Melanie Butler takes a look at the top schools for Master’s degrees in Linguistics and Language
Most ELT-related Masters come under Applied Linguistics, Education or English Language.
An Applied Linguistics MA from a top-ranking Linguistics department would be great, but relatively few top faculties offer ELT-related Masters. In the QS Global rankings, only two have a relevant course: Applied Linguistics at Edinburgh and Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at Cambridge. And, of the 22 US Linguistics departments in the QS Top 50, we found only one ELT-related Masters course.
There are just three Australian and one Dutch ELT-related Masters in the QS Top 50. Hong Kong, however, has four faculties of Linguistics in the Top 50, with one MA in Applied Linguistics.
The UK has 8 Linguistics departments in the Top 200 with relevant courses. However, five UK universities known for their work on linguistics are based in Top-200 English Language faculties. We have listed them separately here under English Language.
ELT-related Masters in top-ranked* UK Linguistics Departments
(QS Top University global ranking in brackets)
- University of Edinburgh (4)
- University of Cambridge, University of (6)
- University of Lancaster, University of (12)
- University of Newcastle (Top 100)
- University of Essex, University of Leeds, University of Reading. (Top 150)
*Based on Top 200 departments QS Top University by subject.
ELT-related Masters in top-ranked* UK English Language departments
(QS Top University global ranking in brackets)
- Birmingham (34)
- Nottingham (48)
- Cardiff (51-100)
- Liverpool (101-150)
- Swansea (150-200)
*Based on Top 200 departments QS Top University by subject.
