UCL FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES

We welcome about 10 - 15 affiliate students every year from all over the world.

Linguistics affiliate students can take virtually all the undergraduate courses offered to Linguistics degree students, ranging from courses about sentence structure (syntax), meaning (semantics and pragmatics) and pronunciation (phonetics and phonology), but you will also be given the opportunity to explore other themes, such as language acquisition or language processing. Many of the Linguistics lecturing staff carry out internationally recognised research and this work is strongly reflected in the courses we offer, making for enthusiastic and exciting teaching. You can find out more about their research at the Linguistics Research Department  and the Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences Research Department.

Affiliate students are accepted for the full year or for the autumn or spring term alone. An affiliate programmes in Psychology is also available.

Linguistics affiliate students must take at least half of their courses from the list of BA Linguistics courses, available here. All these courses with the exception of PLIN3401 (Long Essay/Project) will be available to Linguistics Affiliate students. In addition, you can choose optional courses within the UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences and from other UCL Departments, but please note that for many courses numbers are restricted.

Prospective affiliate students are advised to consult their home university to confirm that they can get credit for the courses taken at UCL, and to consult the affiliate tutor or affiliate administrator at UCL to ensure that courses are running and that the courses chosen are at the right level for the student's academic background.

Affiliate students taking PLIN courses are assessed in the same way as degree programme students, wherever possible. You can find information on assessment methods via the list of courses. Alternative assessment may be arranged for courses assessed by an examination scheduled to take place after you return to your home university.

Grading
UCL grades are unlikely to be calculated on the same scale as that used in students' home universities. Students are sometimes unnecessarily alarmed at the apparently low numerical grades received because of a failure to understand this. Exam percentages will be converted to US grades according to a standard scheme - details can be found in literature circulated by UCL International Office at the beginning of term. Both the UCL percentage and the US grade will appear on the transcript sent to each student's home university.

Honour Code
Students will be trusted to conduct themselves honourably in examinations and in preparing coursework. Particular attention is drawn to the UCL guidelines on plagiarism.

I have really enjoyed staying at UCL. Although I still have a couple of exams and courseworks left, it is sad to think about leaving here. I am happy to be a part of Linguistics Department at UCL. I felt that students in linguistics are very well supported.

Natsuko M.

Please select the links below for further information

• UCL Study Abroad Entry for Linguistics
  
• UCL Study Abroad Guide
• How to apply
  

Applicants are expected to meet the general entrance requirements for affiliate students.

Information on the application process, including the application form and application deadlines, can be found here.