Overview

You cover the processing and acquisition of sounds, words and sentences, look at different kinds of language disorders, and investigate the relevance of data from human language processing to our understanding of the nature of language. You also learn how to design and conduct experiments, and analyse the results from them.

You can choose areas of special study including:

How words are represented and accessed in the mind

How speakers understand sentences in real time

Music, language and the brain

Children's English

Your future

The Psycholinguistics course offered by the University of Essex can lead to further research in the form of a PhD, or can lead you to a career in areas such as speech therapy, teaching, publishing, journalism, administration and public service.

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Programme Structure

Courses included:

Experimental Analysis

Developmental Psycholinguistics

Research Methods

Language in Context: From Pragmatics to Conversation Analysis

Grammar At The Interfaces

Varieties of English

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-08 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

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Deadlines: To be confirmed

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

OR

91

OR

4

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Colchester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Psychology Linguistics View 132 other Masters in Linguistics in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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91

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4

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62

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A 2.2 degree or international equivalent in one of the following subjects:

Applied Linguistics

Education

English Language

English Language and Literature

English Language Teaching

Linguistics

Psychology

Speech and Language Therapy

You may also be considered with a lower-class degree if you have experience or a postgraduate qualification in Speech and Language Therapy. You may also be considered if you have a 2:2 degree in an unrelated area but which contains a substantial element of English language, language education, linguistics, language studies or language teaching.

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Tuition Fees

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18000 GBP / year

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10000 GBP / year

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Living costs

Colchester

United Kingdom

660 - 1140 GBP / month

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