Overview

About the programme

You will develop and hone research skills needed for high-level work in any field of Applied Linguistics, while skills and training programmes available on campus at Swansea University provide further support.

You will have the opportunity to deliver presentations to research students and staff at departmental seminars, and at the School of Culture and Communication Postgraduate conference.

Programme Structure

Our staff are members of the Language Research Centre (LRC) and we are especially interested in projects concerning:

Computer Assisted Language Learning
Cognitive Psychology of Language
Discourse analysis
Lexical Studies
Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Second language acquisition
Sociolinguistics
Vocabulary learning

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-07-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-05-15 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2024-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-08-15 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2024-07-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2025-01-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-11-15 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2024-10-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2025-04-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-02-15 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2025-01-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2025-07-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-04-15 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

88

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Disciplines

Linguistics View 81 other PhDs in Linguistics in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants for PhD must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level and a master’s degree with a minimum overall grade at ‘Merit’. Alternatively, applicants with a UK first class honours degree (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) not holding a master’s degree, will be considered on an individual basis.
As well as academic qualifications, Admissions decisions may be based on other factors, including (but not limited to): the standard of the research synopsis/proposal, performance at interview, intensity of competition for limited places, and relevant professional experience.
As standard, two references are required before we can progress applications to the School research programme Admissions Tutor for consideration.

Tuition Fee

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International

16650 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 16650 GBP per year during 36 months.
National

4712 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 36 months.

Living costs for Swansea

727 - 1379 GBP /month

Living costs

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