Overview

The Linguistics and Language Sciencesthe course from the University of Cambridge gives students the opportunity to acquire expertise in the domain of their specific research interests.

The course aims:

to provide the foundation for continuation to PhD research
to offer the opportunity to participate in the research culture within and beyond the Faculty, for example within the Cambridge Language Sciences community, by attending and contributing to postgraduate seminars and reading groups
to develop the research skills required to conduct independent research such as: computational and corpus-based methods, statistics, on-line and lab-based behavioural experimental methods, eye-tracking, electroencephalography (EEG), phonetics and speech sciences skills

Key facts:

By the end of the programme students will have developed:

a deeper knowledge and understanding of linguistic theories and problems addressed in cutting-edge research in linguistics, language sciences and related areas;
the skill of critically assessing current research and methods in linguistics, language sciences and related areas;
the methodological and other technical skills necessary for research in their chosen area;
improved presentation skills through presenting their research in progress;
the skills and confidence to engage in scholarly debate.

These outcomes are achieved through participation in lectures, research seminars, individual supervisions, and additionally through subject reading groups, discussion groups and meetings of scholarly societies.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Formal syntax

Phonological theory

Morphology

Experimenting with meaning

Experimental phonetics and phonology

Diachronic syntax and syntactic variation

French linguistics

Semantics, pragmatics and philosophy

Psychological processes

Computational linguistics

Language acquisition and multilingualism

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 9 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-26 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

110

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IELTS

7.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Language Studies Linguistics View 137 other Masters in Linguistics in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

First Class

English requirements

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110

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK First class Honours Degree.
Courses are highly competitive, and a first-class honours degree is required, although a high 2.i honours degree will be considered under exceptional circumstances.
Beginners in linguistics are advised not to apply. Although the MPhil by Advanced Study contains a taught component in the first term of the course, it is intended for students who already have an extensive background in Linguistics. It is not intended as a conversion course. Occasionally, students with a degree in a neighbouring discipline (for example, psychology, philosophy or education) are considered for acceptance, but they have to demonstrate familiarity with concepts, problems, and theories in theoretical and applied linguistics that puts them on par with other applicants.

Tuition Fees

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37856 GBP / year

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16109 GBP / year

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Living costs

Cambridge

United Kingdom

846 - 1465 GBP / month

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