Linguistics (specialisation) Leiden University

Overview

Within the Linguistics specialisation, you can choose one of the suggested thematic routes. Depending on your chosen theme, the programme prepares you for a career in various fields, such as speech technology, artificial intelligence, education, language documentation and language policy.

Choose from eight themes

The courses that you will follow depend on the theme of your choice. At the start of the programme, you will choose one of the eight pre-approved thematic routes:

• Applied Linguistics
• Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
• Computational Linguistics
• Language and Interaction
• Language Description and Documentation
• Language Processing and Cognition
• Theoretical Approaches to Linguistic Diversity
• Theoretical Linguistics

What you will learn

The Master's programme in Linguistics (specialisation) at Leiden University equips you with a range of transferable skills and knowledge that will help you stand out in your future career. Your specialised knowledge is complemented by a broad and contextual understanding as well as critical-thinking skills that can be applied to complex conceptual problems. Other skills you may encounter in the various Linguistics courses are:

• Problem-solving skills
• Research
• Creative thinking
• Oral communication
• Argumentation

Career prospects

Because of the extensive curriculum and specialisations, you will be well-prepared to find a job related to the language industry. Our graduates have landed jobs in various sectors of the job market, such as research institutes, education, government, publishing and communications agencies. Examples of the diverse roles of our graduates include:

• Editor at a publishing company
• Teacher
• Project manager at a translation agency
• PhD candidate at various universities
• Linguistics consultant

Accreditation

Accredited by NVAO, the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders.