Psychology of Language MSc 12 months Postgraduate Programme By The University of Edinburgh |TopUniversities

Programme overview

Main Subject

Psychology

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This unique programme offers an opportunity for intensive advanced training in the psychology of language focusing on the mental representations and processes that underlie human language use.



Key research areas


Building on the research methods training, you will take topical courses related to the core research areas of our department including theoretical and methodological aspects of the psychology of language.



Your MSc culminates in a research dissertation in a core research area, an original, publication-quality piece of research, undertaken in close collaboration with researchers in the relevant group.



The teaching and supervision are conducted by internationally recognised researchers from our Language, Cognition and Communication Research Group, one of the largest collections of natural language researchers in Europe, with links to:


  • computer scientists
  • neuroscientists
  • linguists
  • philosophers


The group’s expertise covers the broad scope of psycholinguistics, with connections to other areas of social and cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Members use a wide range of experimental, observational, computational, and neuroscience methods.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Psychology

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This unique programme offers an opportunity for intensive advanced training in the psychology of language focusing on the mental representations and processes that underlie human language use.



Key research areas


Building on the research methods training, you will take topical courses related to the core research areas of our department including theoretical and methodological aspects of the psychology of language.



Your MSc culminates in a research dissertation in a core research area, an original, publication-quality piece of research, undertaken in close collaboration with researchers in the relevant group.



The teaching and supervision are conducted by internationally recognised researchers from our Language, Cognition and Communication Research Group, one of the largest collections of natural language researchers in Europe, with links to:


  • computer scientists
  • neuroscientists
  • linguists
  • philosophers


The group’s expertise covers the broad scope of psycholinguistics, with connections to other areas of social and cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Members use a wide range of experimental, observational, computational, and neuroscience methods.

Admission Requirements

Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on the University of Edinburgh website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.

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