Applied Linguistics PhD 48 months PHD Programme By University of Nottingham |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 101-150QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

48 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

23,000 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

LinguisticsMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Linguistics

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Applied linguistics offers a fascinating opportunity to study the interaction between language and the real world. 

Our staff are specialists across many areas of applied linguistics, including psycholinguistics, language development, second language acquisition and motivation theories of language learning.

We also offer research expertise in discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, with particular specialisms in health communication, media communication, professional communication, and language and identity studies.

We are unique in offering opportunities to do research in literary linguistics, narratology and cognitive poetics. 

You will have the opportunity to:

  • gain access to placement and knowledge transfer opportunities
  • join a reading group, or one of the active research groups
  • assist with live research projects
  • attend guest talks by linguistics scholars
Follow your intercultural research interests to a deeper level, in a department ranked 6th nationally in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Linguistics

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Applied linguistics offers a fascinating opportunity to study the interaction between language and the real world. 

Our staff are specialists across many areas of applied linguistics, including psycholinguistics, language development, second language acquisition and motivation theories of language learning.

We also offer research expertise in discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, with particular specialisms in health communication, media communication, professional communication, and language and identity studies.

We are unique in offering opportunities to do research in literary linguistics, narratology and cognitive poetics. 

You will have the opportunity to:

  • gain access to placement and knowledge transfer opportunities
  • join a reading group, or one of the active research groups
  • assist with live research projects
  • attend guest talks by linguistics scholars
Follow your intercultural research interests to a deeper level, in a department ranked 6th nationally in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.

Admission Requirements

7+
3+
76+
100+
2:1 (or international equivalent) and a masters degree at Merit level or above.

Applicants without a masters degree who can demonstrate equivalent expertise should contact the School of English.

48 Months
Feb
Oct

Tuition fees

Domestic
5,350 GBP
International
23,000 GBP

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