Overview

Highlights

Applied Linguistics has been taught by experienced specialists Birkbeck, University of London since 1965. Our centre of teaching and research excellence in applied linguistics has contributed greatly to the field over the years.
We are an Institutional Member of the British Association for Applied Linguistics and an affiliated member of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA).
We are home to the Centre for Multilingual and Multicultural Research, and the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Taylor and Francis).

Programme Structure

Our current research centres around:

bilingualism and multilingualism
child language development
second language acquisition
psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics
corpus linguistics
sociolinguistics
cross-cultural pragmatics
discourse and conversation analysis
intercultural communication
language teaching
translation theory

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months
Part-time
- 84 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-30 00:00:00

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Starting 2026-01-13 00:00:00

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Starting 2026-04-28 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Linguistics View 76 other PhDs in Linguistics in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Entry requirements:

A good Master's degree in a relevant subject.
Some relevant work experience is desirable, but not essential.
A good research proposal will also be required.

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Tuition Fee

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International

14885 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 14885 GBP per year during 48 months.
National

4786 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4786 GBP per year during 48 months.

Living costs for London

1137 - 2157 GBP /month

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