MA/Diploma English Language and Linguistics

Key facts
- School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- 1 year full-time/2 years part-time
Fees and funding
There are a number of studentships and fee bursaries available, funded by the University. Deadlines for funding applications are usually in winter/early spring. For details, see our website.
Financial information for postgraduate taught courses
Entry requirements
You'll need a first or 2:1 undergraduate degree in linguistics, English language and/or literature.
English language requirements: overall IELTS 7.5 with 6.5 in each component, or equivalent.
Entry requirements for international students
Any questions?
If you'd like to know more about any aspect of our courses, contact us:
Jackie Elkington
E: j.elkington@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)114 222 0211
About the course
|
Where your masters can take youOur courses will prepare you for a range of careers. For an academic career, you may choose to continue to PhD study, either at Sheffield or elsewhere. Your skills will be useful in many other jobs. Our past graduates are working in teaching (primary, secondary, FE, HE and TESOL), publishing, marketing, librarianship, fund-raising and charity administration. Why your masters mattersYou'll benefit from our expertise in language acquisition, historical language studies, applied linguistics, literary linguistics, discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. Our enthusiastic staff publish internationally. We have a lively research culture and collaborate with scholars in Sheffield and beyond. Our courses will introduce you to the latest ideas and concepts in English language studies and linguistics. You'll have the opportunity to explore these ideas in your own research. Along with the School of Modern Languages and Linguistics, we established the new University Centre for Linguistic Research to gather and support postgraduate linguistics research across the University. Within the School of English, we hold weekly research seminars which give you the chance to hear about the latest developments. We have strengths in many fields, from language variation and change, psycholinguistics and syntax to conversation analysis, dialectology and the language–literature interface. Our resourcesWe have specialist recording equipment for fieldwork and experimental work. Interactive computer-based workshops will introduce you to corpus-linguistic technology. The University library subscribes to several electronic databases including JStor, Early English Texts online and Eighteenth-century Collections online. For more advanced reading, there's a regular free minibus service to the British Library at Boston Spa. Apply nowYou can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It is a quick and easy process. |
| Tweet |
|

