Translation Studies PhD 36 months PHD Programme By University of Nottingham |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 101-150QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

23,000 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Modern LanguagesMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Follow your intercultural research interests to a deeper level in a department ranked 6th nationally in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021. We offer research degree supervision in all areas of translation studies, including historical linguistics and translation studies from the 18th century to the present. We can offer expert supervision for projects involving English and the following languages: French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Serbian, Croatian and Dutch.

Our particular research strengths include:

  • audio-visual translation
  • cultural transfer
  • comparative cultural studies
  • translation during the Enlightenment and Romanticism
  • translation theory
  • translation of literary and philosophical texts
  • translation between Asian (especially Chinese) and Western contexts
We also welcome projects in the broad areas of post-colonial studies and transcultural and transnational studies. 

Find out more about our research

  • Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies
  • Department of Modern Languages and Cultures
  • Or contact us to discuss a possible match between your research ideas and our supervisory expertise.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Follow your intercultural research interests to a deeper level in a department ranked 6th nationally in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021. We offer research degree supervision in all areas of translation studies, including historical linguistics and translation studies from the 18th century to the present. We can offer expert supervision for projects involving English and the following languages: French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Serbian, Croatian and Dutch.

Our particular research strengths include:

  • audio-visual translation
  • cultural transfer
  • comparative cultural studies
  • translation during the Enlightenment and Romanticism
  • translation theory
  • translation of literary and philosophical texts
  • translation between Asian (especially Chinese) and Western contexts
We also welcome projects in the broad areas of post-colonial studies and transcultural and transnational studies. 

Find out more about our research

  • Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies
  • Department of Modern Languages and Cultures
  • Or contact us to discuss a possible match between your research ideas and our supervisory expertise.

Admission Requirements

7+
3+
76+
100+
2:1 (or international equivalent). We would usually expect you to hold, or be working towards, a masters degree in a relevant subject.

3 Years
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
5,350 GBP
International
23,000 GBP

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