Postgraduate

Masters and PhD programmes

Why linguistics and English language at Edinburgh?

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    We're ranked 4th in the UK and 5th in the world for linguistics (QS World University Rankings by subject 2024).

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    We're ranked 3rd in the UK and 9th in the world for English language and literature (QS World University Rankings by subject 2024).

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    Linguistics & English Language is rated 3rd in the UK by Times Higher Education for the quality and breadth of the research using the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021).

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Linguistics and English Language at Edinburgh has an outstanding international reputation in many areas of research

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