Overview

Language Sciences from Tohoku University consists of a 2-year Master's program and a 3-year doctoral program in language sciences with courses covering a large range of fields including general linguistics, historical linguistics, cognitive linguistics, applied linguistics, language acquisition, psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics.

Quick Facts:

IGPLS features a diverse team of faculty members focusing on a wide array of linguistic and language science related fields including descriptive linguistics, applied linguistics, historical linguistics, congnitive linguistics, pragmatics, typology, psycholinguistics and neurolingusitics.

Programme Structure

To obtain additional information about the program, we kindly suggest that you visit the programme website, where you can find further details and relevant resources.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-10 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Sendai, Japan

Disciplines

Language Studies View 13 other Masters in Language Studies in Japan

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Application Form
Photograph
Certificate of Graduation (or Expected Graduation)

Academic Transcript: A transcript issued from the university where your undergraduate degree was conferred, and which bears the university’s formal seal on it.
Statement of Research Plan: Describe your research plan in English in a full paper in size A4 within 2,000 words.
A Sample Research Paper written in English
A Photocopy of Formal Certificate of TOEFL® test score, TOEIC® test score or IELTSTM band score
A Letter of Reference: It should be written by one of your academic advisors who can evaluate your research ability well.
For more information, please visit the program website

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

535800 JPY / year

≈ 535800 JPY / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

535800 JPY / year

≈ 535800 JPY / year

Funding

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