At the Translation and Interpreting programme at the University of Surrey, you’ll join a cosmopolitan, multilingual and multicultural community of students and scholars, and we see our research students as being a core part of the School.
Translation and Interpreting, Ph.D.
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- 48 monthsDuration
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Overview
Why choose this course
The School of Literature and Languages at the University of Surrey is home to the Centre for Translation Studies (CTS), a well-established specialist research centre dedicated to teaching, scholarship and research in translation studies. Since our founding in 1982, we’ve established an international reputation for both our research and our innovative taught programmes. Our scholars are actively involved in the national and international Translation and Interpreting studies scene.
The research reflects the evolving nature of the discipline, encompassing new technologies, audio description, sociological perspectives on translation and innovative practices in interpreting.
You’ll benefit from excellent facilities, including specialist software to support corpus-based analysis, subtitling, computer-assisted translation and terminography and audio-description. We’re also home to state-of-the-art interpreting facilities with integrated videoconferencing.
You will be part of the interdisciplinary School of Literature and Languages, with research active staff in English Literature, Creative Writing, Film Studies, Translation Studies, Theoretical and Applied Linguistics and Literary and Area Studies.
Detailed Programme Facts
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- Programme intensity
You can choose to do this programme part-time or full-time.
Full-time- Full-time duration 48 months
- Average part-time duration 96 months
- Languages
- English
- Delivery mode On Campus
Programme Structure
Research themes- Translation technologies, i.e. machine-assisted and corpus-based translation
- Interpreting technologies, esp. video-mediated interpreting, distance/remote interpreting
- Translation process research
- Bilingual lexicography
- Audiovisual translation incl. subtitling, audio description, re-speaking and other modalities
- Translation and interpreting as multimodal activities
- Translation and interpreting in the context of migration
- Dialogue interpreting
- Legal and healthcare interpreting
- Sociological approaches to translation
- Humour in translation.
English Language Requirements
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Academic Requirements
You need the following GPA score:
Required score: Upper Second Class
Applicants for graduate programs must have the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree with a minimum GPA equivalent to Upper Second Class on the UK Honour scale. Admitted applicants typically have an undergraduate GPA of or better on the UK Honour scale. No exam grade should be lower than 4.5 (European grade scale) or D (American grade scale).
Your GPA (Grade Point Average) is calculated using the grades that you received in each course, and is determined by the points assigned to each grade (e.g. for the US grading scale from A-F).
General Requirements
Applicants are expected to hold a good Bachelors degree and/or Masters degree (2:1 or equivalent) in translation studies (translation, audiovisual translation, interpreting. For other topics, a good Bachelors degree and an MA in a relevant topic is required.
Tuition Fee
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International Applies to you
16500 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 16500 GBP per year and a duration of 48 months. -
EU/EEA Applies to you
4327 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 4327 GBP per year and a duration of 48 months.
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Part time:
- EU/EEA £2,163.50
- NON-EU/EEA £8,200
Living costs for Guildford
- 660 - 1140 GBP/monthLiving Costs
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Funding
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