Interaction
The Educational Sciences - Learning in Interaction programme at Utrecht University is a small-scale two-year programme, designed to prepare you for a career in research (for example as a PhD candidate), or for work in education policy and consultancy.

The Human Mind and its Complexities
In this The Human Mind and its Complexities Research Master’s specialisation you investigate the human mind and its manifold complexities and products, from a philosophical perspective. You study cultural diversity, mental health and neurodiversity, language and communication, AI and science.

Linguistics
The one-year Linguistics programme from Leiden University is concerned with the knowledge, structure and use of language, studied from a wide range of perspectives. It trains students to systematically identify, describe and analyse language phenomena and to apply this knowledge to a specific area of interest.

Linguistics
Radboud University is renowned for its research and teaching in the field of linguistics. Many of our courses offer a mix of theoretical and practical knowledge: courses situate insights from linguistic and language acquisition theory within the context of everyday communication and contemporary language use.

Linguistics and Communication Sciences (Research)
People communicate by means of language. They do so effortlessly most of the time, which is miraculous given the complexity of language, language processing and communication. Studying this phenomenon asks for a broad multidisciplinary perspective.

Language Variation and Multilingualism
In this Master's specialisation, you learn to become a competent linguist who has an understanding of language variation and multilingualism, two central and interrelated topics within linguistics.

Research Master in Communication, Cognition and Digital Culture
The Research Master's program in Communication, Cognition and Digital Culture is a two-year course of study offered for excellent preparation for a PhD or a career at a research agency. With a wide range of substantive electives and method subjects, you develop your unique research profile. Tilburg University offers the Research Master in Communication, Cognition and Digital Culture programme.

Speech Technology
Gain the expertise you need to contribute to cutting-edge practices in speech synthesis and speech recognition with this Speech Technology programme at University of Groningen.
Linguistics
This Linguistics master from University of Groningen focuses on the language skills of humans. You study language acquisition, language structure and characteristics, multilingualism, or language disorders.
Multilingualism
The Multilingualism Master's track at University of Groningen is unique in combining teaching of many societal, individual, educational, cultural and historical aspects of multilingualism with a practical, research-driven approach.
Clinical Linguistics - EMCL
How is language stored in the brain? What effects can brain damage have on our ability to use language? And why do some children have difficulty learning language? Find it out in this Clinical Linguistics - EMCL track at the University of Groningen.
Neuroscience and Cognition
Are you interested in doing research to better understand normal and pathological brain function? Do you want to become a specialist in the field of neurosciences? The Neuroscience and Cognition programme at Utrecht University offers you the opportunity to investigate numerous areas of brain functioning that make the neuroscience and cognition field uniquely intriguing and challenging.
Russian and Eurasian Studies
The Russian and Eurasian Studies MA programme draws on Leiden University's status as an international centre of expertise in the study of Russia and Eurasia.
Applied Linguistics
Can you learn a second language the same way you learned your mother tongue? What is the best way to test the language proficiency level of students? How can computers and online technology help to learn a language? Find out in this one-year master's track in Applied Linguistics from the University of Groningen which focuses on research into foreign language learning and teaching.
Linguistics and Communication
The two-year Linguistics and Communication programme of the University of Amsterdam brings together linguistic theory and data from experimental and corpus studies, and has a strong emphasis on methodology.
Linguistics
How do children learn their mother tongue? How do non-native speakers learn a second language and what are the best teaching methods? What is involved in teaching a computer a language? At the Linguistics MA programme offered at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, you will explore these questions and more.
German Literature and Culture
The German Literature and Culture MA programme at Leiden University offers the largest number of German-language master’s courses in the Netherlands and covers the fields of literary and cultural studies from the Middle Ages to the present.
Humanities Research - Linguistics
Are you looking for excellent expertise in linguistics, coupled with a challenging specialisation in newly developing research fields that are fundamentally relevant to today’s society? The Humanities Research - Linguistics programme from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam trains you as a professional linguistic researcher, specialised in either Human Language Technology or Forensic Linguistics.