Turkic Studies Uppsala University

Overview

The programme is designed for students with a strong interest in acquiring an advanced knowledge of Turkic linguistics, philology and literary studies. You will study in international environments with teachers and students from diverse academic, educational, cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Upon completing the programme, you will have broad and specialised knowledge and academic skills in the field of Turcology that qualify you for further academic studies, or for academic jobs at universities and research institutions.

The programme's curriculum encompasses various classical branches of Turcology:

• philological analysis of historical sources,
• codicology and critical edition,
• historical-comparative linguistics with reconstruction and etymological studies,
• linguistic investigation of various phenomena including phonology, morphosyntax and multilingualism, dialectology and documentation of the modern Turkic languages.

In the programme, you will also study literary studies with close reading and analysis of various genres. Additionally, the programme incorporates the use and application of modern digital tools in relation to corpora building and born-digital text editions.

Careers

After completing your education, you will be able to perform advanced tasks in research centres and other research and science-related organisations as investigator, project manager or project participant. The skills acquired in the programme are also relevant to work in non-academic areas, such as print and other mass media, publishers, cultural institutions, political parties, non-governmental organisations, printing and media departments and human resources departments at companies, authorities, etc.

The Master's Programme in Turkic Studies at Uppsala University provides an excellent basis for further academic studies and entitles you to apply for doctoral studies in Turkic philology, Turkic linguistics or Turkic literary studies. The participating higher education institutions conduct postgraduate education in Turkic languages or Turcology.