145 Master Programs in Linguistics 2024

Studying the Master of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) will help you develop your teaching skills. You’ll strengthen your understanding of language learning, explore common challenges that language teachers and learners face, and reflect on your learning and teaching experience. In all these areas, you’ll be guided to make links between teaching practice, research, theory, and the contexts within which people teach and learn languages.

The interdisciplinary Semiotics MA program at ELTE trains students to become well-trained specialists in the semiotics of culture with a global overview of the various fields of humanities: literary studies, linguistics, philosophy, visual arts, and general art studies – including approaches to the fine arts, films, theatre and music – and also the most contemporary methods of research synthesized from a semiotic methodological point of view.

​​The discipline of applied linguistics investigates a range of issues around language in contemporary society. Among these, the most prominent issues — and the central topics of the M.Phil. in Applied Linguistics — are those surrounding second and foreign language education.

M.A. in Linguistics programs offer either a thesis (research) track or a non-thesis (general) track. It is two-year Programs. To expose students to current research topics in the field and engage students in academic discourse, research methodologies and critical reasoning

The Department of English Literature and Linguistics at Bar-Ilan University offers a unique M.A. program in Linguistics in Clinical Research, intended for outstanding students with a B.A. in Communication Disorders, Psychology, Brain Sciences, Special Education or similar fields, who are interested in getting a deeper understanding of the linguistic basis of their field.

A specialist master's offering a thorough grounding in the full breadth and depth of linguistic theory.

The focus of the Master's in Linguistics: Language Variation and Multilingualism is on the intricacies of language, how people learn and use it, and on the different types of variation in everyday language use.

The University Master's Degree in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (MALTA) is a joint master's degree from the Faculty of Letters that offers the necessary training for future researchers in various fields of theoretical and applied linguistics, as well as a high specialization for those who want a higher degree of academic training and updating in the professional applications of language and linguistics, with its more than 100 lines of research and through a flexible teaching offer structure taught by specialists of recognized national and international prestige.

This Master’s Degree program offers solid specialized training with a historic-methodological approach in the study of linguistic philology and literature training experts in Italian literature and linguistic and Italian and Romanic philology.

In the Master's Programme in Linguistic Diversity and Digital Humanities (Previously: Linguistic Diversity in the Digital Age), you may deepen your understanding of the nature and diversity of human language and the theoretical and digital tools for working with language and speech.

The 2-year master's programme in Estonian and Finno-Ugric Languages (EFUL) is unique in combining in-depth language learning with comprehensive, English-based studies in linguistics. We offer specialisations in either Estonian or Finno-Ugric Languages. Whichever you choose, you will have access to shared modules on theoretical and methodological aspects of synchronic and diachronic linguistics, with an emphasis on active language learning, combining theory and practice. The programme also emphasises the development of digital skills. It offers modules on computational linguistics and programming in collaboration with the University of Tartu's Centre for Digital Humanities and Information Society.

The MA/MSc in Linguistics: Language and Communication Technologies offers a unique combination of theoretical linguistics and computer-science research in a multi-lingual setting. It is in a rapidly evolving area of study with excellent career opportunities, both in industry and academia. The degree is also part of the Erasmus Mundus Master's Program.

The MA in Linguistics at Aarhus University explores the various aspects of language through project-based research under expert supervision. Students in the Program learn to use qualitative, quantitative, and computational methods to examine language description and diversity, the role of language in communication and society, functionalist theories of language, language as a cognitive phenomenon, and experimental and computational approaches to the study of language. In addition to gaining specialized skills in linguistic analysis, students also gain general proficiency in statistics and programming.

The course is offered with three options for delivery; on campus, blended or fully online. The course is aimed at experienced English Language Teachers and other English language professionals.

The MA in Applied Linguistics is a program that allows you to develop expertise in specific areas of linguistics, such as corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and/or language pedagogy. The program combines a range of core modules and optional modules to ensure that you develop a solid foundation in the discipline area whilst also having the flexibility to pursue your own specific research interests.